Ozzy Osbourne - Under Cover (2005)

"Under Cover" is a cover album by heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released November 1, 2005. It features guitarist Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains fame, Chris Wyse of The Cult and Mike Bordin of Faith No More.

Essentially an amped-up karaoke night in the Osbournes' basement lair, "Under Cover" is impeccably engineered and effortlessly played ex-Alice in Chains axe slinger Jerry Cantrell provides impressive guitar work throughout, making a strong case as to whether this is his baby or Ozzy's. All of the tracks here, with the exception of "Rocky Mountain Way," "Sunshine of Your Love," "Woman," and "Go Now," appeared on 2005's Prince of Darkness box set. Guest appearances abound, with Mott the Hoople's Ian Hunter choking out his original refrain on "All the Young Dudes" in a style that can only be described as "endearingly awkward homeless man," Mountain's Leslie West turning the amps up to 11 on "Mississippi Queen," and blues-rock wunderkind Robert Randolph laying down some serious pedal steel on "Sympathy for the Devil." The Ozz himself is in good form, but as is the case with much of his later work, he sounds more like the tool than the fist.

Track listing

01.  "Rocky Mountain Way"   (Joe Walsh)  - 4:32

02.  "In My Life"   (The Beatles)  - 3:30

03.  "Mississippi Queen"   (Mountain)  - 4:11

04.  "Go Now"   (Bessie Banks)  - 3:42

05.  "Woman"    (John Lennon)  - 3:45

06.  "21st Century Schizoid Man"   (King Crimson)  - 3:53

07.  "All the Young Dudes"   (Mott the Hoople)  - 4:34

08.  "For What It's Worth"   (Buffalo Springfield)  - 3:20

09.  "Good Times"    (The Animals)  - 3:45

10.  "Sunshine of Your Love"   (Cream)  - 5:10

11.  "Fire"   (Arthur Brown)  - 4:08

12.  "Working Class Hero"  (John Lennon)  - 3:22

13.  "Sympathy for the Devil"  (The Rolling Stones)  - 7:11

Released:  November 1, 2005

Genre:  Heavy metal

Label:  Epic

Length:  55:03

Producer:  Mark Hudson

Personnel

Ozzy Osbourne – vocals

Jerry Cantrell – guitars

Chris Wyse – bass

Mike Bordin – drums

Ian Hunter – vocals on "All the Young Dudes"

Leslie West – guitar solo on "Mississippi Queen"

Robert Randolph – pedal steel on "Sympathy for the Devil", guitar solo on "21st Century Schizoid Man"

Gregg Bissonette

Joe Bonamassa

Bogie Bowles

Tabby Callaghan

Louis Conte

Jim Cox

Madison Derek

Steve Dudas

Molly Foote

Mark Hudson

Sarah Hudson

Michael Landau

James Mastro

Paul Santo

Bruce Sugar