Ordinary Man
| Ozzy Osbourne
Ordinary Man
Ordinary Man (stylised as ØRD†NARY MAN) is the twelfth studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 21 February 2020 through Epic Records. It was produced by Andrew Watt and Louis Bell. This is the longest gap between two albums from Osbourne to date, spanning almost ten years since Scream. -Wikipedia
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Kerrang!
Ozzy is going out with as much fire and passion as he started with 50 years ago.
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Pitchfork
On his best album in decades, the most famous man in metal reaches again for big hooks and big statements, with help from new friends like Post Malone.
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Rolling Stone
With a mix of soulful midnight confessionals and free-spirited rockers, the Prince of Darkness bares his soul on his 12th solo album.
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Medium
Ordinary Man is a very solid addition to the Ozzy Osbourne discography.
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Consequence of Sound
The metal icon delivers a polished effort despite his recent health woes.
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Forbes
‘Ordinary Man’ Is No Ordinary Ozzy Osbourne Album.
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Metal Injection
Osbourne has come through with a record that proves that even in his old age, the Prince of Darkness can still be unpredictable.
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Glide Magazine
OZZY OSBOURNE BREAKS FROM EXPECTED METAL FORMULA ON ‘ORDINARY MAN’.
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Variety
His first album in 10 years, which often feels intended as a swan song, manages to be elegiac and dumb fun at the same time.
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Louder Sound
Anything but ordinary.
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NME
The metal icon has quicksilver in his veins on first album in a decade.
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The Guardian
The elegiac lyrics on Osbourne’s 12th solo album stand in contrast with the off-the-cuff vibe of its music.
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All Music
How he's making music this strong after riding the crazy train for more than half-a-century is anyone's guess, but the better songs here rank among his best.
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Loudwire
There's a little something for everyone on Ozzy's Ordinary Man album, yet it all flows together for what should be considered an uptick in Osbourne's solo catalogue and a well representative document of Osbourne's life at this stage in his career.
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Drew's Reviews
Ordinary Man fully retains the classic Ozzy tone.
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Spill Magazine
Ordinary Man sets the bar for hard rock records for the next decade and not only lives up to, but exceeds, Osbourne’s legendary status, 50 years later.
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Metal Sucks
For the most part, it’s an appropriate exploration of his life, legacy, and mortality.
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Clash Music
Enjoy your retirement Ozzy, we stan an extraordinary man.
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XS Noize
With Ordinary Man, Ozzy Osbourne reminds us that he’s anything but.
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Rock Documented
The most disturbingly heart-breaking, maniacal, thundering album about aging that you will ever hear.
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Vancouver Sun
Without a doubt, the guest-artist laden 11-track record is one of the most varied and, frankly, honest of the Birmingham musician’s career.
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Bourbon and Vinyl
A Simply Extraordinary Album!
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Music OMH
It succeeds in its rawness, its slapdash cobbling together of predictable riffs and lunatic poetry. It falls down on its inability to break free from the template Ozzy laid down with Randy Rhoads a lifetime ago.
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Metal Master Kingdom
Underwhelming.
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Vents Magazine
Overall it’s an enjoyable album.
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Ryan Panny Music
Ozzy Osbourne’s 12th studio album is a complete standalone effort in his 40-year solo discography.
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RMU Sentry Media
Ozzy shows he has no intentions of being an "ordinary man".
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Daily Nebraskan
Ozzy Osbourne confronts his career-defining darkness on ‘Ordinary Man’.
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Sputnik Music
Great.
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Riff Magazine
Ozzy Osbourne makes a human statement with ‘Ordinary Man’.
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V13.net
I’m not going to condone nor condemn Ordinary Man as it falls right in the middle of lacklustre and formidable, but it is the best album he’s put out in years, and after several spins, it’s a grower.
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Metal Insider
Ordinary Man is a well-composed set of songs, most of which are memorable and very easy to listen to.
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The Arts Desk
The Prince of Darkness defies his (health) demons for a late-career high.
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Stereoboard
At times it’s little more than a workmanlike Ozzy record, beefing up forgettable songs with the personality and vigour of its performances, but in its best moments it’s able to confidently bear that load.
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Will to Rock
The main thing I have to say about this record is that it is as authentic an Ozzy record that Ozzy could make.
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Hone in Media
A solid album for any heavy metal / hard rock fan, more so if you're an Ozzy fan.
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Super Dekes
When all is said and done this album is BRILLIANT!
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Metal Archives
This isn’t really worth anyone’s time.
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Cryptic Rock
Worth checking out if you are a die-hard Ozzy fan.
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Weekend Notes
The Man from Black (Sabbath) is Back.
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Financial Times
Ozzy Osbourne’s Ordinary Man is endlessly entertaining.
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2 Loud 2 Old Music
Ozzy sounds great and fresh in what could be the best thing he has done in 30 years (for me at least).
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Hotpress
The former Sabbath singer releases his swansong.
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Ghost Cult Mag
Ozzy’s voice, although clearly processed to hell and back, sounds good enough for someone of his age and medical condition, but a few (admittedly excellent) highlights aside, Ordinary Man is just plain ordinary.
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Exclaim!
Ordinary Man isn't necessarily the best Ozzy album ever made, but if this does mark the end of his recording career, he's ended with a bang instead of a thud.
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The Young Folks
Ozzy Osbourne returns to rule the genre he created on “Ordinary Man."
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The Review Geek
“I don’t wanna be an ordinary man”, Well Ozzy, ordinary you are not.
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The Times
Heartfelt balladry and heavy riffage.
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411 Mania
[A] thrilling and utterly energized all-star LP.
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MHF
Ozzy Osbourne seems to be petering out into nothing more a wet fart and that is a horrible shame.
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Metal Storm
Of course it's a bad album, but I'm still pretty glad it exists, even though I doubt I'll drop by too often even if I'm always afraid of seeing Ozzy's eulogy somewhere.
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Anti-Christ Magazine
It turns out that Ordinary Man is a quite good album.
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Irish Times
A star-studded and emotionally charged rock extravaganza.
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Standard
Prince of Darkness still knows how to bring the noise.
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Metal Temple
I wanted to like the album. I had hopes for the title track, a duet with ELTON JOHN, but even that song falls considerably short of the mark.
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Tuonela Magazine
OZZY OSBOURNE is extraordinary, and has immortalized himself with this release.
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Music Mayhem Magazine
Ozzy Osbourne Exceeds Expectations With Brilliant New Album ‘Ordinary Man’.
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Ultimate Guitar
In many ways, this is the best and most emotionally direct of his records.
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Metal Music Archives
Its simultaneously better than you’d expect, but realistically not as good as people say it is.
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Sentinel Daily
A stinker, by anyone’s standards…
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Metal Express Radio
One thing is certain, Ozzy has once again shown us that he is the farthest thing from what anyone else would call an “ordinary man”.
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Musings by Madison
Ozzy Osbourne presents his most personal album yet, without losing any of his theatricality.
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Rock Sins
Ozzy feels fresh and revitalised with an album worthy of his legacy.
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Setlist.fm
Ozzy Osbourne Proves He's No "Ordinary Man" on New Album.
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Newsbreak
A totally enjoyable effort from the metal legend.
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Vinyl Chapters
Ordinary Man is Ozzy at the top of his game with the years unable to diminish the strength of his voice or his formidable personality.
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Deadpress
‘Ordinary Man’ is a fun, interesting journey, albeit leaving you with a bittersweet feeling. If this really is his final bow, it’ll certainly have been on a high.
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The Musical Hype
Osbourne makes quite an intriguing comeback on his 12th studio album, and first in a decade, Ordinary Man.
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Market Watch
All of the songs have replay value and I greatly enjoy the addition of "Take What You Want" at the end of the album as a thank you to Post Malone.
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Gruesome Magazine
Overall, the production and musicianship on this album is top-notch and the fact that Ozzy seems to be pulling these songs and performances from his heart – laying it all out there – makes this collection as special as it is outstanding.
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Brooklyn Vegan
If this is the last new music we ever get from the Ozzman, and it gains him some new fans who go back and discover the classics in the process, I’d say he wrapped his career up pretty nicely.
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The Soundboard
It’s a fitting note to go out on for a man who’s been anything but ordinary.
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The Obelisk
A few resonant hooks, a lot of familiar pieces put together in familiar ways, and Ozzy himself at the center of it. It’s got enough of everything to make for a successful franchise reboot.
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Herald Standard
An Osbourne offering that showcases some of his best solo work in a long time and reminds Osbourne fans that ordinary is something he could never be.
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Loud Mag
If this is indeed Ozzy’s last recorded output, then it is a decent enough swansong.
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WQAQ
After listening to the record, it’s clear that even at 71, the Prince of Darkness has still got it.
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The Paper
As Ozzy takes a dark turn in his music, it’s good to know that he can still get our brains turning, even after all of these years.
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The Orion
Ozzy Osbourne proves he is no ordinary man.
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USA Today
Compelling lyrics.
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Total Rock
Ozzy says farewell with stellar final studio album.
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Geeks Under Grace
Ozzy Osbourne's newest album is a hopeless, tired mess.
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Kraykulla
This is a fine comeback by the legendary master of darkness.
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The Uncivil Revolt
Ordinary Man is a roller-coaster of a record, with each song being more unique than the last one.
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Miss Mephistopheles
This album is haunting, honest, but still the badass (and hilarious) Ozzy we all know and love.
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Markus Heavy Music Blog
Thank you Ozzy Osbourne for giving the Metal world this longplayer and thank you for all the earlier releases that made this music genre to what it is.
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Alex Rox
Overall ‘Ordinary Man’ is an unexpected pleasure.
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Silent Radio
Though things come to an end, this album is fantastic finale, from a frontman who will never be forgotten, much like many of his peers who have left unfortunately.
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Flyctory
A great variety of Ozzy songs.
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Overtime
Ozzy Osbourne proves on this album that despite his recent health scares he is very much still alive and well.
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Newstral
Ozzy Osbourne's first album in 10 years, which often feels intended as a swan song, manages to be elegiac and dumb fun at the same time.
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XS Rock
This is easily my “least favorite” of all of Ozzy’s solo albums.
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Rock and Blog
“Ordinary Man” sounds as an almost epilogue, but Ozzy Osbourne takes advantage of his bad stage to make an album that is near to musical and creative perfection.
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Something Else!
The album is extremely difficult to listen to, not because of the content, but because it sounds like utter crap.
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Rock Cellar Magazine
Ozzy Osbourne's new album 'Ordinary Man' is here, and it's heavy, twisted, a little goofy and a whole lot of fun.
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Teller Report
That over half of the tracks work just fine can be seen as good enough by a startled 71-year-old.
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Super Metal World
It certainly produced hits and misses throughout the album for us, but that is a subjective experience. It is an album that sees Ozzy leaning more into pop music than hard rock for better or worse.
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