Bark at the moon

Bark at the moon
Ozzy Osbourne's studio album
Publication (s)	December 10, 1983
Label (s)	Epic Records / CBS
Genre (s)	Heavy metal
Title (number)	10
running time	42:59
occupation	Ozzy Osbourne - vocals Jake E. Lee - guitar Bob Daisley - bass Tommy Aldridge - drums Don Airey - keyboards (guest musician)
production	Ozzy Osbourne , Bob Daisley, Max Norman
chronology Diary of a Madman (1981) Bark at the moon The Ultimate Sin (1986)

Bark at the Moon is the third studio album by musician Ozzy Osbourne . It was released on December 10, 1983. 1995 and 2002 remastered versions appeared. Randy Rhoads , who had previously died in an aircraft accident, was replaced by Jake E. Lee . The album went triple platinum in the US.

Origin and style

It took Osbourne some time to recover from the death of his songwriting partner and friend Rhoads. Jake E. Lee (previously with Dio ) as the successor played less neoclassical, but more metal-oriented. The album produced by Max Norman still sold just as well as its predecessor. It also contained a ballad with strings, So Tired . The video for the title track, like Greg Cannom's album cover , was an MTV hit. Carmine Appice can be seen in the video , although Tommy Aldridge played the drums during the recording. Moreover, it is Gary Moore -Keyboarder Don Airey be heard as a guest musician.

reception

Bark at the Moon reached number 19 on the Billboard 200 and received quite positive reviews. Uwe Lerch from Rock Hard praised the “great solos” by Jake E. Lee, but criticized the first page of the album including the title track as “weak”. The second side is better, especially the "totally crazy" Spiders and Waiting For Darkness , he emphasized. He rated the album seven out of ten. Steve Huey from Allmusic, on the other hand, liked the title song described as "crunching", he described the album as a successful, "competent" "set" of heavy metal pieces. It awarded three out of five stars.

Track list

Original LP

Side one

1. Bark at the Moon - 4:17
2. You're No Different - 5:49
3. Now You See It (Now You Don't) - 5:10
4. Rock 'n' Roll Rebel - 5:23

Side two

1. Center of Eternity - 5:15
2. So Tired - 4:00
3. Slow Down - 4:21
4. Waiting for Darkness - 5:14

UK version

Side one

1. Rock 'n' Roll Rebel - 5:23
2. Bark at the Moon - 4:17
3. You're No Different - 5:49
4. Now You See It (Now You Don't) - 5:10

Side two

1. Forever - 5:15
2. So Tired - 4:00
3. Waiting for Darkness - 5:14
4. Spiders - 4:31

Bonus tracks from the remastered version (2002)

• Spiders - 4:31 (also on part of the 1995 remastered versions)
• One Up the "B" Side - 3:25

On the original British version, the song Slow Down was replaced by Spiders in the Night , later renamed Spiders . Slow Down was published here as a B-side. The piece has a two to three second sound loss here, which was corrected in later editions, a new mix was used. Center of Eternity was also known as Forever - Osbourne himself called the piece at concerts as it can be heard on bootleg recordings.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} www.allmusic.com: Biography Ozzy Osbourne
2. ↑ ^{a b} www.allmusic.com: Review Bark at the Moon by Steve Huey
3. ↑ www.rockhard.de: Review of Bark at the Moon by Uwe Lerch

Web links

• Bark at the Moon on Allmusic (English)
• Bark at the Moon on MusicBrainz