Ozzy Osbourne has announced his new album “Patient Number 9” with the release of its title track ahead of the record’s release on September 9th through Sony Music. The track comes with an official video directed by artist, comic book writer and Spawn creator, Todd McFarlane.
The song features a guest performance by revered guitarist Jeff Beck, of whom Ozzy said: “Having someone like Jeff Beck play on my album is just incredible, a total honour. There’s no other guitar player that plays like him and his solo on ‘Patient Number 9’ is just jaw-dropping.”
Co-written with producer Andrew Watt (Post Malone/Miley Cyrus), the title track was inspired by Ozzy’s relationship with his wife and manager, Sharon, according to an interview the singer did with SiriusXm last year, also stating that it was “about a mental institution”.
The forthcoming album also features guest appearance from former solo and BLACK SABBATH band members Zakk Wylde and Tony Iommi. RED HOT CHILLI’s drummer Chad Smith, who played on Ozzy’s 2020 album “Ordinary Man”, METALLICA’s Rob Trujillo and GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan, PEARL JUM guitarist Mike McCready and FOO FIGHTERS’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins area also reported to have been involved in the recording.
Todd McFarlane comments: “Having worked with Ozzy in the past, I jumped at another opportunity to do so again…especially on the music side this time. In the harsh business called the music industry, any creative person who’s sustained a multi-decades career has shown the skill, talent and tenacity that will always garner my admiration. Ozzy has shown many of us creative folks that it’s indeed possible to make a living doing what you love for nearly an entire lifetime. Go, Ozzy!”
The new track comes about a week and a half after Osbourne shared an update to fans that he was “home from the hospital recuperating comfortably” from a surgery that his wife Sharon had said would “determine the rest of his life.”
Ozzy has been battling Parkinson’s disease for several years now and has opened up in the past about his trouble with mobility, partly due to a 2003 ATV accident.
“Patient Number 9” track listing:
- Patient Number 9 (feat. Jeff Beck)
- Immortal (feat. Mike McCready)
- Parasite (feat. Zakk Wylde)
- No Escape From Now (feat. Tony Iommi)
- One Of Those Days (feat. Eric Clapton)
- A Thousand Shades (feat. Jeff Beck)
- Mr. Darkness (feat. Zakk Wylde)
- Nothing Feels Right (feat. Zakk Wylde)
- Evil Shuffle (feat. Zakk Wylde)
- Degradation Rules (feat. Tony Iommi)
- Dead And Gone
- God Only Knows
- Darkside Blues
You can watch the official music video for “Patient Number 9” below:
