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Ozzy Osbourne: Down to Earth

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Label: Epic Records
Released: 2001.10.16
Time:
 48:34
Category: Heavy Metal
Producer(s): Tim Palmer
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.ozzy.com
Appears with: Black Sabbath
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Gets Me Through (O.Osbourne/T.Palmer) - 5:04
[2] Facing Hell (O.Osbourne/T.Palmer/S.Humphrey/G.Nicholls) - 4:25
[3] Dreamer (O.Osbourne/M.Frederiksen/M.Jones) - 4:44
[4] No Easy Way Out (O.Osbourne/T.Palmer) - 5:06
[5] That I Never Had (O.Osbourne/M.Frederiksen/J.Holmes/R.Trujillo) - 4:23
[6] You Know...(Part 1) (O.Osbourne/T.Palmer) - 1:06
[7] Junkie (O.Osbourne/M.Frederiksen/J.Holmes/R.Trujillo) - 4:28
[8] Running Out of Time (O.Osbourne/M.Frederiksen/M.Jones) - 5:05
[9] Black Illusion (O.Osbourne/T.Palmer/G.Nicholls/Andy Sturmer) - 4:21
[10] Alive (O.Osbourne/D.Saber) - 4:54
[11] Can You Hear Them? (O.Osbourne/M.Frederiksen/J.Holmes/R.Trujillo) - 4:58

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Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
Zakk Wylde – Guitars
Robert Trujillo – Bass
Mike Bordin – Drums

Tim Palmer – Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Military Drums, Backing Vocals, Producer, Mixing
Michael Railo – Keyboards, String Arrangements, Backing Vocals
Danny Saber – Additional Guitars on [10]

Mark Dearnley – Engineering, Mixing
Jamie Sickora – Engineering Assistance
Alex Uychocde – Mixing Assistance
John Porter – Pro Tools Engineering
Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
Stewart Whitmore – Digital Editing
David Coleman – Art Direction
Nitin Vadukul – Photography

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Recorded in 2001 at Jim Henson Studios, Los Angeles, California.



Ozzy Osbourne's eighth solo studio album, Down to Earth, shows the madman of rock relying on a supergroup of metal musicians to bring his sound together. Longtime Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde is back, this time with Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo and Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin supplying the rhythm. Despite the ever-changing world of heavy metal, Ozzy has a strangely timeless sound that he does not stray from on this record. Thick, heavy songs like "Gets Me Through" could really be on any Ozzy record after 1989 and fit in, but it is this bizarre reliability that keeps the album as listenable as it is. There are a few off moments, most specifically when it comes to the occasional murky production that muffles Wylde's fiery guitar and Bordin's drums. Producer Tim Palmer gives it more of a grunge sheen than a heavy metal sound, which does work on some tracks but takes a little of the punch out of songs like "Junkie." Still, this has all the main ingredients of good Ozzy: a big fat Black Sabbath number ("Gets Me Through"), some wonderfully cheesy ballads ("Running Out of Time"), some tracks that can offend teenagers' parents ("Facing Hell"), and the song about how darn crazy he is ("Alive"). Sure it may be predictable, but no one looks to Ozzy to pioneer new sounds. Anyone who liked Ozzy's output from the '90s will probably embrace this album with open arms, and anyone who does not like him will probably know to avoid this.

Bradley Torreano - All Music Guide



For the first five minutes of Down to Earth, one feels like cracking open the champagne to celebrate a triumphant return. To a deliciously dirty blues riff that sounds like Led Zeppelin getting hot and sweaty with prime Black Sabbath, "Gets Me Through" finds Ozzy deconstructing his showbiz persona in a Robbie Williams-turns-rock-god style: "I'm not the kind of person you think I am... I try to entertain you the best I can." It's a brilliant track that's at least partially a parody, yet it rocks like a bastard. The rest of the album, however, isn't quite up to the opener's high standards. "Facing Hell," while a fine foot-stomper, is stuffed with horror clichés. The same goes for "Black Illusion" and "Can You Hear Them." The album really goes off the rails, though, with "Dreamer" where Ozzy weeps about global warming and "You Know," in which our hero apologizes to his kids. But even at its worst Down to Earth displays enough eccentricity to keep one entertained and brimming with respect.

Ian Watson - Amazon.com



Down with the groove Ozzman went, and never ever came back. Out of shape, out of ideas and obviously out of money, because Osbourne went on and wrote this album. Its mixture of brand new rock tunes and the shuffly metal compositions. After the release, Osbourne went to a new world tour and published some metal concerts from this tour. Is it a complete waste of time, effort, energy and money? Is it any good after Ozzman quit drinking?

Well, at least the record is without any concept. Its the same old "I aint the Iron Man" stuff. Osbournes last concept album was No rest for the wicked, and it was also more of a rock influenced record. Without any respect toward the Rhoads or Lee eras, the albums songs blatantly last four minutes with a simple lyrical line, a midway solo and the pop hook that just isnt any good.

The records are some throwaway post Sabbath riffing and weird metal tunes. Black Illusion shatters the dreams of the listener with going to the cheesy "yeah baby"- stuff which became Osbournes trademark after Lemmy began writing songs with the madman. No easy way out has some lyrical dimension, so does Facing Hell. The unambigous Junkie isnt that good in itself. Some heart was put onto the writings of Osbournes eight studio album.

Propably you won't hear anything that Ozzy hadn't done before, because its a mix of medicoricity, cheesyness and humilitatingly average solos. All in all, this album is nothing but Osbournes worst studio effort. It has few metal and rock tunes that are good, but otherwise it just doesn't show anything new in the arena of metal. Osbournes singing is the in the worst shape of his career, even though Tim Palmer is a good song writer as you can see in the songs.

It has some mood and will light your mind if you are hungry for getting your mood to elevate. It will elevate your mood, but in short, it does nothing but. If you want a real Ozzy record, go for any record except this. But if you are a freak or in a bad shape in your life, this album might bring you some hope. Its not hopeless to listen to this record, because, as life itself, it has its bright sides. Its like listening to a monday morning garbage dump, because the riffs are schorchy, not that monday mornings are good anyway. Waste some time, have some ball and listen to this record if you are in a state of apathy.

Genzel, January 2nd, 2010



Down to Earth is the eighth studio album by British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 16 October 2001, the album reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and number four on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. Down to Earth spawned just two singles, although both reached the top-ten of the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was certified Platinum and has sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide. Down to Earth is Osbourne's only studio album (that wasn't a re-recording of Ozzy's earlier material) to feature bassist Robert Trujillo, who left the group to join Metallica in 2003. It was the first Osbourne album to feature drummer Mike Bordin, previously of Faith No More. Though he plays on the album, guitarist Zakk Wylde did not contribute as a songwriter for the first time since joining Osbourne's band in 1988 and this was due to many of the songs being written before Wylde rejoined the band. Osbourne's previous guitarist Joe Holmes was involved in the writing process and also Osbourne instead chose to utilise outside songwriters such as Tim Palmer and Marti Frederiksen.

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