This album is as good as all previous Ozzy's work. Two thumbs up!
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Ozzy Osbourne
"Down to Earth" (Epic)
Taking a break from his day job as lead singer for Black Sabbath, heavy metal's founding father produces his 13th solo record. The band on the album features Ozzy's longtime guitarist, Zakk Wylde, plus Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies) on bass and Mike Bordin (Faith No More) on drums. Samples of all 11 tracks are streaming on the album's official website.
Ozzy's own official website reports that the first pressing of the CD will include a 13-minute documentary, with footage of him performing with guitarist Randy Rhoads just prior to Rhoads' death in 1992.
The night of the album's release, Osbourne will be at the Tower Records store on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Calif., part of an in-store promotional tour. At the in-store stops, in addition to signing copies of "Down to Earth," the singer will be posing for Polaroid pictures with fans.
Halloween marks the first date of Osbourne's Merry Mayhem tour, a two-month run featuring Rob Zombie and others.
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Ozzy Osbourne
Down to Earth
(Epic)
It's been far too long since Ozzy released a solo record, but listening to Down to Earth, his first outing since 1994, it seems like he spent the intervening years (during which he toured with Black Sabbath and Ozzfest) taking notes. At times sounding like 1989's No Rest for the Wicked, but more often recalling the classics Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman -- from 1980 and '81, respectively -- Earth is one of the heaviest, most visceral Ozzy outings since he first split with Black Sabbath in 1978.
With backing by the usual suspects -- including his former guitarist, Zakk Wylde, bassist Robert Trujillo, and former Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin -- Earth doesn't sound like it was made by a guy whose kid listens to nu-metal, but rather by a guy who's teaching his kid which nu-metal he should listen to.
Such tunes as "Gets Me Through," "No Easy Way Out," and "Facing Hell" recall his Randy Rhoads era, while "Black Illusion" stomps around like Ozzy started writing it while still in Sabbath, but only got around to finishing it last week. Even the ballad "Dreamer" sounds more like Blizzard's "Goodbye to Romance" than any mushy Bon Jovi weeper.
Admittedly, this still ain't a Sabbath album (a new one is supposedly forthcoming). But if this is what solo Ozzy sounds like after he's been touring with the Sabbath and the rest of the Ozzfest denizens for a few months, then he should take to the road more often.
Paul Semel
CDNOW Contributing Writer
more about the album - source: http://www.livedaily.citysearch.com/news/3791.html
Ozzy Osbourne
"Down to Earth" (Epic)
Taking a break from his day job as lead singer for Black Sabbath, heavy metal's founding father produces his 13th solo record. The band on the album features Ozzy's longtime guitarist, Zakk Wylde, plus Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies) on bass and Mike Bordin (Faith No More) on drums. Samples of all 11 tracks are streaming on the album's official website.
Ozzy's own official website reports that the first pressing of the CD will include a 13-minute documentary, with footage of him performing with guitarist Randy Rhoads just prior to Rhoads' death in 1992.
The night of the album's release, Osbourne will be at the Tower Records store on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Calif., part of an in-store promotional tour. At the in-store stops, in addition to signing copies of "Down to Earth," the singer will be posing for Polaroid pictures with fans.
Halloween marks the first date of Osbourne's Merry Mayhem tour, a two-month run featuring Rob Zombie and others.
source: http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserve...um.html/ArtistID=OSBOURNE*OZZY/ITEMID=1437233
Ozzy Osbourne
Down to Earth
(Epic)
It's been far too long since Ozzy released a solo record, but listening to Down to Earth, his first outing since 1994, it seems like he spent the intervening years (during which he toured with Black Sabbath and Ozzfest) taking notes. At times sounding like 1989's No Rest for the Wicked, but more often recalling the classics Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman -- from 1980 and '81, respectively -- Earth is one of the heaviest, most visceral Ozzy outings since he first split with Black Sabbath in 1978.
With backing by the usual suspects -- including his former guitarist, Zakk Wylde, bassist Robert Trujillo, and former Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin -- Earth doesn't sound like it was made by a guy whose kid listens to nu-metal, but rather by a guy who's teaching his kid which nu-metal he should listen to.
Such tunes as "Gets Me Through," "No Easy Way Out," and "Facing Hell" recall his Randy Rhoads era, while "Black Illusion" stomps around like Ozzy started writing it while still in Sabbath, but only got around to finishing it last week. Even the ballad "Dreamer" sounds more like Blizzard's "Goodbye to Romance" than any mushy Bon Jovi weeper.
Admittedly, this still ain't a Sabbath album (a new one is supposedly forthcoming). But if this is what solo Ozzy sounds like after he's been touring with the Sabbath and the rest of the Ozzfest denizens for a few months, then he should take to the road more often.
Paul Semel
CDNOW Contributing Writer
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