Bark at the Moon
Occupation
- Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
- Jake E. Lee - Guitar
- Bob Daisley - Bass
- Tommy Aldridge - drums
- Don Airey - Keyboards ( guest musician )
Bark at the Moon is the third studio album of the musician Ozzy Osbourne. It was published on 10 December 1983. 1995 and 2002 appeared remastered versions. The previously died in an accident in a flying accident Randy Rhoads was replaced by Jake E. Lee. The album reached triple platinum in the U.S..
- 3.2.1 page one
- 3.2.2 page two
- 3.2.3 bonus tracks of the remastered version (2002)
Formation and style
It took some time before Osbourne had recovered from the death of his song-writing partner and friend Rhoads. Jake E. Lee ( previously Dio among others ) as the successor played less neo classical, metal -oriented for it. Produced by Max Norman album still sold as good as its predecessor. It contained with So Tired also a strings -backed ballad. The video for the title track, as the album cover by Greg Cannom, was an MTV success. In the video, Carmine Appice be seen, although Tommy Aldridge played the drums on the recordings. Moreover, to hear Don Airey as guest musician Gary Moore keyboardist.
Reception
Bark at the Moon reached # 19 on the Billboard 200 and received fairly positive reviews. Although Uwe Lerch from Rock Hard praised the " awesome solos " by Jake E. Lee, criticized the first album page including the title track but as "weak". The second side is better, especially the " totally crazy " Spiders and Waiting For Darkness he emphasized. He rated the album with seven out of ten. Steve Huey of Allmusic, however, liked the title song described as " crunching ," he described the album as successful, " competent ", " set" of heavy metal pieces. He missed three out of five stars.
Title list
Original LP
Page one
Page two
UK version
Page one
Page two
Bonus pieces of the remastered version (2002)
- Spiders - 4:31 (also on a part of the remastered versions of 1995)
- One Up the "B" Side - 3:25
On the British original version of the song Slow Down was replaced by Spiders in the Night, later renamed the Spiders. Slow Down was released here as a B-side. The piece here has a two - to three -second loss of sound, which was corrected in subsequent editions, it became a new mix used. Centre of Eternity was also known as Forever - Osbourne himself called the play at the concerts to be heard as on bootleg recordings.
Pictures of Bark at the Moon
