Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne album)
Occupation
- Ozzy Osbourne - vocals, harmonica
- Zakk Wylde - Guitar
- Rob Nicholson - Bass
- Mike Bordin - drums
Black Rain is the ninth studio album of the musician Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 22 May 2007. In the U.S., it reached gold status. It was the last album with Zakk Wylde and Mike Bordin.
Formation
Black Rain, which was released a year and half before Ozzy Osbourne's 60th birthday, was first recorded by Kevin Churko in Osbourne's new own studio, which gave him the advantage of the time divided arbitrarily and even at night, when he had an idea to record. At the beginning of the recordings, while Osbourne was still busy with the Ozzfest, Zakk Wylde worked already alone in the studio different riffs. Osbourne said: " Some of them worked, others not. In terms of the final result but I have no complaints, " The idea for the album cover that Ozzy Osbourne is in the black rain, came to him while watching a DVD about the Hiroshima atomic bomb, much of the people crumbled to dust ". This dust settles in the clouds firm, and when it starts to rain, the rain is black. "
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote, Ozzy Osbourne need to do to a certain extent, no new music, and he did not do this here to some extent. His TV show The Osbournes have now almost made him " cuddly ". In the album it were not killed " charcoal-making ", but rather " the Osbourne machine to keep going. " Music on Black Rain was " age appropriate", but also " still Metal", the album " far from a disappointment away ". He forgave 3.5 out of five stars. Andreas Stappert noticed that Osbourne's voice was " sometimes more than usual, backed by " effects songwriting quality is but "pleasingly good." He presented some of the highlights, the catchy I Do not Wanna Stop. He forgave eight out of ten.
Title list
Bonus name of the tour edition
All songs were written by Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde and Kevin Churko, except where stated otherwise.