This cd rules! It's absolutely the best live album I own! I know I said it was tribute before, but when I bought this I changed my mind. Zakk Wylde is an absolutely amazing guitarist. Ozzy's band sounds the best ever since 1982. The crowd noise is a little bit loud, but it doesn't get in the way like some people would have you think. The profanity is excessive but, ya know, it's Ozzy. What do you expect? The setlist is incredible. It has hard rockin' classics like "Crazy Train", "Mr. Crowley", "Flying High Again", and "Bark At The Moon". It has softer ballads like "Mama, I'm Coming Home", "Goodbye To Romance" and "Road To Nowhere". Zakk Wylde adds a fill wherever possible, and it sounds good all the time. he does the solos as well as the other guitarists, sometimes making them better by adding his own. Buy this album if you're new to Ozzy, or if you wanna hear some awesome music.

If you love metal and you don't have this, what is wrong with you? This is one of the best live metal albums you will ever hear, up there with Maiden's "Live after Death", Iced Earth's "Alive in Athens", and Sabbath's "Live Evil". I don't buy live albums much. I find that I don't often come back to them, and plus many of them don't sound very good. You could probably almost count the number of live albums that are worth owning on one hand. But, this is one of those good ones. All of Ozzy's most amazing songs (well, almost all of them) and a few Sabbath tunes on one two-disc album. Two hours of heavy metal enjoyment. If you've never seen the Ozz in concert, I think this gives a pretty good idea of what it's like. It isn't the same, but it will have you ready to buy a ticket the next time he comes through town. Zakk Wylde's guitar playing is incredible, if a bit pretentious. On all the songs done by one of the other guitarists, he always has to throw in an extra little solo or something, like it's way too easy for him. He even did that on "Crazy Train", which is already one of the hardest songs to play (ask any guitarist). Seems kinda full of himself if you ask me, but he's still very talented without question (just listen to his solo). Randy Castillo's drum solo is worth a mention as well. He may not be as good as Bill Ward, but I'd say he's certainly in the upper echelon of the drum world. Yes, there are some great moments on here. The recording quality isn't perfect, some of the songs sound a bit distant, and Ozzy's already difficult-to-decipher British accent can occasionally be as incomprehensible as Keith Richards. More than once I said to myself, "What'd he say?". But, who buys a live album for the between-song talking anyway? This is still a great album, and most of the songs sound as good as the recordings. Just listen to the touching performance of "Goodbye to Romance", and you'll be glad you bought it. You'll be even happier when you find out the rest is just as good. Can't wait to hear "Down to Earth", it's gonna be great (especially since Mike Bordin's gonna be on drums!).

Let me see your f_cking hands!

I'm not usually much of a heavy metal fan...too much thrashing and roaring and not enough groove for me.

But this is actually a great album. John "Ozzy" Osbourne may not be the greatest contemporary composer of all time, but he and his various bands through the 80s and 90s have actually managed to turn out more than a few well-wrought, even melodious, rock songs.

This is not only Ozzy Osbourne's best live album (alongside "Tribute"); to me it's one of the best albums of his career. The sound is great, the band is great, Ozzy himself is in great voice, and last but not least: The track selection is superb.

"Live & Loud" features most of Ozzy Osbourne's best and most accessible songs, including the Black Sabbath-classics "Paranoid" and "Black Sabbath", and the cream of Ozzy's solo years: "Mr Crowley", "Road To Nowhere", "Crazy Train", "Mama I'm Coming Home", "Shot In The Dark", "Bark At The Moon" etc.

Okay, so Zakk Wylde may be trying a bit too hard at times, and you get tired of Ozzy's constant (and unvaried) use of expletives after a while, but those are minor complaints.

Even a casual Ozzy-fan (such as myself) will enjoy this fine live album, and it would serve quite well as a first purchase.

One of the best live albums released in the 90's. It has a good balance in song selection, (featuring many famous and somewhat obscure songs, solos, Sabbath numbers, etc.) and guitarist Zakk Wylde is in top form throughout. All of the songs are topnotch, and the other three members of Black Sabbath even make an appearance with Ozzy onstage for a killer version of the song Black Sabbath. The album closes with a moving version of Changes, but it's a thrill ride from start to finish.

I ask one thing: to have musicians who can write fricken music. And, of course with Ozzy Osbourne and his incredibly talented band, you can't go wrong. Never being a hardcore Ozzy fan, I began to play guitar about 2 years ago and a few months ago became infatuated with Randy Rhoads's playing. I picked up the Randy Rhoads tribute album and was quite impressed as to how it sounded. Then, I eventually picked up Live & Loud, and was even more impressed. Most live albums sound like crap, but this CD rules. Plus, it contains a great library of Ozzy's hits, and it even contains a few Sabbath songs. "Paranoid" never sounded better, "I Don't Want to Change the World" and "Miracle Man" just flat out sound like thunder coming through your speakers, and "Crazy Train" just makes me want to break some faces. "No More Tears" is also excellent, along with the haunting "Mr. Crowley" and the simply beautiful "Mama, I'm Coming Home." It's got pretty much all you need, and even a few instrumental solos. And, Zakk Wylde can sure as hell give Randy a run for his money. I love his squealing pinch harmonics, and the single most unforgettable moment on the CD is Zakk's 4 minute shredfest. And right in the middle of his solo, he begins to play the US National Anthem. It was unbelievable, and I was really touched... But all in all, I would definitely recommend this CD to newbie Ozzy fans. It gives you a great idea of what he sounds like, and the sound quality is amazing. Buy it.