Ozzy Osbourne ~ Patient Number 9 CD 2022 Epic Records •• NEW ••

Description: Ozzy Osbourne Patient Number 9 AUDIO CD BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED Epic Records 194399328125 UPC | 194399328125 2022 TRACK LISTING 01. Patient Number 9 - Ft. Jeff Beck 02. Immortal - Ft. Mike McCready 03. Parasite - Ft. Zakk Wylde 04. No Escape from Now - Ft. Tony Iommi 05. One of Those Days - Ft. Eric Clapton 06. A Thousand Shades - Ft. Jeff Beck 07. Mr. Darkness - Ft. Zakk Wylde 08. Nothing Feels Right - Ft. Zakk Wylde 09. Evil Shuffle - Ft. Zakk Wylde 10. Degradation Rules - Ft. Tony Iommi 11. Dead and Gone 12. God Only Knows 13. Darkside Blues Ozzy Osbourne wants us to know something: He's not finished. Despite the rumors, the news reports, this health crisis or that one, the once and forever Prince of Darkness is still making music. And Patient Number 9 is no swan song — if he can help it. As long as Ozzy remains standing (or even lying down), and still able to laugh and shriek and weep into a microphone, you can expect him to rise again and again like Nosferatu. This time he's upping the stakes with an all-star cast of sidemen and soloists led by the classic-rock icons Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, along with an unexpected reunion with his prodigal brother from Black Sabbath, the riff master Tony Iommi. Since recording his last album, 2020's Ordinary Man, Osbourne has been in recovery mode, revealing a diagnosis of Parkinson's, pneumonia, healing from a bad fall at home, plus other illnesses, injuries and surgeries. Some of these health issues already interrupted his planned No More Tours 2 in 2019. Ozzy recording a new album during the long months of a pandemic was the only solution. Many guests recorded their parts virtually, interacting with Ozzy and producer Andrew Watt from studios across town or across the globe. Others gathered at Watt's studio in Beverly Hills. Among them were stars in their own right: on bass were Duff McKagan and onetime Ozzy band member Robert Trujillo; drumming were Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith and the late Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins (in some of his last recording sessions). Guitarists Zakk Wylde and Josh Homme were also here, part of far-reaching dream team of players coming together on Patient Number 9 not as a scattered mess of mismatched tracks but a cohesive album. Clapton makes a powerful impression on his only track, "One of Those Days," which more reflects his ultra-heavy power trio Cream than his early time as a Yardbird. He begins with a signature blues lead of elegance and flow, but soon shifts into some explosive wah-wah that shows the Slowhand guitarist can still get loud and aggressive (and probably should more often). Missing from the Yardbirds guitar hero reunion is Jimmy Page, of course, but the album still reflects his presence with the notably Zeppelin-esque "Immortal," with layers of guitar work by Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, Watt and Wylde. Ozzy sings a spooky tale of being a vampire on the prowl: "Blood on my tongue tastes of eternity." "No Escape From Now" is a song Iommi initiated for the project, with an ominous acoustic intro to accompany Ozzy's watery vocal before playing one of his crushing, industrial-strength riffs. By any standard, it's a highlight of the album, and a hint of what a continuing reunion of Sabbath could have been, if not for health issues and old tensions. Iommi also delivers a wild solo to "Degradation Rules," and Ozzy brings out his harmonica, a sonic bolt of lightning that instantly transports the track to another time, when Sabbath and metal were in their early, bluesy stages. Within that extra-heavy sound, the singer offers some smirking commentary on masturbation and porn: "Sticky little magazines ... Beating on your jewels ... Masturbating fools/Watching RedTube rules." While Iommi, Beck and Clapton will draw the most headlines, no player on the album is more essential here than Wylde, taking the lead on four songs, but in support on several more. Though he didn't appear on Ordinary Man, Wylde has long been Ozzy's most devoted, dependable player, a true believer in Ozzy's story and still jazzed to be part of it. As ever, he's as comfortable tapping into the Sabbath tradition as recreating the dazzling guitar racket of Randy Rhoads, while also building sounds of his own on "Nothing Feels Right" and the bleak "Evil Shuffle." In a real way, the cosmic, barely two-minute closing track, "Darkside Blues," ends things where Ozzy's musical obsessions began, with a spooky echo of blues. On acoustic guitar, Watt plays springy bottleneck to recreate something of the ancient blue notes that first inspired so many British rockers in the 1960s, from Cream and Led Zeppelin to the Rolling Stones and a young band from Birmingham called Black Sabbath. By the time Ozzy closes the album with a final laugh, he sounds a lot less nostalgic than ready for something more. Whether he gets back onstage or in a studio (and as his slowly improving health allows), this heavy-metal patient only sounds recharged, not ready for any farewells or swan songs just yet. ~ Revolver SHIPPING TO USA ONLY Buyer Pays Shipping $3.99 1st CD $3.99... each additional $1.50 CDs will only be combined with other CDs or DVDs To qualify for the combined discount, all items must be purchased together, paid for with 1 payment, and shipped all together in 1 shipment. 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