Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy

by Bat Head Soup - Tribute To Ozzy / Various (Colv)

Overview

Ozzy Osbourne may well be ripe for mainstream acclaim as a founding father of heavy metal, but thankfully Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy is not one of those increasingly common, cute, and "eclectic" tribute albums where bands and artists are seemingly chosen on the basis of how far away they are, musically, from the honoree. Nor is it -- like Legend of a Madman, Ozzified, and Land of the Wizard, the previous Osbourne tributes -- an attempt by record labels to showcase the no-name acts on their roster. This one gives the Ozzy Osbourne songbook the full-bore, hard rock treatment with a lineup that includes members and ex-members of Ratt, Kiss, Night Ranger, Poison, Slaughter, Twisted Sister, and Judas Priest, to name just a few. There are more guitar heroes, virtuoso bassists, hotshot session drummers, and '80s wild-child screamers in this lineup than you could shake a dead pigeon at. Most of the covers are, by and large, faithful to the originals, if a little too heavy on the guitar pyrotechnics, but that comes with the territory on an album that features Paul Gilbert, Reb Beach, Richie Kotzen, Steve Lukather, George Lynch, Doug Aldrich, Dweezil Zappa, Brad Gillis, and Yngwie Malmsteen. On the one hand, the guitar overkill is what keeps the songs from being note-identical copies of the originals; on the other, it is a tiny bit hard to digest after a point if you're not a shred fan. Speaking of shred fans, the entire Racer X lineup is present on "Children of the Grave," the only "band" effort on the album (and one of two Black Sabbath songs on it, along with "Paranoid") apart from the Flys on "Suicide Solution" -- the rest are all by supergroups assembled on the fly specially for the tribute. The only really unusual collaboration is Lisa Loeb and Dweezil Zappa doing "Goodbye to Romance" -- not bad, no matter what it sounds like on paper. And you also get to hear Motoerhead's Lemmy singing on "Desire," a song he co-wrote with Osbourne for the No More Tears album back in 1991. It's pretty obvious that all the artists on this album grew up idolizing Osbourne. Often that's transparent in their desire to be impressive, but there are worse faults a tribute album could have. ~ Leslie Mathew

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2024
Label:	Deadline
UPC:	0889466506215
Rank:	1660

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nick Lucero et al   Primary Artist
Jason Bonham et al   Primary Artist
Brad Gillis et al   Primary Artist
Tim "Ripper" Owens   Primary Artist
Reb Beach et al   Primary Artist
Jeff Martin et al   Primary Artist
Paul Gilbert   Primary Artist
Brad Gillis   Primary Artist
Mark Slaughter   Primary Artist
Yngwie Malmsteen   Primary Artist
Vinnie Colaiuta   Primary Artist
Bobby Blotzer   Primary Artist
Billy Sherwood   Primary Artist
Gregg Bissonette   Primary Artist
Vince Neil   Primary Artist
Richie Kotzen   Primary Artist
George Lynch   Primary Artist
Jeff Martin   Primary Artist
Tommy Bogert   Primary Artist
Gilbert   Primary Artist
Adam Paskowitz   Primary Artist
Peter Perdichizzi   Primary Artist
Nick Lucero   Primary Artist
Dweezil Zappa   Primary Artist
James Book   Primary Artist
Joe Lynn Turner   Primary Artist
Eric Singer   Primary Artist
Doug Aldrich   Primary Artist
Pat Torpey   Primary Artist
Gary Moon   Primary Artist
Lemmy Kilmister   Primary Artist
Derek Sherinian   Primary Artist
Scott Travis   Primary Artist
John Alderete   Primary Artist
Jay Schellen   Primary Artist
Dee Snider   Primary Artist
Jeff Pilson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jeff Scott Soto   Primary Artist
Ricky Phillips   Primary Artist
Lisa Loeb   Primary Artist
Reb Beach   Primary Artist
Michael Sherwood   Primary Artist
Stuart Hamm   Primary Artist
Mike Porcaro   Primary Artist
Tim Owens   Primary Artist
Tommy Aldridge   Primary Artist
Bruce Kulick   Primary Artist,Guitar
Tony Franklin   Primary Artist
Tony Levin   Primary Artist
Steve Lukather   Primary Artist
Steve Ferrone   Primary Artist
Paul Taylor   Primary Artist
Jason Bonham   Primary Artist
Jack Blades   Primary Artist
Bob Kulick   Guitar
David Glen Eisley   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Tony Levin   Performer
Steve Lukather   Performer
Steve Ferrone   Performer
Paul Taylor   Performer
Bob Daisley   Composer
Bill Ward   Composer
Jason Bonham   Performer
Jack Blades   Performer
Bruce Bouillet   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Mark Slaughter   Performer
Yngwie Malmsteen   Performer
Zakk Wylde   Composer
Vinnie Colaiuta   Performer
Bobby Blotzer   Performer
Paul Gilbert   Producer
Bob Kulick   Mixing,Producer
Billy Sherwood   Performer
Gregg Bissonette   Performer
Vince Neil   Performer
Richie Kotzen   Performer
George Lynch   Performer
Jeff Martin   Performer
Tommy Bogert   Performer
Tom Size   Engineer
Gilbert   Performer
Tommy Pons   Paintings
Jamie Lamm   Engineer
Adam Paskowitz   Performer
Peter Perdichizzi   Performer
Nick Lucero   Performer
Phil Soussan   Composer
Chuck Wright   Graphic Design
Dweezil Zappa   Performer
James Book   Performer
Joe Gastwirt   Mastering
Joe Lynn Turner   Performer
Eric Singer   Performer
Doug Aldrich   Performer
Pat Torpey   Performer
Gary Moon   Performer
Geezer Butler   Composer
Lemmy Kilmister   Composer,Performer
Derek Sherinian   Performer
Scott Travis   Performer
John Alderete   Performer
Jay Schellen   Performer
Lee Kerslake   Composer
Dee Snider   Performer
Jeff Scott Soto   Performer
Ricky Phillips   Performer
Lisa Loeb   Performer
Randy Castillo   Composer
Randy Rhoads   Composer
Reb Beach   Performer
Ozzy Osbourne   Composer
Michael Sherwood   Performer
Stuart Hamm   Performer
Mike Porcaro   Performer
Tim Owens   Performer
Tommy Aldridge   Performer
Tom Fletcher   Engineer
Brad Gillis   Performer
Tony Franklin   Performer
Tony Iommi   Composer