The CD is a compilation of songs sung by artists as diverse as ‘60s band The Kinks and System of a Down. The diversity is reflected in the fact that the album opens with Pat Boone's big band-type version of Crazy Train (the theme song from the show) and closes with Ozzy's original version.
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1. Crazy Train – Pat Boone
2. Dreamer – Ozzy Osbourne
3. Papa Don't Preach – Kelly Osbourne
4. You Really Got Me – The Kinks
5. Snowblind – System of a Down
6. Imagine – John Lennon
7. Drive – The Cars
8. Good Souls (Live) – Starsailor
9. Mirror Image – Disillusion
10. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
11. Mama, I'm Coming Home – Ozzy Osbourne
12. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
Bonus track: Family System - Chevelle |
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There are some good tracks on the CD, including “Drive”, performed by The Cars, and John Lennon singing “Imagine”. But they are in stark contrast to the mediocre “Mirror Image” by Disillusion, a band Ozzy's son Jack has been trying to plug, and the Black Sabbath number “Snowblind” covered by System of a Down.
Jack writes in the CD liner notes: “I really thought that this track didn't get the recognition that it deserved, so this album is the perfect portal.” If people didn't like it the first time, give it to them again?
Other tracks include such dissimilar songs as “Wonderful Tonight” by Eric Clapton and “Mama, I'm Coming Home” by Ozzy. The sound bites from the first season that fill the spaces between the tracks may please some of the die-hard fans of the reality show, but hearing stuff like Ozzy's wife Sharon saying “Martha Stewart can lick my scrotum” and Ozzy's declaration, "I love you more than life itself… you are f* mad” before each track gets annoying after the second or third play.
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Ozzy and his family |
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The problem with the CD is not that it's a compilation. The trouble here is that the CD is disjointed. It has the appearance of being patched together haphazardly simply to cash in on the show's popularity.
The tracks are so disparate that I cannot get comfortable listening to it. When I put on a compilation I am in the mood for a particular kind of music, be it classical, ‘60s, contemporary rock, or whatever. This album is all over the place. The Osbournes may as well have had a Glen Miller piece followed by a Kiss song. They don't belong together.
One track does stand out, and it has been released as a single. Kelly Osbourne does a great solid rock version of Madonna's “Papa Don't Preach” that's a pleasure to hear. If the other tracks had been Osbourne versions of famous songs, the album may have been worth a listen, but if you have to have a souvenir of the reality show, get the single or buy a T-shirt. Don't waste your money on the album.
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