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Ozzy Osbourne - Under Cover

NME.COM feature on Ozzy Osbourne - Under Cover album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.

Release date: 30 November 2004

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Ozzy Osbourne - Under Cover: Wikipedia Album Entry

Under Cover is an album of song covers by heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released November 1, 2005 (see 2005 in music). It features guitarist Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains fame.

"Mississippi Queen" was released as a single.

The album is also available in DualDisc format. This version contains the bonus track "Changes" (original by Black Sabbath), performed by Ozzy 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."

Q magazine ranked Under Cover 47th in their list of The 50 Worst Albums Ever.


Track listing
# Title Time Writer Original artist
1. "Rocky Mountain Way" 4:32 Joe Walsh, Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale Joe Walsh
2. "In My Life" 3:30 John Lennon, Paul McCartney The Beatles
3. "Mississippi Queen" 4:11 Leslie West, Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, David Rea Mountain
4. "Go Now" 3:42 Larry Banks, Milton Bennett Bessie Banks, but more famously recorded by the Moody Blues
5. "Woman" 3:45 Lennon John Lennon
6. "21st Century Schizoid Man" 3:53 Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield King Crimson
7. "All the Young Dudes" 4:34 David Bowie Mott the Hoople
8. "For What It's Worth" 3:20 Stephen Stills Buffalo Springfield
9. "Good Times" 3:45 Eric Burdon, John Weider, Vic Briggs, Danny McCulloch, Barry Jenkins The Animals
10. "Sunshine of Your Love" 5:10 Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Pete Brown Cream
11. "Fire" 4:08 Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker Crazy World of Arthur Brown
12. "Working Class Hero" 3:22 John Lennon John Lennon
13. "Sympathy for the Devil" 7:11 Mick Jagger, Keith Richards The Rolling Stones


Personnel

Band
Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Jerry Cantrell - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Chris Wyse - Bass
Mike Bordin - Drums

Guests
Ian Hunter - Vocals on "All The Young Dudes"
Leslie West - Guitar on "Mississippi Queen"
Paul Santo - Guitar on "Sunshine Of Your Love"


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Ozzy Osbourne - Under Cover Lyrics

Ozzy Osbourne - Rocky Mountain Way Lyrics

Spent the last year Rocky Mountain way
Couldn't get much higher
Out to pasture, I think it's safe to say
Time to open fire

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Ozzy Osbourne - Working Class Hero Lyrics

As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be

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Ozzy Osbourne - Fire Lyrics

I am the God of hell fire and I bring you
Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
I'll see you burn

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Ozzy Osbourne - Sunshine Of Your Love Lyrics

It's getting near dawn
When lights close their tired eyes
I'll soon be with you my love
To give you my dawn surprise

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Ozzy Osbourne - Good Times Lyrics

When I think of all the good times
That I've wasted having good times
When I think of all the good times
That's been wasted having good times

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Ozzy Osbourne - For What It's Worth Lyrics

Something's happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

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Ozzy Osbourne - All The Young Dudes Lyrics

Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he kicked it in the head
When he was twenty-five, speed jive
Don’t wanna stay alive, when you’re twenty-five

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Ozzy Osbourne - 21st Century Schizoid Man Lyrics

Cat's foot, iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoia's poison door
21st century schizoid man

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Ozzy Osbourne - Woman Lyrics

Woman I can hardly express
My mixed emotions and my thoughtlessness
After all I'm forever in your debt
And woman I will try to express

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Ozzy Osbourne - Go Now Lyrics

We've already said, goodbye
Since you gotta go, oh you better go now
Go now, go now, go now
Go, before you see me cry

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Ozzy Osbourne - Mississippi Queen Lyrics

Mississippi Queen, if you know what I mean
Mississippi Queen, she taught me everything

Way down around Vicksburg, around Louisiana way

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Ozzy Osbourne - In My Life Lyrics

There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain

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Ozzy Osbourne - Sympathy For The Devil Lyrics

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long time
Stole many a man's soul and faith

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