| The Ozzman Cometh | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Cover: | Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh.jpg |
| Released: | 11 November 1997 |
| Recorded: | 1970, 1980–1997 |
| Length: | 77:00 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Roy Thomas Baker Duane Baron Michael Beinhorn Ron Nevison Max Norman Keith Olsen Ozzy Osbourne John Purdell Randy Rhoads |
| Prev Title: | Ozzmosis |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Down to Earth |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
The Ozzman Cometh is a compilation album by British heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne released in 1997. It is his third greatest hits collection. Its initial, limited-edition 2-CD pressing contained five previously unreleased songs. Versions released in 2002 later have only one disc, and the song "Shot in the Dark" is replaced by "Miracle Man". This was due to a legal action brought about by the song's co-writer, Phil Soussan, for unpaid royalties.
The CD Version is Digitally Labeled as The Ozzman Cometh: Greatest Hits. The tracks "Black Sabbath", "War Pigs", "Fairies Wear Boots", and "Behind the Wall of Sleep" are performed by Osbourne's previous band Black Sabbath during a 26 April 1970 performance on the BBC Radio 1 show "The John Peel Sessions", conducted by British DJ John Peel. "Fairies Wear Boots" and "War Pigs" are early versions of tracks that would be recorded and released on the band's second album Paranoid with new lyrics.
| Year | Chart | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] | 62 | |
| Canadian Albums Chart[2] | 7 | ||
| Swedish Albums Chart[3] | 21 | ||
| UK Albums Chart[4] | 68 | ||
| US Billboard 200 | 13 | ||
| 1998 | New Zealand Albums Chart[5] | 12 | |
| 2002 | Finnish Albums Chart[6] | 7 |