Ozzmosis

Recording took place at Guillaume Tell Studios in Paris, France, Right Track Recording and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. Production was led by Michael Beinhorn, with Paul Northfield engineering and David Bianco mixing. Guitars were by his long-time band member Wylde, although Steve Vai was originally slated to perform on the album after writing songs with Osbourne in 1994 (of which only "My Little Man" remained). In a 2023 interview, Vai said that he "is sitting on a whole Ozzy album" from this time. Vai reportedly left the project due to a "falling out" with Osbourne, Prior to Beinhorn's involvement, Ozzmosis was to be produced by Michael Wagener, who had mixed the preceding No More Tears. Songs were recorded with Wagener, and a different lineup including bassist Mike Inez and drummer Randy Castillo, with the intention of making the album sound similar to No More Tears. Pre Production with that lineup happened at Granny's House Recording Studio in Reno, NV in early 1994 after the "No More Tours" Tour. However, with seven songs completed, Epic Records allegedly requested a change in production style and replaced Wagener with Beinhorn. ==Promotion and release==

Three singles were released from Ozzmosis. The first was "Perry Mason" in November 1995, which reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart and number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. "See You on the Other Side", send to US radio on 9 January 1996, charted at number five on the Mainstream Rock chart and released in Europe and Japan in late February. In Sweden it charted at number 59. The third and final single, "I Just Want You", charted in the UK at number 43 and in the US at number 24 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Speaking about his return to touring, Osbourne joked that "If you stayed at home, day in and day out, for 3 years with your wife and a house full of screaming kids, you'd want to get back out on the road too!" The tour continued through 1996. ==Reception==

Commercial Ozzmosis charted at number 22 on the UK Albums Chart, five places lower than its predecessor No More Tears and three places lower than its successor Down to Earth. The album also reached the top ten in Finland and Sweden, the top 30 in Germany, New Zealand and Norway, the top 40 in Switzerland, and the top 50 in Australia. By the end of 1995, Ozzmosis was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating US sales of over 1 million units; in April 1999, the RIAA certified the album double platinum. The album was also certified platinum by Music Canada, indicating sales in the country of over 80,000 units. According to Billboard magazine, Ozzmosis has sold in excess of 3 million copies in total. As of the 2010 release of Scream, Ozzmosis is the latest Osbourne studio album to be certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Nick DeRiso of Ultimate Classic Rock ranked Ozzmosis as the eighth best Osbourne album, ahead of only Down to Earth, Under Cover and Scream, criticising the production style of the album. Writing for Loudwire on the 20th anniversary of the album, Jon Wiederhorn described Ozzmosis as "a more sonically pristine, but natural extension of the type of melodic hard rock/metal songwriting" on Osbourne's previous two albums, noting the presence of "raging rockers ... fist-raising anthems ... and teary ballads". ==Track listing==

• Ozzy Osbourne – vocals • Zakk Wylde – guitar • Geezer Butler – bass • Deen Castronovo – drums Additional musicians • Rick Wakeman – keyboards • Michael Beinhorn – keyboards Production staff • Michael Beinhorn – production • Michael Wagener – production • Paul Northfield – engineering • John Bleich – engineering assistance • Matt Curry – engineering assistance • Chris Laidlaw – engineering assistance • Joe Pirrera – engineering assistance • Rodolphe Sanguinetti – engineering assistance • Brian Sperber – engineering assistance • David Bianco – mixing • George Marino – mastering • Vic Anesini – mastering • David Coleman – art direction • Rocky Schenck – photography • Phil Alexander – liner notes ==Charts==