Patient Number 9

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Patient Number 9
File:OzzyOsbournePatientNumber9.jpg
Studio album by Ozzy Osbourne
Released 9 September 2022
Length 61:10
Label Epic
Producer Andrew Watt
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Ordinary Man
(2020)		 Patient Number 9
(2022)
Singles from Patient Number 9

Patient Number 9 is the thirteenth studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 9 September 2022 through Epic Records and was produced by Andrew Watt.[1]

Background and promotion

Four days after the release of Ordinary Man, Osbourne announced that he had started working on its follow-up, with Andrew Watt returning as producer.[2][3] On 24 June 2022, the lead single and title track, "Patient Number 9" featuring Jeff Beck, was released along with an accompanying music video. The music video was directed by Todd McFarlane and M. Wartella.[4][5] The clip is the first-ever video to incorporate Osbourne's hand-drawn artwork. "My demons were animated and can be seen during the Jeff Beck guitar solo in the song," wrote Osbourne on Twitter.[6] The track subsequently debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, while concurrently achieving debuts of Nos. 17 and 22 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, respectively.[7] At the same time, Osbourne officially announced the album itself while also revealed the album cover, the track list and release date.[8][9]

On 22 July, the second single "Degradation Rules" featuring Tony Iommi was unveiled.[10][11] On 5 September, four days before the album release, the third single "Nothing Feels Right" featuring Zakk Wylde was published.[12][13] On 7 September, it was announced that Osbourne will perform during the halftime show at the Los Angeles Rams' NFL season opener against the Buffalo Bills on 8 September in support of the album.[14]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 75/100[15]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[16]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[17]
The Independent 3/5 stars[18]
Kerrang! 4/5 stars[19]
Louder Sound 4/5 stars[20]
NME 4/5 stars[21]
Wall of Sound 7/10[22]

Patient Number 9 received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[15]

AllMusic critic Fred Thomas gave the album a mostly positive review. He wrote: "Even with that fatalistic perspective sometimes peeking through, Ozzy sounds hypercharged throughout Patient Number 9, continuing the unlikely late-in-the-game comeback he began on Ordinary Man, and besting that album by taking more chances."[16]

Furthermore, writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis gave the album an overall positive review, implying that "By way of contrast, Patient Number 9 draws to a close with God Only Knows, a beautiful stadium rock ballad that features Osbourne contemplating his own mortality in terms that are alternately starkly affecting."[17]

Kerrang! gave the album 4 out of 5 and stated: "If nothing else, it's pleasing to see Ozzy still carrying on and still being the Prince of Darkness. But Patient Number 9 is also, like its predecessor, a massive celebration of life and friendship and the magic power of music. 'I'll never die, because I'm immortal!' he announces on Immortal. He sounds it."[19]

Louder Sound gave the album a positive review and stated: "Despite everything you may have heard about Ozzy being on his last legs, Patient Number 9 unequivocally does not sound like the work of a man living on borrowed time. Instead, it sounds like the Prince of fucking Darkness having an absolutely smashing time, with a bunch of his mates and, weirdly, a newfound sense of artistic ambition."[20]

NME writer Rhian Daly gave Patient Number 9 almost perfect score and stated: "At 73 years old and battling with his health, you might not expect Osbourne to keep that bar particularly high. But, for the most part, Patient Number 9 does just that – it's a fizzing piece of hard-rock magic. The superstitious metal frontman might have revealed in a recent Independent interview that he tries to "avoid looking at" the number 13, but we're lucky to have his magnificent 13th solo album."[21]

Gareth Williams of Wall of Sound gave the album a positive review, saying that it contains "There's no disguising one of rock's more unique voices and the singer sounds as good as he has in years. Although this album doesn't break any new ground it is streaks ahead of the likes of 2007's Black Rain or Scream from 2010. With Ordinary Man having blasted up the mainstream charts in 2020, Patient Number 9 won't be far behind."[22]

Track listing

Patient Number 9 track listing
No. Title Length
1. "Patient Number 9" (featuring Jeff Beck) 7:21
2. "Immortal" (featuring Mike McCready) 3:03
3. "Parasite" (featuring Zakk Wylde) 4:05
4. "No Escape from Now" (featuring Tony Iommi) 6:46
5. "One of Those Days" (featuring Eric Clapton) 4:40
6. "A Thousand Shades" (featuring Jeff Beck) 4:26
7. "Mr. Darkness" (featuring Zakk Wylde) 5:35
8. "Nothing Feels Right" (featuring Zakk Wylde) 5:35
9. "Evil Shuffle" (featuring Zakk Wylde) 4:10
10. "Degradation Rules" (featuring Tony Iommi) 4:10
11. "Dead and Gone"   4:32
12. "God Only Knows" (featuring Josh Homme) 5:00
13. "Darkside Blues"   1:47
Total length:
 61:10

Personnel

Additional musicians

  • Andrew Watt – backing vocals (1-9, 11, 12), guitar (1-3, 6-13), keyboards (1, 5, 7, 11, 12), piano (3, 6), bass (4, 6, 7, 9, 12), drums (11, 12), piano (12), production
  • Robert Trujillo: bass (1, 3, 7, 9-11)
  • Chad Smith: drums ( 1, 2, 4- 6, 8-10, 13), percussion (6)
  • Jeff Beck: guitar (1, 6)
  • Zakk Wylde: guitar (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12), keyboards (1, 5, 7, 9), guitar solo (3, 8), organ (8)
  • Duff McKagan: bass (2, 5)
  • Mike McCready: guitar (2)
  • Taylor Hawkins: drums (3, 7, 12), percussion (3)
  • Tony Iommi: guitar (4, 10)
  • Eric Clapton: guitar (5)
  • James Poyser: organ (5)
  • David Campbell: conductor (6), strings arrangements (6, 11)
  • Zachary Dellinger: viola (6)
  • Alyssa Park: violin (6)
  • Jackie Brand: violin (6)
  • Jennifer Takamatsu: violin (6)
  • Mario DeLeon: violin (6)
  • Michele Richards: violin (6)
  • Nina Evtuhov: violin (6)
  • Phillip Levy: violin (6)
  • Roberto Cani: violin (6)
  • Ross Gasworth: cello (6)
  • Jacob Braun: cello (6, 11)
  • Paula Hochhalter: cello (6, 11)
  • Andrew Duckles: viola (6, 11)
  • David Walther: viola (6, 11)
  • Natalie Leggett: violin (6, 11)
  • Neil Samples: violin (6, 11)
  • Songa Lee: violin (6, 11)
  • Charlie Bisharat: violin concertmaster (6, 11)
  • Suzie Katayama: conductor (6, 11)
  • James Poyser: organ (7)
  • Chris Chaney: bass (8)
  • Kerenza Peacock: violin (11)
  • Sara Parkins: violin (11)
  • Holly Laessig: backing vocals (12)
  • Jess Wolfe: backing vocals (12)
  • Josh Homme: guitar (12)

Charts

Chart performance for Patient Number 9
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25] 6
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[26] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[27] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[28] 6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[29] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[30] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[31] 2
22
Italian Albums (FIMI)[32] 2
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[33] 10
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[34] 12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[35] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[36] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[37] 2
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[38] 8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[39] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[41] 2
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[42] 1
US Billboard 200[43] 3

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