Randy Rhoads Albums Ranked

Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne. A devoted student of classical guitar, Rhoads combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. He died in an aircraft crash while on tour with Osbourne in Florida in 1982. Despite his short career, Rhoads was a major influence on neoclassical metal and is cited as an influence by many guitarists. Rhoads is included in several “Greatest Guitarist” lists. Here are all of Randy Rhoads albums ranked.

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2. Quiet Riot II (1978)

“QRII’ does boast the first appearance of a song that would be a great album/radio track on `Metal Health’ and that would be “Slick Black Cadillac”, a song that with the right promotion should have sold the band four years earlier. Other quality cuts include “Trouble”, “Eye for an Eye”, “Inside You” and “Face to Face”. It is a better album then the debut, heavier and closer to the sound that both the band and Randy Rhoads would achieve separately into the next decade.”

1. Quiet Riot (1973)

“This album contains a nice sample of Randy Rhoads early work with Quiet Riot. It contains some retooled songs from their first two albums, some never before released songs recorded in the band’s pop phase, and a live song (Laughing Gas) that reveals where the inspiration for some of Randy’s later songs such as Dee, Goodbye to Romance and the beginning of Crazy Train came from. This album is an acquired taste”