Down to Earth
Studio album by
Ozzy Osbourne
Released16 October 2001
Recorded (2000-04-00) (2001-08-00)April 2000 – August 2001
StudioHenson, Hollywood
Genre
Length48:34
LabelEpic
ProducerTim Palmer
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Ozzmosis
(1995) 		Down to Earth
(2001) 		Under Cover
(2005)
Singles from Down to Earth
  1. "Gets Me Through"
    Released: 4 September 2001
  2. "Dreamer"
    Released: January 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
Rock Sound[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Down to Earth is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 16 October 2001, it reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and number four on the US Billboard 200. "The Ozzfest was doing well", Osbourne explained. "I just wanted to be like the Grateful Dead and keep it going by touring, but the record company said they'd like a new Ozzy album."[5]

Down to Earth spawned just two singles, although both reached the top ten of the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.

Excluding his contributions to re-recordings of Ozzy's earlier material, Down to Earth is the only Osbourne studio album to feature bassist Robert Trujillo, who left to join Metallica in 2003. It was the first Osbourne album to feature drummer Mike Bordin, previously of Faith No More, though he had played live with Osbourne since 1996, as well as the last to feature guitarist Zakk Wylde until 2007's Black Rain. Though he plays on the album, Wylde did not contribute as a songwriter for the first time since joining Osbourne's band in 1988, because many of the songs were written before Wylde rejoined the band. Osbourne's previous guitarist Joe Holmes was involved in the writing and Osbourne chose to use outside songwriters such as producer Tim Palmer and Aerosmith collaborator Marti Frederiksen.

"Working with Tim on this album reminded me of [late guitarist] Randy [Rhoads]", Ozzy remarked of Palmer. "If it hadn't been for him, there wouldn't have been an album ... He has incredible patience, just like Randy."[6]

Allegedly, the Weezer song Hash Pipe was slated for this album. Ozzy approached that band's vocalist, Rivers Cuomo, for song ideas, and Hash Pipe was one of them, however, Osbourne did not use the song,[7] and Weezer included it on their Green Album instead.

Track listing

Standard Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gets Me Through"Ozzy Osbourne, Tim Palmer5:04
2."Facing Hell"Osbourne, Palmer, Scott Humphrey, Geoff Nicholls4:25
3."Dreamer"Osbourne, Marti Frederiksen, Mick Jones4:45
4."No Easy Way Out"Osbourne, Palmer5:06
5."That I Never Had"Osbourne, Frederiksen, Joe Holmes, Robert Trujillo4:23
6."You Know...(Part 1)"Osbourne, Palmer1:06
7."Junkie"Osbourne, Frederiksen, Holmes, Trujillo4:28
8."Running Out of Time"Osbourne, Frederiksen, Jones5:05
9."Black Illusion"Osbourne, Palmer, Nicholls, Andy Sturmer4:21
10."Alive"Osbourne, Danny Saber4:54
11."Can You Hear Them?"Osbourne, Frederiksen, Holmes, Trujillo4:58
Total length:48:34
Japanese Edition Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."No Place for Angels"Osbourne, Palmer, Nicholls3:23
Total length:51:57
20th Anniversary Expanded Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."No Place for Angels"Osbourne, Palmer, Nicholls3:23
13."Dreamer (Acoustic Version)"Osbourne, Frederiksen, Jones4:33
14."Gets Me Through (Single Version)"Osbourne, Palmer4:08

Personnel

Primary musicians
Additional musicians
Production and artwork personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Certifications for Down to Earth by Ozzy Osbourne
Canada (Music Canada)[38] Platinum 100,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[39] Gold 10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[40] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[41] Platinum 1,000,000^

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

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