Ozzy Osborne Black Rain

[NeedForSpeed]

Artist: Ozzy Osborne
Title: Black Rain
Released: 2007
Label: Epic Records

This is Ozzy's first studio release in 6 years, and well worth the wait! Recorded
in his new studio in LA, it was done with his touring band; Zakk Wilde, Guitars
Mike Bordin, Drums, Rob Nickolson(Ex Rob Zombie)Bass. Ozzy's voice is in fine
form, and Wilde's guitar work is always stellar. Ozzy will be on tour with Ozzfest
starting in june, after a year off. This is a good addition to any Rock library.
Audio clips can be checked out on Ozzys site, or of course itunes.:thmbsp:

[jonman]

I saw him on the Jimmy Kimmel Show last week. He sounded great, along with his band. More suprising, he seems like he has his sh** together again. I could understand him when he was interviewed. Sobriety becomes him

[Permanent Waves]

Sobriety becomes everyone. :thmbsp:

Sure it's great to have a couple beers when out and about every once in awhile (dinner, picnic/bbq, sports event...etc. as long as you're not driving: 1 beer or 12 I don't care, I have no tolerance for anyone over the limit of 0.00, people driving with a "buzz" or that after buzz grogginess are very dangerous behind the wheel, sometimes even more so than someone who is very drunk because the buzzed driver thinks that they are "fine" and are over-confident and thus ironically aren't as careful as the drunk driver since they drive as they normally would even though they are still impaired, while the drunk driver at least knows he or she should not be driving and is more careful, although of course they can't control their motor skills and reaction time, but the point is that at least they are trying to be careful, the buzzed driver hardly even knows they have a buzz and thinks they are driving just fine until they get pulled over for swerving or get into an accident; I've seen it happen to more than a few people who would never "drive drunk" but consider driving after a few beers as just fine :no:) or to try a new micro brewery brand six pack every so often, but I've never meet a drunk I've ever liked, and as for abusers of other substances I never would hang around them.

Anyway, I've never been to big on solo Ozzy (too generic "radio rock" sounding to me) but I love Black Sabbath. I'll give this one a try.

Now if only there would be another Black Sabbath/Ozzy tour...

[NeedForSpeed]

Sobriety becomes everyone. :thmbsp:

Sure it's great to have a couple beers when out and about every once in awhile (dinner, picnic/bbq, sports event...etc. as long as you're not driving: 1 beer or 12 I don't care, I have no tolerance for anyone over the limit of 0.00, people driving with a "buzz" or that after buzz grogginess are very dangerous behind the wheel, sometimes even more so than someone who is very drunk because the buzzed driver thinks that they are "fine" and are over-confident and thus ironically aren't as careful as the drunk driver since they drive as they normally would even though they are still impaired, while the drunk driver at least knows he or she should not be driving and is more careful, although of course they can't control their motor skills and reaction time, but the point is that at least they are trying to be careful, the buzzed driver hardly even knows they have a buzz and thinks they are driving just fine until they get pulled over for swerving or get into an accident; I've seen it happen to more than a few people who would never "drive drunk" but consider driving after a few beers as just fine :no:) or to try a new micro brewery brand six pack every so often, but I've never meet a drunk I've ever liked, and as for abusers of other substances I never would hang around them.

Anyway, I've never been to big on solo Ozzy (too generic "radio rock" sounding to me) but I love Black Sabbath. I'll give this one a try.

Now if only there would be another Black Sabbath/Ozzy tour...

I'm with ya on the drunk/driving 100%. As for the Sabbath/Ozzy reunion,
Lastest stuff Ive read is, Tommy Iommi is waiting to hear from Ozzy, And
Ozzy is not committing, He has a new disc to support, Ozzfest, And
Sabbath/Heaven And Hell are on tour with Dio.

[Urizen]

Absolutely horrid recording, over-compressed, radio-ready junk.:thumbsdn:

Sounds overly loud, distorted and plain awful, sober or buzzed.

Too bad, because Zakk plays hiss ass off.

[Tripqzon]

I've always been an Ozzy fan, but Black Rain makes me ill. Sorry to be so blunt. When I hear it on the radio at work I have to change the station or turn it off completely. It just doesn't sound like the Ozzy I know or knew.:nono: Very commercialized and frankly boring.:boring: Some great guitar work by Mr Wilde but that is it's only good point.

Paul

[Permanent Waves]

Absolutely horrid recording, over-compressed, radio-ready junk.:thumbsdn:

Sounds overly loud, distorted and plain awful, sober or buzzed.

Too bad, because Zakk plays hiss ass off.

Don't you feel this about most rock albums? :D

Yea many suffer from this, but I can still throughly enjoy the bands I like regardless.

No I don't have real high end components: a Pioneer SX 980 and Kenwood 7600 receiver, some BIC and JBL speakers (soon to get some better bookshelves, like the x-ls ex's), a Outlaw LFM-2 sub, some Senn 590 cans and a Yamaha 750 cdp, but I'm listening to Rush's Snakes and Arrows right now and it sounds pretty damn good! :thmbsp:

And I can't hardly listen to their last album Vapor Trails because of the horrible sound even though the music is damn good.

It seems that you view most newer rock albums as I view it. :scratch2:

If this is what happens when you get into high end audio components, that they only lets you enjoy the best recorded albums of any genre and reveal too acutely any defects in sub-par recordings, then no thanks! :no:

[Urizen]

Don't you feel this about most rock albums?
...

If this is what happens when you get into high end audio components, that they only lets you enjoy the best recorded albums of any genre and reveal too acutely any defects in sub-par recordings, then no thanks! :no:

I think your first statement is truer for most newer American releases. There is very little good metal and rock coming out of the States these days, IMHO. Much of the music I have been diggin' has been coming from Europe, where the compression of dynamics is not as big an issue.

Btw, I have also enjoyed the Snakes & Arrows release. Better than some previous efforts.

As far as high-end? I am definitely mid-fi, at the most. I'm sure your system is just as revealing, or more, than mine.

Enjoy the music, bro'!

[NeedForSpeed]

In response to last few threads; No it's far from Ozzy's best, But, Hey it's
Ozzy, It is probably his last studio effort, So it belongs in my library, And
Zakks work should never be passed up.

The levels are high on the recording, Just about every disc I've bought the
last 2 years are the same. Check out Nickelbacks "All The Right Reasons"

Yes this stuff is "Commercialized". It gets radio play, Which sells lp's, and
fill arenas, SF Bay Area's Shorline Amphitheater sold out in 40 minutes.

There are many American release's worth a look in the last 6 months;
DREAM THEATER: Systematic Chaos
MEGADETH: United Abominations
BLUE OYSTER CULT: Secret Treaties (Remastered)
STEVE VAI : Sound Theories Vol. I & II
SALIVA : Blood Stained Love Story
Velvet Revolver's, Libertad, Hits the shelve july 3rd, I've heard a preview of
this disc, It Will shoot to #1 on my best of 07 list (Passing DT). I'll do a
review 4th of july weekend.

[Permanent Waves]

I think your first statement is truer for most newer American releases. There is very little good metal and rock coming out of the States these days, IMHO. Much of the music I have been diggin' has been coming from Europe, where the compression of dynamics is not as big an issue.

Btw, I have also enjoyed the Snakes & Arrows release. Better than some previous efforts.

As far as high-end? I am definitely mid-fi, at the most. I'm sure your system is just as revealing, or more, than mine.

Enjoy the music, bro'!

I agree there isn't very good rock/metal coming our these days, soundwise or musicwise, but that seems to me to be true from everywhere. But I really don't listen to many bands besides my tried and true groups I've liked for years so I am no expert. It is only now that I have gotten a decent stereo that I am trying to expand my music collection in areas like rock/classic rock/prog/metal/classical/jazz...etc. For instance, in the past few months I have listened to music from newer metal bands like Ensiferum, Symphony X, Evanscense, Dragon Force, Hammerfall, Trivinium, Kamelot, Laguna Coil and Iced Earth. Only a couple did I like musicwise, but soundwise I don't think any of them are terrible, and some were rather good.

So my point is that none of these were so bad of recording quality that if I liked them musically I would refuse to listen to them. The only album that I in fact ever heard where I liked the music of yet could barely listen to because of the horrible recording is Rush's Vapor Trails. Maybe I just haven't heard enough newer releases or am not very picky. But your first post here was totally negative and implied that even if you liked the content on this cd, you would regard it as trashcan worthy simply for it's poor recording (I have not heard this yet so can't comment) and I also remember you saying this about Rush's Snakes and Arrows and all of their albums as well, something like "they just don't record well".

That's what I was objecting to and what I can not understand. Like I said, I've only ever had a problem with one album whose sound quality was bad enough to bug me to the point where I don't listen to it often even though I like the music on it. So I assumed that since you seem to have this problem with many recordings (like all of Rush's as you said in the other thread) to the point that you view them as unlistenable where I see little or no problem with them, and as you also seem to be really experienced with audio equipment, that you would have a much better quality system than anything I have and have been through dozens of speakers, headphones, receivers, amps, cdp's, etc. and know how things are supposed to sound and when they deviate from this and that I was just missing the recording flaws your better system revealed. That's what led me to the "forget hi-fi" comment.

Anyway, I meant no offense and I'm really surprised if you truly don't have better equipment than me, both becasue I find virtually no albums unlistenable and because I was sure that with your knowledge of stereos you'd have much better components and gear than me.

Well, try to enjoy the music, I know I will if it itself is good, as long as the production isn't horrible! :thmbsp:

[Permanent Waves]

I'm with ya on the drunk/driving 100%. As for the Sabbath/Ozzy reunion,
Lastest stuff Ive read is, Tommy Iommi is waiting to hear from Ozzy, And
Ozzy is not committing, He has a new disc to support, Ozzfest, And
Sabbath/Heaven And Hell are on tour with Dio.


Cool, drunks and drunk/buzzed drivers are a pet peeve of mine, and make me rant about them when it isn't on topic. Sorry, here's why and I'm done! :

I knew a girl who had 3 beers one night over about 2 hours and drove off right after finishing the last one and ran off the road into a tree and died. 3 beers in 2 hours, not something that would get many people drunk, only buzzed. And no she was no first time, can't hold her alcohol teen, she was a moderate regular drinker for years that could hold her own with my heavy drinking friends and drink my light weight "6 pack in less that 3 hours and I'm gone" ass under the table. But she's dead at 22 after the head on with a tree and could have killed someone else that time or the other dozens of times she drove with "just a buzz", but she always maintained (as did many of my other friends) that she "only drove when buzzed, never drunk, drunk driving is wrong". Yea, it really matters, tell that to her. And yea she was probably speeding and being careless, but the cops think she swerved to avoid hitting some animal and lost control of the car. Maybe if she didn't have a good buzz she would've been fine. And as for the "woman driver" bigots, she drove as well as any guy I knew, and better than some and never sped or was careless, when she was sober at least.

Ok Sorry! :D As for a Black Sabbath tour, I was stupid and skipped Oz Fest several times when they played in the original lineup. If they do it again I won't miss it! :thmbsp:

[NeedForSpeed]

Cool, drunks and drunk/buzzed drivers are a pet peeve of mine, and make me rant about them when it isn't on topic. Sorry, here's why and I'm done! :

I knew a girl who had 3 beers one night over about 2 hours and drove off right after finishing the last one and ran off the road into a tree and died. 3 beers in 2 hours, not something that would get many people drunk, only buzzed. And no she was no first time, can't hold her alcohol teen, she was a moderate regular drinker for years that could hold her own with my heavy drinking friends and drink my light weight "6 pack in less that 3 hours and I'm gone" ass under the table. But she's dead at 22 after the head on with a tree and could have killed someone else that time or the other dozens of times she drove with "just a buzz", but she always maintained (as did many of my other friends) that she "only drove when buzzed, never drunk, drunk driving is wrong". Yea, it really matters, tell that to her. And yea she was probably speeding and being careless, but the cops think she swerved to avoid hitting some animal and lost control of the car. Maybe if she didn't have a good buzz she would've been fine. And as for the "woman driver" bigots, she drove as well as any guy I knew, and better than some and never sped or was careless, when she was sober at least.

Ok Sorry! :D As for a Black Sabbath tour, I was stupid and skipped Oz Fest several times when they played in the original lineup. If they do it again I won't miss it! :thmbsp:

Sorry for your friend man, Another young life wasted.

[Permanent Waves]

Thanks, she wasn't a real close friend, and to be honest we didn't get along too well, but it's horrible that she's gone for such a stupid reason at such a young age.

[Edriz]

I heard Ozzy's new release. I think the reason it was produced this way was for the almighty dollar. Yeah, this may be the last Ozzy effort. The guy has been to hell and back. I don't think he can handle the road too much anymore and Sharon wants to squeeze all she can out of this last tour.

You may be seeing a bunch of "Greatist" releases coming out but I do believe this will be the last tour. Hopefully one more stint with Sabbath but who knows.

[rockin1150]

In response to last few threads; No it's far from Ozzy's best, But, Hey it's
Ozzy, It is probably his last studio effort, So it belongs in my library, And
Zakks work should never be passed up.

The levels are high on the recording, Just about every disc I've bought the
last 2 years are the same. Check out Nickelbacks "All The Right Reasons"

Yes this stuff is "Commercialized". It gets radio play, Which sells lp's, and
fill arenas, SF Bay Area's Shorline Amphitheater sold out in 40 minutes.

There are many American release's worth a look in the last 6 months;
DREAM THEATER: Systematic Chaos
MEGADETH: United Abominations
BLUE OYSTER CULT: Secret Treaties (Remastered)
STEVE VAI : Sound Theories Vol. I & II
SALIVA : Blood Stained Love Story
Velvet Revolver's, Libertad, Hits the shelve july 3rd, I've heard a preview of
this disc, It Will shoot to #1 on my best of 07 list (Passing DT). I'll do a
review 4th of july weekend.

thanks for the links brother!

[NeedForSpeed]

thanks for the links brother!

Maybe time to do an 08 list!

[junkaudio]

today is ossys birthday he is now 60 years old !

[Edriz]

today is ossys birthday he is now 60 years old !

A little off topic but I just wanted to as, is the mid summer night dream outdoor concert and the golden summer night concert series still happening in Germany every summer.