Under Cover

Under Cover
Studio album by Ozzy Osbourne
Released	1 November 2005
Recorded	2003–05
Studio	Cello Studios Whatinthwhatthe? The Music Machine The Village Recorder Capitol Studios, Los Angeles Sony Music Studios Avatar Studios, New York City Ritz Carlton Hotel, Palm Beach Peninsula Hotel, New York Abbey Road Studios Withfield Street Studios, London, UK
Length	57:10
Label	Epic
Producer	Mark Hudson
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Prince of Darkness (2005) Under Cover (2005) Black Rain (2007)
Singles from Under Cover
"Changes" Released: 2003 "In My Life" Released: 2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]

Under Cover is the ninth studio album by heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. The album consists entirely of cover songs. This is Osbourne's first and only album to feature cover songs from various artists, although in 1982, Osbourne had released the live album Speak of the Devil featuring renditions of songs from his time with Black Sabbath. All but 4 songs were originally released in the box set Prince of Darkness, released earlier the same year. The additional songs on this album which are not featured in Prince of Darkness are "Rocky Mountain Way", "Sunshine of Your Love", "Woman" and "Go Now".^[3]

Under Cover is the only Osbourne album to feature the work of Alice in Chains' guitarist Jerry Cantrell, and the final Osbourne album to feature 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.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Rocky Mountain Way"	Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh	Joe Walsh	4:32
2.	"In My Life"	Lennon–McCartney	The Beatles	3:30
3.	"Mississippi Queen"	Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, David Rea, Leslie West	Mountain	4:11
4.	"Go Now"	Larry Banks, Milton Bennett	Bessie Banks	3:42
5.	"Woman"	John Lennon	John Lennon	3:45
6.	"21st Century Schizoid Man"	Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield	King Crimson	3:53
7.	"All the Young Dudes"	David Bowie	Mott the Hoople	4:34
8.	"For What It's Worth"	Stephen Stills	Buffalo Springfield	3:20
9.	"Good Times"	Vic Briggs, Eric Burdon, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch, John Weider	The Animals	3:45
10.	"Sunshine of Your Love"	Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton	Cream	5:10
11.	"Fire"	Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker	Arthur Brown	4:08
12.	"Working Class Hero"	John Lennon	John Lennon	3:22
13.	"Sympathy for the Devil"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	7:11
14.	"Changes" (bonus track, with Kelly Osbourne)	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	Black Sabbath	4:07

Personnel

• 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

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 2005 Swedish Albums Chart[5] 50 UK Albums Chart[6] 67 Swiss Albums Top 100[7] 95 Billboard 200 (USA)[8] 134

Singles Year Single Chart Position 2003 "Changes" UK Singles Chart[6] 1 Irish Singles Chart[9] 7 2004 German Singles Chart[10] 9 Norwegian Singles Chart[11] 15 Swedish Singles Chart[12] 26 Austrian Top 40 Singles[13] 31 2005 "In My Life" UK Singles Chart[6] 63 "Mississippi Queen" Mainstream Rock (USA)[4] 10

References

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