Diary Of A Madman
by Ozzy Osbourne

Diary Of A Madman by Ozzy Osbourne
Year: 1981
Release date: 1981-11-07
Overall rank: 1,750th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 277 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (24th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (265th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,750th)

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Ozzy Osbourne bestography

Diary Of A Madman is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by Ozzy Osbourne on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ozzy Osbourne is Blizzard Of Ozz which is ranked number 960 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,809.

Ozzy Osbourne album bestography « Higher ranked (960th)
Blizzard Of Ozz
This album (1,750th)
Diary Of A Madman
Lower ranked (2,856th) »
No More Tears

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Diary Of A Madman track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Diary Of A Madman rankings

Diary Of A Madman rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,750th | 1980s rank: 265th | 1981 rank: 24th  Overall chart history
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Diary Of A Madman ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 277 votes)
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08/31/2026 19:51 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,60475/100
 
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06/15/2026 22:07 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,75574/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.


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This album has been referenced 38 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From Johnnyo 08/08/2026 06:44 in Rank 'Em: Ozzy Osbourne
So up next would be & both released in 1981 so will be an interesting comparison between the two
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From pedro1976 08/07/2025 18:20 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From Repo 07/23/2025 13:50 in Best Ozzy songs
I cannot really think in terms of songs. BUT, I can think in terms of albums. And the albums that made ozzy O-Z-Z-Y as a kid growing up in the early-mid eighties in suburban public school America, where the Ozzman was totally larger-than-life for us were ... 1) 2) 3) ... OMG! Is…
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Rating:  
95/100
RIP OZZY! You helped many people over the years through your music... (Edited)
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Rating:  
80/100
A definite ozzie classic. The sounds are crips and the guitar work is stunning (Edited)
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90/100
What a loss to the world when Randy Rhoads passed. (Edited)
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75/100
From 08/23/2022 15:12 | #288862
Slightly worse than his solo debut, but still fair amount of enjoyable tracks for me, the only one I really dislike is Tonight.
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From 09/23/2021 13:53 | #274080
Inferior al Blizzard, pero un grandísimo disco de Ozzy junto al malogrado Randy Rhoads.
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