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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ozzy at his best.........., 10 Sep 2000
By A Customer
Bark At The Moon has always been my own personal favourite when it comes to Ozzy's albums. It is also the first album to feature Jake E Lee on lead guitar and you can tell when you listen to the music that Ozzy had a bigger influence on this album than he did on the others when Randy was on lead guitar. All the tracks on the album are heavy metal classics that will soon have you head bangin' way to some simply great music. The opening track, Rock 'N' Roll Rebel, is one of the best tracks Ozzy has written and perhaps it is written with tongue in cheek about the great man himself and his rise to fame. Bark At The Moon, Spiders and Waiting For Darkness also deserve a special mention for the shear inventiveness of some of the music and it was nice to see Ozzy experimenting with keyboards on some of the tracks. There is a very nice ballad on this album, So Tired, and it makes a change to hear Ozzy write some slow beautiful music. If you are a true Ozzy fan then this album is simply a must for your collection as in my humble opinion it is his best work to date.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
New band, same vibe., 8 Feb 2003
This was the first proper studio album Ozzy released following the tragic death of musical partner and guitar hero Randy Rhodes.Instead, Ozzy hired Jake E. Lee, previously unknown guitarist, and came up with an album that for me just about matches the previous two at every level. The one big difference are Don Airey's keyboards, swooshing and swirling through most tracks to great effect. Rock 'n' roll rebel and Bark at the moon are classic numbers, the former with a fantastic riff, the latter with frantic guitar throughout the song, and a superb outro solo. Forever boasts a spooky church bell/male choir/organ intro, before the guitar bursts in and sweeps you away into what was side 2 of the original vinyl, and So Tired is a decent ballad. To be honest, the only real let-down for me is Spiders, which doesn't really have the balls to stand with the rest of the album. Otherwise this is a very good listen, and any self-respecting Ozzy fan should own this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic Ozzy album revisited- shamed about the tracklisting., 24 Jul 2007
I bought this CD as I used to own the album on vinyl, and wanted to re-own this classic. Bark At The Moon was the first Ozzy album I owned, and on the strength of this disc, I went on to collect 'Blizzard', 'Madman' and others. This album is a remaster of the original, and as such, sounds sharper and clearer to the point that you can hear things in the mix that you couldn't make out previously on vinyl. My only beef with this reissue is the track listing, as it has been radically changed from the initial version. The album originally began with 'Rock 'n' Roll Rebel', THEN 'Bark At The Moon', but for some reason, 'Bark' is now the album opener, and 'Rebel' has been relegated to track 4. One track has been completely re-named; 'Centre Of Eternity' was originally called 'Forever' on the vinyl release, but for some obscure reason it's name has been changed. I wonder why- was this a decision by Ozzy's management, or the record company? Also, 'Spiders' is listed as a bonus track, which it never was, as it was on the original vinyl release before 'Waiting For Darkness', and 'Slow Down' wasn't there- this must be the actual bonus track, along with 'One Up The B-side', which was Ozzy's original tongue-in-cheek B-side to the 'Bark' single. Those things aside,this is still an all-time rock classic, and displays the versatility that Ozzy unearthed when he left Sabbath. 'So Tired' is the best rock ballad that ELO never made, and 'Forever' (Sorry, 'Centre Of Eternity') still raises major goosebumps with its' overblown gothic intro, complete with churchbells, chanting monks and OTT organ chords. 'Bark' fairly rattles along at a cracking pace with a blisteringly complex guitar riff and an equally dazzling solo, and 'Spiders' is wonderfully atmospheric. If you're a fan of Ozzy and you haven't yet bought this album, go and do it. Now.
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