Live & Loud

Live & Loud is a live album recorded by the former Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 28 June 1993. At the time, it was to be Osbourne's final album following Osbourne's final tour before retiring, aptly titled "No More Tours". The track "Black Sabbath" featured the original line-up of Black Sabbath, the members of which were invited to join Ozzy as guest stars for the Costa Mesa Reunion shows.

Live & Loud
Live album by
Released28 June 1993
Recorded1991-92
GenreHeavy metal
Length117:16
LabelEpic
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
No More Tears
(1991)
Live & Loud
(1993)
Ozzmosis
(1995)
Singles from Live & Loud
  1. "Changes (live)"
    Released: 1993
Live & Loud
Video by
Released28 June 1993
Recorded1991-92
GenreHeavy metal
Length112 min.
LabelEpic/Sony
DirectorJeb Brien
ProducerJeb Brien and Charles S. Carroll
Ozzy Osbourne video chronology
Don't Blame Me
(1991)
Live & Loud
(1993)
Gets Me Through
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
AllMusic (DVD)[2]

In addition to the standard release in a 'fat-boy' 2CD case, the album was released as a digipak with a metal 'speaker grille' cover and included tattoos, as well as the booklet; the official release was preceded by a single CD sampler issued as a promotional item. A DVD of Live & Loud was also issued, one of the very first music compilation released in that format. The DVD is a compilation of live footage from several shows rather than a single concert: this is evident as Osbourne can be seen both shirtless and wearing different clothes during the same song, while guitarist Zakk Wylde can be seen playing up to three different guitars in the same song.[2] The live recordings in the CD (with the exclusion of Wylde's guitar solo and Castillo's drum solo) are used as the soundtrack for the collage of performances in the video release, the only difference being in the selection of speeches with which Osbourne introduces some of the songs.

The album, along with The Ultimate Sin and Just Say Ozzy, has since been deleted from Ozzy's catalog and was not remastered and reissued along with the rest of Ozzy's albums in 2002. Despite this, the live track "I Don't Want to Change the World" appeared on The Ozzman Cometh and The Essential Ozzy Osbourne compilations.

In 1994, Osbourne won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the live version of "I Don't Want to Change the World," which is included in this album.[3]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 3:12
2."Paranoid"Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward3:17
3."I Don't Want to Change the World"Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Randy Castillo, Lemmy Kilmister4:06
4."Desire"Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Kilmister6:00
5."Mr. Crowley"Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley6:25
6."I Don't Know"Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley5:12
7."Road to Nowhere"Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo5:30
8."Flying High Again"Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake5:03
9."Guitar Solo"Wylde4:43
10."Suicide Solution"Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley5:02
11."Goodbye to Romance"Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley6:18
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shot in the Dark"Osbourne, Phil Soussan6:36
2."No More Tears"Osbourne, Wylde, Mike Inez, Castillo, John Purdell7:50
3."Miracle Man"Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley4:58
4."Drum Solo"Castillo2:52
5."War Pigs"Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward9:17
6."Bark at the Moon"Osbourne, Jake E. Lee, Daisley5:28
7."Mama, I'm Coming Home"Osbourne, Wylde, Kilmister5:45
8."Crazy Train"Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley6:20
9."Black Sabbath" (performed by Black Sabbath)Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward7:12
10."Changes"Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward5:15

Personnel

Black Sabbath (performs on "Black Sabbath")
Production

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 2000 Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[13]

Awards

36th Annual Grammy Awards[3]

Year Single Category
1994 "I Don't Want to Change the World" Best Metal Performance

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Ozzy Osbourne - Live & Loud review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. Weber, Barry. "Ozzy Osbourne - Live & Loud (video) review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. "No More Tears Grammy Award". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. "Zakk Wylde Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 58, No. 2, July 24, 1993". Library and Archives Canada. 24 July 1993. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. "Live & Loud Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. "Ozzy Osbourne – Live & Loud (Album)". Australian-Charts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  8. "Ozzy Osbourne – Live & Loud (Album)". charts.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  9. "Ozzy Osbourne – Live & Loud (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  10. "Ozzy Osbourne – Live & Loud". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  11. "Album – Ozzy Osbourne, Live & Loud". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  12. "Live & Loud Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  13. "RIAA Searchable Database-Search: Ozzy Osbourne". Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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