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 Far From Over December 12, 1999
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This album is an extremely in-depth analysis of the life of Ozzy Osbourne. Since most of these lyrics were written during or just after Ozzy's extensive court-ordered rehab session, his inner most feelings are expressed in this recording. The song "Perry Mason" was written after being the first TV show Ozzy had seen in several months. "Ghost Behind My Eyes" is a song about seeing his wife in visions every night before he went to bed at the rehab center, and "My Little Man" is a song for his son that reassures him everything will be all right. This is a fairly played-down album compared to his previous works, which indicates that Ozzy has possibly grown after his separation from his family. A few songs that will appeal to the hardcore fan are "Thunder Underground" and "My Jekyll Doesn't Hide". "My Jekyll Doesn't Hide" is about his alter persona, the stage performer. This album is a grand step from the main stream of heavy metal, especially Ozzy's recognized style. But, it's a noteworthy one, and well worth purchasing it.
 Perhaps Ozzy's most complete album since "Blizzard Of Ozz" May 24, 2006
R. Gorham
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
THE BAND: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Zakk Wylde (guitars), Geezer Butler (bass), Rick Wakeman (keyboards), Mike Beinhorn (keyboards), Deen Castronovo (drums).
THE DISC: (1995) 10 songs clocking in at just under 57 minutes. Included with the disc is a 6-page foldout containing song titles, credits and lyrics, assorted black & white pictures of Ozzy, and thank you's. Recorded between Guillaume Tell Studios (Paris, France); Right Track Recording (NYC); Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY; and Electric Lady Studios (NYC). Label - Epic / Sony Music.
COMMENTS: I love this album - every song. I will boldly say that this is Ozzy's best album of the 90's and I'll go one step further saying that this may well be his best album since "Blizzard Of Ozz" (1980). Need proof? Look at any of the recent compilations on the market... "Blizzard" consistently ranks #1 with the most tracks taken from it, and #2 is "Ozzmosis". This album flat out rocks... it's bonified heavy metal with melody. Zakk Wylde absolutely shreds on this album - leaving me without a doubt that he is Ozzy's best guitarist since Randy Rhoads. It was a pleasure to see Ozzy's old Sabbath mate Geezer Butler pounding the bass. A slight surprise to hear all the keyboards, but to hear Yes' Rick Wakeman playing was a masterstroke on Ozzy's part (few in the rock & roll world are better). And, the backbone of "Ozzmosis" is the thundering drums from Deen Castonovo (having played with Journey, Hardline, Bad English, Wild Dogs and Paul Rodgers). Quite an ensemble cast backing up Ozzy's above average vocal outing here. I never expected such a strong album at this stage of Ozzy's game. Having seen Ozzy bumbling around on his TV show and numerous interviews where he stutters and searches for words... it's simply amazing that with all he's been through since the late 60's that #1, he's not dead yet; and #2, he still writes a great song and can rock/sing in the studio. Great songs with "Perry Mason", "I Just Want You", "Thunder Underground" and "See You On The Other Side" all being small chart hits. Wonderful deep albums cuts include "My Jeckyll Doesn't Hide", "Tomorrow" and "Denial". Not to mention the album piano ballad closer "Old L.A. Tonight". Not a weak track on the disc. Wonderful sound production. A modern classic Ozzy album.
lacks variety, but an excellently crafted and powerful album September 29, 2006
Dave (United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Originally released in October of 1995, "Ozzmosis" is an fantastic CD. Although there is a clear lack of variety, both tonally and stylistically, it's more than made up for by the terrific craftsmanship of the material, including expert use of dynamics, plus Ozzy's uniquely sincere and expressive vocals. The end result is a gripping listen, with soaring metal ballads like "Ghost Behind My Eyes", "See You On The Other Side", and "Tomorrow"; and super-heavy kickass rockers like "Perry Mason", "Thunder Underground", and "My Jekyll Doesn't Hide". The hit power ballad "I Just Want You" is also haunting and undeniably powerful. The only real weak track on the disc is also the least characteristic--the schlocky, piano-laden album closing ballad "Old L.A. Tonight". They also mix things up with the compelling, sitar-drenched ballad "My Little Man".
I'm always skeptical as to how much Ozzy really contributes to the writing of the material on his albums, and indeed there are a ton of outside writers here, including 'hacks' like Jim Vallance, Mark Hudson, Steve Dudas, and John Purdell. Naturally, Geezer Butler (who happens to be on bass here) and guitarist Zakk Wylde also get some co-writes. In the end, I think Ozzy, Zakk, and producer Michael Beinhorn deserve a lot of credit for bringing it all together into a cohesive, sincere-sounding, and powerful disc. "Ozzmosis" is a must-have.
A truly impressive, polished studio album June 28, 2004
Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
While it doesn't have quite the raw, barely controlled, I'm-liable-to-bite-the-head-off-a-dove-or-bat-any-minute-now energy of Ozzie's early classics, Ozzmosis ranks right up there with the best of Ozzy's albums, in my opinion. A sort of introspective Ozzy shows up at times here, a man looking back at his past while he gazes ahead to the future of himself and his children. The kinder, gentler Ozzie formula doesn't quite work on tracks such as Denial and My Little Man (although I like these two songs better than Mama, I'm Coming Home, a comparable song from No More Tears), but the magic happens on See You on the Other Side and Old L.A. Tonight. The latter really stands apart from the other songs on the album in its style, sound, and mood, ending the album on a true high point. Ghost Behind My Eyes can also be considered in the same category, although it has a little bit more energy and comes across as a much more powerful song.Of course, the album does feature some heavyweights. Perry Mason is a great booming track featuring an incredible bridge; I'm not entirely sure what the heck Ozzy is really singing about here, but it's a great track. I really love the second track, I Just Want You; the verses feature a sort of monotonous delivery of philOzzophical statements, but it's really a love song of the type only Ozzy can sing; once again, I have to praise the bridge, as this track features one of the most incredible bridges I've ever heard. Thunder Underground is one of the most thumping tracks on the album, and a lot of people really like it; it's probably my least favorite song on the album, though. The winner of "best song title" goes to My Jeckyll Doesn't Hide, and the song lives up to that title pretty well; there's nothing fake about Ozzy, and this song is a sort of restatement of that important fact. My favorite song from this album actually changes fairly often, but right now it is Tomorrow, partly because the old Ozzy comes through most clearly on this one. It's probably the heaviest song on the album, and Ozzy sort of screams some of the lyrics, giving this song a classic Ozzy quality that the other tracks lack. When this album was released in 1995, Ozzy had already turned a corner in his career. He wasn't as young as he used to be, but No More Tears proved that he was changing with the times and, in many ways, getting better with age, while Live and Loud proved no one put on a better live show (and aren't we all thankful that did not turn out to be the final concert tour, after all). Some singers, as they start to age, change themselves so radically that they alienate some of their fans and almost seem to deny what they used to be. Ozzy is always going to be Ozzy. He can't always be the screaming wild man he used to be, but he will never shortchange himself or his fans, and the sense of reflection that comes through in some of these songs serves to honor rather than betray the classic Ozzy Osbourne so many of us continue to celebrate.
Ozzmosis is more soft but still on beat October 17, 1999
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album is one of the most underated Ozzy solo albums ever. (1. Perry Mason--100% About it: Heavy main track. This is like the "Flying High again" of Diary of a Madman.)(2. I Just Want You--85% About it: Soft song with some profound sayings in it.)(3. Ghost Behind My Eyes--80% About it: Soft with a tad bit harder choris. talks about lust)(4. Thunder Underground--95% About it:Tough heavy song.)(5. See You On The Other Side--100% About it: Soft with a great beat. Great lov song for Ozzy!)(6. Tomorrow--85% About it: Slow shock heavy song)(7. Denial--95% About it:Slow Jazz-blues style song. Very different for his solo carrer.)(8. My Little Man--100% About it: Soft and If you like "Mama, I'm coming Home" you should like it. One more note: this song was written for Ozzy son Jack)(9. My Jekyll Doesn't Hide--100% About it: Hard and slow)(10. Old L.A. Tonight--70% About it: Soft track)Other albums to get if you like this one:*Blizzard of Ozz* *Diary of a Madman* *Perry Mason singles* *See You on the other side singles* and *Back of Earth singles*
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