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Bark at the Moon

Bark at the Moon is the third solo studio album by British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, originally released in December 1983. The album marks Ozzy's change to a synth infused pop-metal sound, with both its "sonic production, and in Ozzy's imaging".[6]

Bark at the Moon
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1983 (1983-12)[1]
Recorded1983
StudioRidge Farm Studios, Rusper, England
Genre
Length39:31
LabelEpic
CBS Associated[2]
ProducerOzzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley, Max Norman
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Speak of the Devil
(1982)
Bark at the Moon
(1983)
The Ultimate Sin
(1986)
Singles from Bark at the Moon
  1. "Bark at the Moon"
    Released: November 1983[3]
  2. "So Tired"
    Released: May 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Martin Popoff10/10[5]

A commercial success, Bark at the Moon peaked at number 19 on the Billboard album chart[7] and within several weeks of release was certified gold for over 500,000 sales in the United States.[8] To date, it has sold over 3,000,000 copies in the United States.[8] In the UK, it was the third of four Osbourne albums to attain silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in January 1984.[9] The album was remastered on CD in 1995 and again (with a different mix) in 2002. This is Osbourne's first album to feature guitarist Jake E. Lee and only studio album to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge.[10]

Overview

Bark at the Moon is the only Ozzy Osbourne album on which the songwriting is credited entirely to Osbourne. However, guitarist Jake E. Lee maintains that he composed a significant amount of the album's music but was cheated out of his writing and publishing claims by Osbourne's wife and manager, Sharon.[11] Lee claims that after he had composed the songs and completed recording his parts in the studio, he was presented with a contract which stated that he would have no claim to any writing or publishing relating to the album. The contract also stated that Lee could not mention this publicly. Lee claims he signed the contract because he had no legal representation and because Sharon threatened to fire him and have another guitarist re-record his parts if he refused.[11]

Osbourne himself admitted several years later in the liner notes to The Ozzman Cometh that Lee had been involved in the album's writing to at least some degree, stating that the album's title track was in fact co-written by the guitarist.[12] Osbourne's bassist at the time, Bob Daisley, has mirrored Lee's account of the album's production, stating that he co-wrote most of the music with Lee and wrote the vast majority of the lyrics. Daisley has stated that he accepted a buyout from Osbourne in exchange for a writing credit.[13] Osbourne's former drummer Lee Kerslake, who also played with Daisley in Uriah Heep after leaving Osbourne's band, stated that Daisley had been hired by Sharon Osbourne to write the Bark at the Moon album for "$50–60,000 or whatever it is. He was offered the chance to write with Ozzy. Words, music – write the album."[14]

Some European pressings identified the track "Centre of Eternity" as "Forever". On tours for the album, Osbourne referred to it as "Forever". This can be heard on bootleg recordings of tours promoting the album. The title track was released as the album's first single with an accompanying music video, the first Osbourne had made. In the early 1980s infancy of the music video medium, the video was highly anticipated due to his outrageous image. The decision to release the ballad "So Tired" as the album's second single was unpopular with many longtime fans. The track "Spiders in the Night" was originally included only on the European, Australian, New Zealand and Greek releases, but was included on the 1995 CD reissue and the 2002 reissue, listed simply as "Spiders."

Composed by Daisley, the lyrics to the song "Now You See It (Now You Don't)" were a pointed rebuke aimed at Osbourne's wife and manager Sharon, who had fired him from the band in 1981.[15] Daisley stated many years later that he was surprised the Osbourne camp allowed the lyrics on the album.

Shortly after Bark at the Moon's 1983 release, a Canadian man named James Jollimore murdered a woman and her two children after allegedly listening to the album. The media and Christian groups began to infer that the music was Satanic and had influenced Jollimore to commit the act. The timing was particularly inopportune for Osbourne, who was, at the time, facing allegations that his song "Suicide Solution" had influenced a fan to commit suicide.[16]

Bark at the Moon is Osbourne's third solo album after parting ways with Black Sabbath in 1979, and his only studio album to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge, who was a fixture of his live band in the early 1980s. Aldridge departed after the recording of the album and was briefly replaced by Carmine Appice, but returned mid-tour after Appice was removed by the Osbournes.[15] When asked why Aldridge was brought back, Osbourne told Hit Parader magazine in early 1984 "For health reasons. He [Appice] was making me sick." Nonetheless, Appice did appear in the popular music video for the "Bark at the Moon" single.

2002 Remixed edition

Bark at the Moon was re-issued again in 2002, although this release featured alternate mixes of many of the songs.

Track listing

All lyrics and music credited to Ozzy Osbourne (except as noted)[†]

US Edition

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bark at the Moon"Osbourne, Jake E. Lee, Daisley4:16
2."You're No Different" 5:49
3."Now You See It (Now You Don't)" 5:10
4."Rock 'n' Roll Rebel" 5:23
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Centre of Eternity"5:15
2."So Tired"4:02
3."Slow Down"4:20
4."Waiting for Darkness"5:16
Total length:39:31

European Edition

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rock 'n' Roll Rebel" 5:23
2."Bark at the Moon"Osbourne, Jake E. Lee, Daisley4:16
3."You're No Different" 5:49
4."Now You See It (Now You Don't)" 5:10
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Forever"5:23
2."So Tired"4:02
3."Waiting for Darkness"5:16
4."Spiders"4:31
Total length:39:50
Japanese Edition and 1995 Reissue Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
9."Spiders in the Night"4:31
2002 Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Spiders"4:31
10."One Up the 'B' Side"3:23

^ † All writing was officially credited to Osbourne. However, Jake E. Lee has claimed that he and Bob Daisley wrote material for the album but were cheated out of writing credits by Ozzy's manager/wife, Sharon Osbourne. Ozzy later admitted that they were involved in the songwriting "to some extent" but stated they were co-written with him.[11]

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[27] Gold 35,000 
Canada (Music Canada)[28] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[30] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Rank
L.A. Weekly US Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums[31] 21

See also

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 610. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ "Bark at the Moon album scans-Ozzy Osbourne". Discogs. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 610. ISBN 9780862415419.
  4. ^ Huey, Steve. "Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. ^ Whitaker, Sterling (3 December 2012). "Top 10 Ozzy Osbourne Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Bark at the Moon Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  8. ^ a b . Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  9. ^ . British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Bark at the Moon". ozzy.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  11. ^ a b c "Jake E. Lee: Why I Gave Up Songwriting Credit for Ozzy Osbourne's 'Bark at the Moon'". Blabbermouth.net. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  12. ^ The Ozzman Cometh (CD Booklet). Ozzy Osbourne. New York City: Epic Records 487260 2. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ . Bob Daisley. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  14. ^ Seely, Todd (20 May 2002). . Bob Daisley.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  15. ^ a b "The Great "Bark At The Moon" Song Writing Controversy". Destroyer of Harmony.com. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  16. ^ Southall, Brian (11 November 2009). "Ozzy Osbourne". Pop Goes to Court: Rock 'N' Pop's Greatest Court Battles. London, UK: Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857120366. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  17. ^ Saulnier, Jason (2013). "Max Norman Interview – Legendary Producer on Ozzy Osbourne Albums". Music Legends.ca. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  18. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  19. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4444a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  20. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  21. ^ "Ozzy Osbourne | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  22. ^ "Ozzy Osbourne Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  23. ^ "Charts.nz – Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  24. ^ a b "Ozzy Osbourne | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  25. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1998). Joel Whitburn's bubbling under singles & albums (1998location=Menomonee Falls, Wis., U.S.A. ed.). Record Research. p. 152. ISBN 0-89820-128-4. OCLC 40468716.
  26. ^ a b "Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  27. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  28. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon". Music Canada.
  29. ^ "British album certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  30. ^ "American album certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  31. ^ Westhoff, Ben (6 December 2011). "Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums". LA Weekly. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

External links

  • Bark at the Moon at Discogs (list of releases)

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Bark at the Moon is the third solo studio album by British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne originally released in December 1983 The album marks Ozzy s change to a synth infused pop metal sound with both its sonic production and in Ozzy s imaging 6 Bark at the MoonStudio album by Ozzy OsbourneReleasedDecember 1983 1983 12 1 Recorded1983StudioRidge Farm Studios Rusper EnglandGenreGlam metal heavy metalLength39 31LabelEpicCBS Associated 2 ProducerOzzy Osbourne Bob Daisley Max NormanOzzy Osbourne chronologySpeak of the Devil 1982 Bark at the Moon 1983 The Ultimate Sin 1986 Singles from Bark at the Moon Bark at the Moon Released November 1983 3 So Tired Released May 1984Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 4 Martin Popoff10 10 5 A commercial success Bark at the Moon peaked at number 19 on the Billboard album chart 7 and within several weeks of release was certified gold for over 500 000 sales in the United States 8 To date it has sold over 3 000 000 copies in the United States 8 In the UK it was the third of four Osbourne albums to attain silver certification 60 000 units sold by the British Phonographic Industry achieving this in January 1984 9 The album was remastered on CD in 1995 and again with a different mix in 2002 This is Osbourne s first album to feature guitarist Jake E Lee and only studio album to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge 10 Contents 1 Overview 1 1 2002 Remixed edition 2 Track listing 2 1 US Edition 2 2 European Edition 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Album 4 2 Singles 5 Certifications 6 Accolades 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksOverview EditBark at the Moon is the only Ozzy Osbourne album on which the songwriting is credited entirely to Osbourne However guitarist Jake E Lee maintains that he composed a significant amount of the album s music but was cheated out of his writing and publishing claims by Osbourne s wife and manager Sharon 11 Lee claims that after he had composed the songs and completed recording his parts in the studio he was presented with a contract which stated that he would have no claim to any writing or publishing relating to the album The contract also stated that Lee could not mention this publicly Lee claims he signed the contract because he had no legal representation and because Sharon threatened to fire him and have another guitarist re record his parts if he refused 11 Osbourne himself admitted several years later in the liner notes to The Ozzman Cometh that Lee had been involved in the album s writing to at least some degree stating that the album s title track was in fact co written by the guitarist 12 Osbourne s bassist at the time Bob Daisley has mirrored Lee s account of the album s production stating that he co wrote most of the music with Lee and wrote the vast majority of the lyrics Daisley has stated that he accepted a buyout from Osbourne in exchange for a writing credit 13 Osbourne s former drummer Lee Kerslake who also played with Daisley in Uriah Heep after leaving Osbourne s band stated that Daisley had been hired by Sharon Osbourne to write the Bark at the Moon album for 50 60 000 or whatever it is He was offered the chance to write with Ozzy Words music write the album 14 Some European pressings identified the track Centre of Eternity as Forever On tours for the album Osbourne referred to it as Forever This can be heard on bootleg recordings of tours promoting the album The title track was released as the album s first single with an accompanying music video the first Osbourne had made In the early 1980s infancy of the music video medium the video was highly anticipated due to his outrageous image The decision to release the ballad So Tired as the album s second single was unpopular with many longtime fans The track Spiders in the Night was originally included only on the European Australian New Zealand and Greek releases but was included on the 1995 CD reissue and the 2002 reissue listed simply as Spiders Composed by Daisley the lyrics to the song Now You See It Now You Don t were a pointed rebuke aimed at Osbourne s wife and manager Sharon who had fired him from the band in 1981 15 Daisley stated many years later that he was surprised the Osbourne camp allowed the lyrics on the album Shortly after Bark at the Moon s 1983 release a Canadian man named James Jollimore murdered a woman and her two children after allegedly listening to the album The media and Christian groups began to infer that the music was Satanic and had influenced Jollimore to commit the act The timing was particularly inopportune for Osbourne who was at the time facing allegations that his song Suicide Solution had influenced a fan to commit suicide 16 Bark at the Moon is Osbourne s third solo album after parting ways with Black Sabbath in 1979 and his only studio album to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge who was a fixture of his live band in the early 1980s Aldridge departed after the recording of the album and was briefly replaced by Carmine Appice but returned mid tour after Appice was removed by the Osbournes 15 When asked why Aldridge was brought back Osbourne told Hit Parader magazine in early 1984 For health reasons He Appice was making me sick Nonetheless Appice did appear in the popular music video for the Bark at the Moon single 2002 Remixed edition Edit Bark at the Moon was re issued again in 2002 although this release featured alternate mixes of many of the songs Track listing EditAll lyrics and music credited to Ozzy Osbourne except as noted US Edition Edit Side oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Bark at the Moon Osbourne Jake E Lee Daisley4 162 You re No Different 5 493 Now You See It Now You Don t 5 104 Rock n Roll Rebel 5 23 Side twoNo TitleLength1 Centre of Eternity 5 152 So Tired 4 023 Slow Down 4 204 Waiting for Darkness 5 16Total length 39 31 European Edition Edit Side oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Rock n Roll Rebel 5 232 Bark at the Moon Osbourne Jake E Lee Daisley4 163 You re No Different 5 494 Now You See It Now You Don t 5 10 Side twoNo TitleLength1 Forever 5 232 So Tired 4 023 Waiting for Darkness 5 164 Spiders 4 31Total length 39 50 Japanese Edition and 1995 Reissue Bonus TrackNo TitleLength9 Spiders in the Night 4 31 2002 Reissue Bonus TracksNo TitleLength9 Spiders 4 3110 One Up the B Side 3 23 All writing was officially credited to Osbourne However Jake E Lee has claimed that he and Bob Daisley wrote material for the album but were cheated out of writing credits by Ozzy s manager wife Sharon Osbourne Ozzy later admitted that they were involved in the songwriting to some extent but stated they were co written with him 11 Personnel EditOzzy Osbourne vocals Jake E Lee guitar backing vocals Bob Daisley bass backing vocals Tommy Aldridge drums Don Airey keyboardsProductionProduced by Ozzy Osbourne Bob Daisley and Max Norman 17 Engineered by Max Norman String arrangements by Louis Clark Mixed by Tony Bongiovi at The Power Station New York City Remastered by Brian Lee with Bob Ludwig 1995 reissue Charts EditAlbum Edit Chart 1983 1984 PeakpositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 18 94Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 19 23Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 20 9UK Albums OCC 21 24US Billboard 200 22 19Chart 1986 PeakpositionNew Zealand Albums RMNZ 23 50 Singles Edit Year Single Chart Position1983 Bark at the Moon UK Singles Chart 24 211984 Bark at the Moon Bubbling Under Hot 100 25 109Mainstream Rock USA 26 12 So Tired UK Singles Chart 24 20 Rock N Roll Rebel Mainstream Rock USA 26 40Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 27 Gold 35 000 Canada Music Canada 28 Platinum 100 000 United Kingdom BPI 29 Silver 60 000 United States RIAA 30 3 Platinum 3 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Accolades EditPublication Country Accolade RankL A Weekly US Chuck Klosterman s Favorite Hair Metal Albums 31 21See also EditElyse PahlerReferences Edit Strong Martin Charles 1995 The Great Rock Discography p 610 ISBN 9780862415419 Bark at the Moon album scans Ozzy Osbourne Discogs Retrieved 3 December 2011 Strong Martin Charles 1995 The Great Rock Discography p 610 ISBN 9780862415419 Huey Steve Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon review AllMusic All Media Network Retrieved 1 November 2015 Popoff Martin 1 November 2005 The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 2 The Eighties Burlington Ontario Canada Collector s Guide Publishing ISBN 978 1 894959 31 5 Whitaker Sterling 3 December 2012 Top 10 Ozzy Osbourne Songs Ultimate Classic Rock Retrieved 5 July 2021 Bark at the Moon Billboard Albums AllMusic All Media Network Retrieved 2 November 2015 a b RIAA Searchable Database Search Ozzy Osbourne Recording Industry Association of America Archived from the original on 26 June 2007 Retrieved 22 January 2012 Search for Artist Ozzy Osbourne British Phonographic Industry Archived from the original on 6 October 2014 Retrieved 25 October 2015 Bark at the Moon ozzy com Retrieved 11 December 2019 a b c Jake E 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