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First Impression Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 (2022)

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Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 (2022)
Heavy Metal


Tracklist:
1. "Immortal" (feat. Mike McCready)
2. "Patient Number 9" (feat. Jeff Beck)
3. "Parasite" (feat. Zakk Wylde)
4. "No Escape From Now" (feat. Tony Iommi)
5. "One of Those Days" (feat. Eric Clapton)
6. "A Thousand Shades" (feat. Jeff Beck)
7. "Mr. Darkness" (feat. Zakk Wylde)
8. "Nothing Feels Right" (feat. Zakk Wylde)
9. "Evil Shuffle" (feat. Zakk Wylde)
10. "Degradation Rules" (feat. Tony Iommi)
11. "Dead and Gone" (feat. Zakk Wilde)
12. "God Only Knows"(feat. Josh Homme, Lucius, Taylor Hawkins, Zakk Wylde)
13. "Darkside Blues"


Personnel:
  • Ozzy Osbourne – lead vocals (tracks 1-13), harmonica (tracks 10, 13)
Additional musicians
  • Andrew Watt – guitar (tracks 1-3, 5-13), bass (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 12), keyboards (tracks 1, 5-7, 11, 12), piano (tracks 3, 6, 12), drums (tracks 11, 12), backing vocals (tracks 1-13), production
  • Zakk Wylde – guitar (tracks 1-3, 6-9, 11, 12), keyboards (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9), organ (track 8)
  • Jeff Beck – guitar (tracks 1, 6)
  • Tony Iommi – guitar (tracks 4, 10)
  • Mike McCready – guitar (track 2)
  • Eric Clapton – guitar (track 5)
  • Josh Homme – guitar (track 12)
  • Robert Trujillo – bass (tracks 1, 3, 7, 9-12)
  • Duff McKagan – bass (tracks 2, 5)
  • Chris Chaney – bass (track 8)
  • Chad Smith – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 8-12), percussions (track 6)
  • Taylor Hawkins – drums (tracks 3, 7, 12), percussions (track 3)
  • James Poyser – organ (track 5)
  • David Campbell – strings arrangement (tracks 6, 11)
  • Charlie Bisharat – violin (track 6, 11)
  • Roberto Cani – violin (track 6)
  • Mario DeLeon – violin (track 6)
  • Nina Evtuhov – violin (track 6)
  • Songa Lee – violin (track 6, 11)
  • Natalie Leggett – violin (track 6, 11)
  • Philipp Levy – violin (track 6)
  • Alyssa Park – violin (track 6)
  • Michele Richards – violin (track 6)
  • Neil Samples – violin (tracks 6, 11)
  • Jennifer Takamatsu – violin (track 6)
  • Kerenza Peackock – violin (track 11)
  • Sara Parkins – violin (track 11)
  • Andrew Duckles – viola (tracks 6, 11)
  • Zachary Dellinger – viola (track 6)
  • David Walther – viola (tracks 6, 11)
  • Jacob Braun – cello (tracks 6, 11)
  • Paula Hochhalter – cello (tracks 6, 11)
  • Ross Gasworth – cello (track 6)

Gee Whiz, what an album! One thing I can say about Ozzy is his ability to surround himself with outstanding musicians and this album is loaded with top notch musicians. I am very happy to see the return of Ozzy's old band mate, Tony Iommi., and those are two of the best tracks on the album. I have been riding the Ozzy train most of my adult life and this album doesn't disappoint.

Ozzy's health issues have been well documented the past few years, however, he doesn't sound frail or disabled on Patient Number 9. You can tell that his life expectancy thoughts are represented on the album in the song titles and lyrics. I am taking the album title as a play on his mortality of '9 lives" (which was a documentary) or "Patient Number 9". The Prince of Darkness has returned for the 13th time! Get ready to rock, my head banging friends.......

Only God Knows

Dead and Gone