Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album)
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Down to Earth is the eighth studio album by the English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 16 October 2001, it reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and number four on the US Billboard 200. "The Ozzfest was doing well", Osbourne explained. "I just wanted to be like the Grateful Dead and keep it going by touring, but the record company said they'd like a new Ozzy album."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Down to Earth spawned just two singles, although both reached the top ten of the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and the top 40 of the Canadian Singles Chart, and reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.
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 to join Metallica in 2003, until Patient Number 9 in 2022. It was the first Osbourne album to feature drummer Mike Bordin, previously of Faith No More, though he had played live with Osbourne since 1996, as well as the last to feature guitarist Zakk Wylde until 2007's Black Rain. Though he plays on the album, Wylde did not contribute as a songwriter for the first time since joining Osbourne's band in 1988, because many of the songs were written before Wylde rejoined the band. Osbourne's previous guitarist Joe Holmes was involved in the writing and Osbourne chose to use outside songwriters such as producer Tim Palmer and Aerosmith collaborator Marti Frederiksen.
"Working with Tim on this album reminded me of [late guitarist] Randy [Rhoads]", Ozzy remarked of Palmer. "If it hadn't been for him, there wouldn't have been an album ... He has incredible patience, just like Randy."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Allegedly, the Weezer song "Hash Pipe" was slated for this album. Ozzy approached Weezer vocalist Rivers Cuomo for song ideas, and "Hash Pipe" was one of them, however, Osbourne did not use the song,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Weezer included it on their Green Album instead.
Track listing
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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
Charts
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Weekly charts
| Chart (2001–2002) | Peak position | |
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| European Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 20 | |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | 8 | |
| Polish Album (OLiS)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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32 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position | |
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| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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123 |
| Chart (2002) | Position | |
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| Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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33 |
| US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 149 |
Certifications
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