Ozma (album)

Untitled

Ozma is a rock album by the Melvins. The album was released in 1989 through Boner Records.

"Love Thing" is a cover of the KISS song "Love Theme (from KISS)", "Creepy Smell" includes the intro to the song "Living In Sin" from Gene Simmons' solo album. "Candy-O" is originally by The Cars. "Leeech" is a cover of a song by Green River.

Tracks 18–33 are taken from the 1987 album Gluey Porch Treatments and only appear on the CD version of this album. The tracklisting that is printed on the CD lists 34 tracks, but for unknown reasons, the CD only has 33 tracks. "Exact Paperbacks" and "Happy Grey Or Black" are together on track 23 and not individual tracks as credited.

Track listing

1. "Vile" (Osborne) – 3:47
2. "Oven" (Osborne) – 1:28
3. "At A Crawl" (Osborne) – 2:46
4. "Let God Be Your Gardener" (Osborne) – 1:52
5. "Creepy Smell" (Osborne) – 2:04
6. "Kool Legged" (Osborne) – 2:48
7. "Green Honey" (Osborne) – 1:13
8. "Agonizer" (Osborne) – 1:40
9. "Raise A Paw" (Osborne) – 1:11
10. "Love Thing" (Criss/Frehley/Simmons/Stanley) – 1:17
11. "Ever Since My Accident" (Osborne) – 1:30
12. "Revulsion/We Reach" (Osborne) – 6:21
13. "Dead Dressed" (Osborne) – 2:07
14. "Cranky Messiah" (Osborne) – 1:25
15. "Claude" (Osborne) – 1:15
16. "My Small Percent Shows Most" (Osborne) – 0:58
17. "Candy-O" (Ocasek) – 1:27
18. "Eye Flys" (Osborne) – 6:15
19. "Echo Head/Don't Piece Me" (Osborne) – 2:49
20. "Heater Moves And Eyes" (Osborne) – 3:54
21. "Steve Instant Newman" (Osborne) – 1:31
22. "Influence Of Atmosphere" (Osborne) – 1:51
23. "Exact Paperbacks/Happy Grey Or Black" (Osborne) – 2:45
24. "Leeech" (Arm/Turner) – 2:32
25. "Glow Gold" (Osborne) – 0:50
26. "Big As A Mountain" (Osborne) – 0:57
27. "Heaviness Of My Load" (Osborne) – 3:06
28. "Flex With You" (Osborne) – 0:54
29. "Bitten Into Sympathy" (Osborne) – 1:44
30. "Gluey Porch Treatments" (Osborne) – 0:48
31. "Clipping Roses" (Osborne) – 0:49
32. "As Was It" (Osborne) – 2:51
33. "Over The Under Excrement" (Osborne) – 4:38

Personnel

• The Melvins:
  • Dale - drums, backing vocals
  • Buzz - vocals, guitar
  • Lori - bass guitar (tracks 1–17)
  • Matt Lukin - bass guitar, backing vocals (tracks 18–33)
• Mark Deutrom - producer (tracks 1–17)
• Joshua Roberts - engineer (tracks 1–17)
• Carl Herlofsson - producer (tracks 18–33)
• David Musgrove - engineer (tracks 18–33)
• Chris Dodge - cover art