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Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album)

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Released
  
16 October 2001

Down to Earth (2001)
  
Live at Budokan (2002)

Release date
  
15 October 2001

Label
  
Epic Records

Length
  
48:34

Artist
  
Ozzy Osbourne

Producer
  
Tim Palmer

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Recorded
  
April - August 2001 (April - August 2001)

Studio
  
Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Hard rock, Alternative metal

Similar
  
Ozzy Osbourne albums, Heavy metal albums

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Down to Earth is the eighth studio album by British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 16 October 2001, the album reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and number four on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. Down to Earth spawned just two singles, although both reached the top-ten of the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was certified Platinum and has sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide.

Contents

Excluding his contributions to re-recordings of Ozzy's earlier material, Down to Earth is the only Osbourne studio album to feature bassist Robert Trujillo, who left the group to join Metallica in 2003. It was the first Osbourne album to feature drummer Mike Bordin, previously of Faith No More. Though he plays on the album, guitarist Zakk Wylde did not contribute as a songwriter for the first time since joining Osbourne's band in 1988 and this was due to many of the songs being written before Wylde rejoined the band. Osbourne's previous guitarist Joe Holmes was involved in the writing process and also Osbourne instead chose to utilise outside songwriters such as Tim Palmer and Marti Frederiksen.

Personnel

Primary musicians
  • Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
  • Zakk Wylde – guitars
  • Robert Trujillo – bass
  • Mike Bordin – drums
  • Additional musicians
  • Tim Palmer – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, military drums, backing vocals, production, mixing
  • Michael Railo – keyboards, string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Danny Saber – additional guitars on "Alive"
  • Production and artwork personnel
  • Mark Dearnley – engineering, mixing
  • Jamie Sickora – engineering assistance
  • Alex Uychocde – mixing assistance
  • John Porter – Pro Tools engineering
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Stewart Whitmore – digital editing
  • David Coleman – art direction
  • Nitin Vadukul – photography
  • Songs

    1Gets Me Through5:05
    2Facing Hell4:26
    3Dreamer4:46

    References

    Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album) Wikipedia