Ozzy Osbourne's Best Album With Black Sabbath Is a Sweet, Underrated Masterpiece
It's for this reason that one might want to consider the slightly underrated 1972 Black Sabbath album, Vol. 4. Hardcore fans of the band, or music critics, will often put Vol 4. on top 10 lists, but in terms of very famous songs, or what sits at the top of Spotify, most of the famous Ozzy songs from his Black Sabbath days tend to come from Paranoid (1970) or Heaven and Hell (1980). Meanwhile, again, on Spotify, Ozzy's most famous solo songs are all from the 1980s and beyond.
But the 1972 Black Sabbath album Vol. 4 is a different kind of beast. This is an album you can sit with rather than simply rock out to. You've probably heard the famous stomper "Snowblind" on this album, but have you ever heard the moody and brilliant "Changes"?
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When you listen to this song, assuming you've never heard it, you'll be blown away that this is the same Ozzy who gave us "Crazy Train" and was famous for biting the head off of a bat on stage in 1982. "Changes" is a song that could be a solo John Lennon song or something recorded by Elton John on an off day.
Not to be confused with the David Bowie song of the same name, "Changes" is a ballad that finds Ozzy lamenting about a breakup, the loss of a friend, and the forward march of time.
The rest of Vol. 4 doesn't get as romantic or as solemn as this song. But, "Changes" is an example of why Ozzy was such a massive talent. His voice on the song is both sweet and raw at the same time. If you only think of Ozzy as a wildman rocker, Vol. 4 and "Changes" in particular will make you remember the late musician in an entirely different light.Ozzy Osbourne's Best Album With Black Sabbath Is a Sweet, Underrated Masterpiece first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 22, 2025
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