OZZY OSBOURNE Announces Next Release, Memoirs of a Madman

Now that Black Sabbath is done with their 13 album cycle, it looks like Ozzy is looking back to his solo career. Over the last few days, his Twitter was posting obstructive views of artwork for a mysterious new project that looked something like this:

32% unscrambled! The more you use the hashtag #OzzyRules the sooner it unlocks! http://t.co/z0CheR8mkv #OzzyRules pic.twitter.com/pLALrzp3GI

— Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) July 22, 2014

Moments ago, it was revealed that the artwork will be to Ozzy's next release, Memoirs of a Madmen due out October 10th via Epic Records/Legacy Recordings. Don't get your hopes up too much, this is a CD/DVD compilation with the audio portion containing 17 of Ozzy's biggest hit singles and the two-disc DVD component having all of Ozzy's music videos, interviews and rare live performances.

The tracklisting for the CD is:

01. Crazy Train
02. Mr. Crowley
03. Flying High Again
04. Over The Mountain
05. Bark At The Moon
06. The Ultimate Sin
07. Miracle Man
08. No More Tears (edit)
09. Mama, I'm Coming Home
10. Road To Nowhere
11. Perry Mason
12. I Just Want You
13. Gets Me Through
14. Dreamer
15. I Don't Wanna Stop
16. Life Won't Wait
17. Let Me Hear You Scream.

Here's the DVD listing:

DVD 1

The Music Videos

* Bark At The Moon
* So Tired
* The Ultimate Sin
* Lightning Strikes
* Crazy Train
* Miracle Man
* Crazy Babies
* Breaking All The Rules
* No More Tears
* Mama, I'm Coming Home
* Mr. Tinkertrain
* Time After Time
* Road To Nowhere
* I Don't Want To Change The World (Live)
* Changes
* Perry Mason
* I Just Want You
* See You On The Other Side
* Back On Earth
* Gets Me Through
* Dreamer
* In My Life
* I Don't Wanna Stop
* Let Me Hear You Scream
* Life Won't Wait
* Let It Die

Bonus

* Mama, I'm Coming Home (alternate version)
* The Making of Let Me Hear You Scream
* The Making of Life Won't Wait

DVD 2

Rochester, NY 1981

* I Don't Know
* Suicide Solution
* Mr. Crowley
* Crazy Train

Ozzy's Bunker

Albuquerque, NM 1982

* Over The Mountain

MTV 1982 New York, NY 1982

* Fairies Wear Boots (clip)

Ozzy's Bunker

Entertainment USA 1984 Kansas City, MO 1986 (Jake E Lee, Phil Soussan, Randy Castillo)

* Bark At The Moon
* Never Know Why

Ozzy's Bunker

* Killer Of Giants
* Thank God For The Bomb
* Secret Loser

Ozzy's Bunker

Philadelphia, PA 1989 (Zakk Wylde, Geezer Butler, Randy Castillo)

* Bloodbath In Paradise
* Tattooed Dancer
* Miracle Man

MTV 1989 Marquee, UK 1991 (Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Randy Castillo)

* Bark At The Moon (clip)

Studio 1992

San Diego, CA 1992 (Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Randy Castillo)

* I Don't Want To Change The World
* Road To Nowhere

Japan 1992

* Ozzy's Bunker
* No More Tears

Studio 1992

* Desire

MTV 1992

* Mama, I'm Coming Home

Studio 1992
* "Ozzmosis" Recording Session 1995

Ozzfest 1996 (Joe Holmes, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin)

* Perry Mason

Fame & Fortune

Tokyo, Japan 2001 (Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin)

* Gets Me Through

Fame & Fortune

Ozzfest 2007 (Zakk Wylde, Blasko, Mike Bordin)

* Not Going Away

"Black Rain" Photo Shoot

Las Vegas, NV 2007 (Zakk Wylde, Blasko, Mike Bordin, Adam Wakeman)

* I Don't Wanna Stop

"Scream" Recording Session 2010

London, England 2010 (Gus G, Blasko, Tommy Clufetos, Adam Wakeman)

* Let Me Hear You Scream

Bonus

Philadelphia, PA 1989 (Zakk Wylde, Geezer Butler, Randy Castillo)

* Flying High Again

Tokyo, Japan 2001 (Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin)

* Believer

A video teaser has also been revealed:

Clearly, Ozzy and co. are releasing this to coincide with the holiday shopping season. Is this something you would pick up for yourself or a loved one?

[via Blabbermouth]