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.
It's good to give a nod to your inspirations, but when it's a performer like Osbourne, who has made the uncomfortable shift from artist to product, the sentiment -- however genuine -- gets lost in the marketing.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Mountain WayJ. Walsh | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 2 | In My Life | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 03:29 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 3 | Mississippi QueenC. Laing | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Go NowLarry Banks, Milton Bennett | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 5 | WomanJohn Lennon | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | 21st Century Schizoid ManM. Giles | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | All the Young Dudes | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 8 | For What It's Worth | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | Good Times | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | Sunshine of Your LovePete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 11 | Fire | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 12 | Working Class HeroJohn Lennon | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 13 | Sympathy for the DevilMick Jagger, Keith Richards | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 07:10 | 16 MB | 51 MB |
| 55 mins | 126 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 379 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Agel | Assistant Engineer |
| 2 | Larry Banks | Composer |
| 3 | Milton Bennett | Composer |
| 4 | Gregg Bissonette | Additional Music, Main Personnel |
| 5 | Joe Bonamassa | Additional Music, Main Personnel |
| 6 | Mike Bordin | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 7 | Bogie Bowles | Main Personnel |
| 8 | Andy Brohard | Assistant Engineer |
| 9 | Pete Brown | Composer |
| 10 | Jack Bruce | Composer |
| 11 | Tabby Callaghan | Additional Music, Main Personnel |
| 12 | Jerry Cantrell | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 13 | Kevin Churko | Audio Engineer, Engineer |
| 14 | Eric Clapton | Composer |
| 15 | David Daoud Coleman | Art Direction |
| 16 | Luis Conte | Additional Music |
| 17 | Jim Cox | Additional Music, Main Personnel |
| 18 | Madison Derek | Additional Music |
| 19 | Peter Doris | Assistant Engineer |
| 20 | Steve Dudas | Additional Music, Arranger, Main Personnel |
| 21 | Molly Foote | Additional Music |
| 22 | David Frangioni | Audio Engineer, Engineer |
| 23 | M. Giles | Composer |
| 24 | Jimmy Hoyson | Assistant Engineer |
| 25 | Mark Hudson | Additional Music, Audio Production, Main Personnel, Producer |
| 26 | Sarah Hudson | Additional Music, Main Personnel |
| 27 | Ian Hunter | Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Vocals |
| 28 | Mick Jagger | Composer |
| 29 | Dennis Keeley | Photography |
| 30 | C. Laing | Composer |
| 31 | Michael Landau | Additional Music, Main Personnel |
| 32 | John Lennon | Composer |
| 33 | George Marino | Mastering |
| 34 | James Mastro | Main Personnel |
| 35 | Jim Mastro | Additional Music |
| 36 | Ozzy Osbourne | Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 37 | Charles Paakkari | Assistant Engineer |
| 38 | Robert Randolph | Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Pedal Steel |
| 39 | Geoffrey Rice | Assistant Engineer |
| 40 | Keith Richards | Composer |
| 41 | Paul Santo | Additional Music |
| 42 | Paul Santos | Main Personnel |
| 43 | Myriam Santos-Kayda | Photography |
| 44 | Alex Scannell | Assistant Engineer |
| 45 | Bruce Sugar | Additional Music, Audio Engineer, Engineer, Main Personnel, Mixing |
| 46 | Sam Taylor-Wood | Photography |
| 47 | Kaz Utsunomiya | A&R |
| 48 | J. Walsh | Composer |
| 49 | Leslie West | Guest Artist, Guitar, Main Personnel, Soloist |
| 50 | Kevin Westenberg | Photography |
| 51 | Devin Workman | Assistant Engineer |
| 52 | Chris Wyse | Bass, Guitar (Bass), Main Personnel |
| 53 | Bil Zelman | Photography |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |