| Prince of Darkness | ||||
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| Released | March 22, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 - 2005 | |||
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| Length | 4:08:48 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Mike Muir[2] | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
Prince of Darkness is a box set of four CDs by Ozzy Osbourne released in 2005. The first two CDs are Osbourne's solo work containing various studio recordings, live tracks, b-sides, demos and outtakes, and the last two CDs are collaborations on disc three and cover songs on disc four. The cover versions were recorded for this box set compilation, but were released on a stand-alone album entitled Under Cover later in the year.
Notably, the album tracks from Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman included in the set are taken from the 2002 remasters of those albums, for which the original drum and bass tracks were replaced with new recordings by Osbourne's then-current bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Mike Bordin, as a management response to legal action by original bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake for unpaid royalty fees. Likewise, the tracks from Bark at the Moon are similarly taken from the 2002 remaster, for which they were remixed and altered.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "I Don't Know" (live) | Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley | Tribute (1987) | 5:02 |
| 2. | "Mr. Crowley" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Blizzard of Ozz (1980) | 4:56 |
| 3. | "Crazy Train" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Blizzard of Ozz (1980) | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Goodbye to Romance" (live) | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Tribute (1987) | 5:24 |
| 5. | "Suicide Solution" (live) | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Tribute (1987) | 7:58 |
| 6. | "Over the Mountain" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake | Diary of a Madman (1981) | 4:32 |
| 7. | "Flying High Again" (live) | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake | Tribute (1987) | 4:26 |
| 8. | "You Can't Kill Rock and Roll" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Diary of a Madman (1981) | 6:43 |
| 9. | "Diary of a Madman" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake | Diary of a Madman (1981) | 6:13 |
| 10. | "Bark at the Moon" (live) | Osbourne, Jake E. Lee, Daisley | "So Tired" B-side (1983) | 4:23 |
| 11. | "Spiders" | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | Bark at the Moon (1983) | 4:28 |
| 12. | "Rock 'n' Roll Rebel" | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | Bark at the Moon (1983) | 5:22 |
| 13. | "You're No Different" | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | Bark at the Moon (1983) | 5:49 |
| Total length: | 70:05 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Ultimate Sin" (live) | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | The Ultimate Ozzy (1986) | 4:43 |
| 2. | "Never Know Why" (live) | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | The Ultimate Ozzy (1986) | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Thank God for the Bomb" (live) | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | The Ultimate Ozzy (1986) | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Crazy Babies" | Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Daisley, Randy Castillo | No Rest for the Wicked (1988) | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Breakin' All the Rules" | Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, John Sinclair | No Rest for the Wicked (1988) | 5:12 |
| 6. | "I Don't Want to Change the World" (demo) | Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Lemmy | Previously unreleased | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Mama, I'm Coming Home" (demo) | Osbourne, Wylde, Lemmy | Previously unreleased | 4:08 |
| 8. | "Desire" (demo) | Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Lemmy | Previously unreleased | 5:01 |
| 9. | "No More Tears" | Osbourne, Wylde, Mike Inez, Castillo, John Purdell | No More Tears (1991) | 7:23 |
| 10. | "Won't Be Coming Home" (S.I.N. demo) | Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo | Previously unreleased | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Perry Mason" (live) | Osbourne, Wylde, Purdell | Ozzfest Live (1997) | 5:56 |
| 12. | "See You on the Other Side" (demo) | Osbourne, Wylde, Lemmy | Previously unreleased | 6:34 |
| 13. | "Walk on Water" (demo) | Osbourne, Jim Vallance | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) | 4:41 |
| 14. | "Gets Me Through" (live) | Osbourne, Tim Palmer | Live at Budokan (2002) | 4:28 |
| 15. | "Bang Bang (You're Dead)" ("Facing Hell" demo) | Osbourne, Palmer, Scott Humphrey, Geoff Nicholls | Previously unreleased | 4:33 |
| 16. | "Dreamer" | Osbourne, Marti Frederiksen, Mick Jones | Down to Earth (2001) | 4:45 |
| Total length: | 79:17 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield | King Crimson | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Mississippi Queen" | Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, Corky Laing, David Rea | Mountain | 4:09 |
| 3. | "All the Young Dudes" | David Bowie | Mott the Hoople | 4:36 |
| 4. | "In My Life" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | The Beatles | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Fire" | Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | 4:09 |
| 6. | "For What It's Worth" | Stephen Stills | Buffalo Springfield | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | The Rolling Stones | 7:12 |
| 8. | "Working Class Hero" | Lennon | John Lennon | 3:24 |
| 9. | "Good Times" | Jenkins, McCulloch, Eric Burdon, John Weider, Vic Briggs | Eric Burdon and The Animals | 3:46 |
| 10. | "Changes" (featuring Kelly Osbourne) | Iommi, Osbourne, Butler, Ward | Black Sabbath | 4:06 |
| Total length: | 42:03 | |||
Charts
Album - Billboard (America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2005 | The Billboard 200 | 36[5] |
Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[6] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[7] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ↑ "Ozzy Osbourne - Prince of Darkness - Reviews - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
- ↑ Muir, Mike. "Mike Muir - Credits". Allmusic.
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ "Billboard album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – Prince of Darkness". Music Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – Prince of Darkness". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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