well i still remember seeing this album after the system of a down toxicity commerical came. i had heard of ozzy but not his music before but by watching that commerical of ozzy and the video gets me through i decided to give it a shot. man that forever changed my life. some say this is a pretty average cd but to me this was perfect because this was what i had been searchin for in music. every song i fell in love with and zakk wylde blew my ears off on gets me through. soon i purchased all of ozzys past albums, and i realized that ozzy is the man im rooting for and f*** every one else. even his black sabbath albums were superb so everything turned out good. and now with his new cd black rain he continues to kick ass with that ozzy sound that made him so f***in god like and raw and powerful. this album here will always have a place in my heart as this was the first album i bought and i still listen to it.