Post-Ozzy Black Sabbath Recommendations?
 

As far as I know, I have never heard anything from Black Sabbath after Ozzy was fired. I've been a big fan of Ozzy's solo career and of the Original line up of Black Sabbath, but am curious about the rest.

Is any of it on par or at least decent when compared to the original lineup?

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I enjoyed "Heaven & Hell" and "Mob Rules" featuring the vocal talents of Ronnie James Dio. Parts of the later album he sang on, "Dehumaniser", were pretty good but overall I preferred those first two post-Ozzy albums.

I didn't really like "Born Again" where Ian Gillan sang: I prefer his other recordings i.e. with Purple and solo. I heard that he was great live and did some cool renditions of both Ozzie and Dio Sabbath songs.

I am no expert on the Tony Martin material, although I own all the studio albums, but some suggest that it tended to lack the heart of the earlier albums.

Glenn Hughes has a great voice but "7th Star" was not intended to be a Sabbath album so perhaps it shouldn't feature in a line-up of post-Ozzy material.

I didn't ever hear the Ray Gillen or the Rob Halford live bootlegs, the taped session where Jeff Fenholt auditioned for a job with Iommi or when Dave Walker briefly stood in for Ozzy - although perhaps the latter doesn't count as it was before Ozzy's real departure!

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As I always say when discussing the Sabbath crew, you should also check out Geezer Butler's second solo album, "Black Science", and Bill Ward's "When the Bough Breaks".

The only post Ozzy Sabbath albums you need are "Heaven and Hell" and "Mob Rules". Dio seriously kicked ass on those albums. I enjoy them more than Ozzy's first two solo albums (released around the same time) though they're both great as well.

Mordred

Thanks for the input, I think I'll at least check out the Dio recordings. Thanks.