Just Say Ozzy
| Just Say Ozzy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Live album by Ozzy Osbourne | ||||
| Released | March 17, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | November 1989 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 30:05 | |||
| Label | Epic CBS |
|||
| Producer | Andy Johns / Adam Yellin | |||
| Ozzy Osbourne chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Just Say Ozzy is a live album by Ozzy Osbourne. Released on March 17, 1990 and it was re-issued on August 22, 1995. It contains the track "Shot in the Dark", first recorded in the Jake E. Lee era, and according to Osbourne's own album liner notes, it is his preferred version.
Although the sleeve states this to have been recorded at London's Brixton Academy, the gig never made any of the UK music papers either as a review or as a 'forthcoming event' and the crowd is, plainly, not a British one.[citation needed] Indeed, comparison of the audience noise on this mini-album and from Osbourne's MTV show at the Philadelphia Spectrum in 1989 shows it to be one and the same.[citation needed] The music, however, was re-recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York with engineer Adam Yellin and the audience noise and some tracks kept from the live recording.[2]
The album—along with The Ultimate Sin and Live & Loud—has since been deleted from Ozzy's catalog and was not remastered and reissued along with the rest of Ozzy's albums in 2002. This is mainly due to a continuing legal struggle with bassist/songwriter Phil Soussan over the song "Shot In The Dark". This is the same reason why the studio album The Ultimate Sin and the double-disc Live & Loud were not re-released in 2002. The only available versions of these albums are the 1995 remasters.
It peaked at number 58 on the Billboard 200[3] and was certified Gold on July 21, 1993.[4]
The graffiti artist pictured on the album cover is Zakk Wylde.[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
- "Miracle Man" (Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Bob Daisley) - 4:01
- "Bloodbath in Paradise" (Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Randy Castillo, John Sinclair) - 5:00
- "Shot in the Dark" (Osbourne, Phil Soussan) - 5:33
- "Tattooed Dancer" (Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley) - 3:47
- "Sweet Leaf" (Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) - 3:22
- "War Pigs" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) - 8:24
[edit] Personnel
- Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
- Zakk Wylde - guitar
- Geezer Butler - bass
- Randy Castillo - drums
- John Sinclair- keyboards
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Billboard album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=5355&model.vnuAlbumId=942077. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ "Billboard album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=5355&model.vnuAlbumId=942077. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=just%20say%20ozzy&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
