Reception
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The album reached number 21 on the Billboard 200 chart, and is on the list of the top 100 best-selling albums of the 1980s. Although "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" were released as singles, neither was commercially successful. Blizzard of Ozz is one of the very few albums amongst the 100 best selling albums of the 1980s to have achieved multi-platinum status without the benefit of a Top 40 single.
Uncut (8/02, p. 112) – 3.5 out of 5 – "Surprisingly melodic."
Kerrang! (p. 53) – " work of genius.... some superb songs, many of which are now regarded as timeless classics."
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