OZZY OSBOURNE Won't Be Performing Any Classic Albums In Their Entirety
May 27, 2010, 14 years ago
Despite a report last week that OZZY OSBOURNE was thinking of playing one or both of his first two solo albums, Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman, in their entirety on his upcoming tour, the BLACK SABBATH singer told The Pulse Of Radio that he doesn't see that happening. "No," he said. "The production and the pitch in my singing was way off the Richter scale. It would be nice, but if I had known then what I know now, I'd would have probably done it differently. But what I am gonna do, I'm gonna do some different songs like from the Sabbath years, and I'm gonna try and do some different Ozzy songs. I've got so many songs, I'd make a list and it's like four hours long. There's no way I could do that, you know."
30th Anniversary Legacy Editions of Ozzy's first two legendary solo albums featuring the late guitarist Randy Rhoads - Blizzard Of Ozz (1980) and Diary Of A Madman (1981) - are due out later this year.
"They definitely are coming out this year," Sharon Osbourne told BraveWords.com at the Scream launch party recently in Toronto. "They are coming out for (US) Thanksgiving (in November) and they will be on the market then. It's going back to the original recordings with (Bob) Daisley (bass) and (Lee) Kerslake (drums). And there will be a lot of stuff that you haven't heard before in the packages. Like certain conversations that were going on in the studio with the guys just messing around while the tape was still rolling. All of that will be added into it."Scream - Ozzy's first album in almost three years and tenth studio album overall - will be released on June 11th in mainland Europe, June 14th in the UK, June 22nd in North America and June 23rd in Japan via Epic Records.
Produced by Ozzy and Kevin Churko, both of whom did the same honors for Ozzy's 2007 worldwide million-seller Black Rain, the album will feature the first single 'Let Me Hear You Scream' (as heard below).
Ozzy Osbourne recorded most of Scream at his Los Angeles home studio, The Bunker, and co-wrote all the songs, primarily with Churko. Notably, the album marks the first appearance of Ozzy's new guitar player, Gus G (FIREWIND).
Ozzy's band also features bassist Blasko, drummer Tommy Clufetos and keyboardist Adam Wakeman.
Scream tracklisting is as follows:
'Let Me Hear You Scream'
'Diggin Me Down'
'Let It Die'
'Soul Sucker'
'Fearless'
'I Want It All'
'Time'
'Crucify'
'I Love You All'
'One More Time' (iTunes pre-order track)
'Jump The Moon' (Japanese bonus track)