OZZY OSBOURNE — Ozzmosis (review)

OZZY OSBOURNE — Ozzmosis album cover Album · 1995 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
SouthSideoftheSky
"Sick and tired of being sick and tired"

Following in the footsteps of No More Tears came here Ozzy’s second album from the 90’s and he decided to take his sound further away from the 80’s by making it more contemporary in that dreaded age of Alternative Rock. Though I think that this deliberate attempt to sound contemporary was a clear mistake, the result is actually not that bad despite of this. I would even say that Ozzmosis is almost up to par with The Ultimate Sin and No Rest For The Wicked in terms of quality and I give it the same rating as those two 80’s albums. The material itself and the production is much closer in style to No More Tears than any earlier Ozzy album.

Once again the personnel are radically changed, with only guitarist Zakk Wylde left on board. On bass we here have none other than Geezer Butler who had just left Black Sabbath (again) after an argument with Toni Iommi. Keyboard virtuoso Rick Wakeman of Yes fame is brought in to play on this album, but Wakeman’s presence in the sound is very weak to the degree that you wonder what the point was in bringing him in if he would not be properly utilized. As personal friend of Ozzy’s, this was neither the first time not the last time that he and Wakeman would work together. Wakeman played on Black Sabbath’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath back in the 70’s and Ozzy would sing on a track on Wakeman’s 1999 album Return To The Centre Of The Earth.

It is hard to pick out any favourite tracks from this album as it is very even. Albums like The Ultimate Sin and No Rest For The Wicked and even No More Tears were rather uneven and had a few excellent songs and a few no so good songs. Ozzmosis has no excellent songs whatsoever, but also no really bad songs. It is an enjoyable listen for sure, but it is very far away from Ozzy’s best works. Still, it is very impressive and unusual that after 25 years in the music business, Ozzy had yet to release a bad album.
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