Under Cover is the ninth studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released in November 1, 2005. The album consists entirely of cover songs, with an emphasis on rock music from the 1960s and 1970s.
This is Osbourne‘s first and only album to feature cover songs from various artists, although in 1982, Osbourne released the live album Speak of the Devil featuring renditions of songs from his time with Black Sabbath. All but four songs were originally released in the box set Prince of Darkness, released earlier the same year. The additional songs are “Rocky Mountain Way”, “Sunshine of Your Love”, “Woman” and “Go Now”.
Under Cover is the only Osbourne album to feature the work of Alice in Chains‘ guitarist Jerry Cantrell and bassist Chris Wyse.
The album is also available in DualDisc format. This version contains the bonus track “Changes” (originally by Black Sabbath), performed by Osbourne and his daughter Kelly Osbourne. The DVD side contains all the songs in enhanced stereo, a documentary entitled Dinner with Ozzy and Friends, and a video for the song “In My Life”. “Mississippi Queen” was released as a promo single and peaked at number 10 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Tracklist:
- Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh)
- In My Life (The Beatles)
- Mississippi Queen (Mountain)
- Go Now (Bessie Banks)
- Woman (John Lennon)
- 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson)
- All the Young Dudes (David Bowie)
- For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
- Good Times (The Animals)
- Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)
- Fire (Arthur Brown)
- Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
- Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones)
- Changes (featuring Kelly Osbourne) (Black Sabbath)
Credits
Ozzy Osbourne: vocals
Jerry Cantrell: guitars
Chris Wyse: bass
Mike Bordin: drums
Guest musicians
Ian Hunter: vocals on “All the Young Dudes”
Leslie West: guitar solo on “Mississippi Queen”
Robert Randolph: pedal steel on “Sympathy for the Devil”, guitar solo on “21st Century Schizoid Man”
Additional musicians
Gregg Bissonette, Joe Bonamassa, Bogie Bowles, Tabby Callaghan, Louis Conte, Jim Cox, Madison Derek, Steve Dudas, Molly Foote, Mark Hudson, Sarah Hudson, Michael Landau, James Mastro, Paul Santo, Bruce Sugar
Production
Produced by Mark Hudson
Arrangements by Steve Dudas
Engineered and mixed by Bruce Sugar
Additional engineering: Kevin Churko and David Frangioni
Assistant engineers: Jimmy Hoyson, Ghian Wright, Peter Doris, Charlie Paakkari, Jason Agel, Geoff Rice, Andy Brohard, Devin Workman, Alex Scannell
Mastered by George Marino
A&R: Kaz Utsunomiya
Art direction: David Coleman
Cover photo: Kevin Westenberg
Tray photo: Dennis Keeley
Back cover photo: Myriam Santos-Kayda
Interior photos: Myriam Santos-Kayda, Sam Taylor Wood, Bil Zelman
