
Ordinary Man is the twelfth solo studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on February 21, 2020 through Epic Records. It was produced by Andrew Watt and Louis Bell. The album marks the first time that Osbourne collaborated with Watt and Bell. It also marks the longest gap between two albums from Osbourne to date, spanning almost ten years since Scream. The first single of the album, “Under the Graveyard”, was released on November 8, 2019. The second single, “Straight to Hell”, was released on November 22, 2019. The third single and title track featuring singer Elton John was released on January 10, 2020. The fourth single “It’s a Raid” featuring Post Malone was released on February 20, 2020, a day before the release of the album.
The album received mainly positive reviews, with many considering it Osbourne’s best album in years and favorably comparing it to both his early solo work and Black Sabbath.
- “Straight to Hell” 3:45
- “All My Life” 4:18
- “Goodbye” 5:34
- “Ordinary Man” (featuring Elton John) 5:01
- “Under the Graveyard” 4:57
- “Eat Me” 4:19
- “Today Is the End” 4:06
- “Scary Little Green Men” 4:20
- “Holy for Tonight” 4:52
- “It’s a Raid” (featuring Post Malone) 4:20
- “Take What You Want” (Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott) 3:49
Ozzy Osbourne – lead vocals, harmonica (tracks 6, 12), composition
Andrew Watt – vocals, guitars, keyboards (tracks 2, 4-10), piano (track 4), bass (track 7), programming, production, composition, instrumentation, string arrangements, choir arrangement, back cover photography
Louis Bell – keyboards (track 10), production, engineering, programming, composition, instrumentation, vocal production
Duff McKagan – bass (tracks 1-4, 6, 8-10), composition
Chad Smith – drums, percussion (tracks 1-11), composition
Slash – guitar (tracks 1, 4)
Tom Morello – guitar (tracks 8, 10)
Charlie Puth – keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9)[27]
Elton John – piano and co-lead vocals (track 4)
Post Malone – co-lead vocals (tracks 10, 11), composition
Travis Scott – vocals (track 11), composition
Kelly Osbourne – background vocals (track 6)
Michael Dore – bass
Nicholas Garrett – bass
Peter Snipp – bass
Richard Pryce – double bass
Stacey Watton – double bass
Charlie Schein – guitar
Happy Perez – keyboards (tracks 5, 8), additional production, instrumentation, programming
Ali Tamposi – vocals, composition
Billy Walsh – composition
Holly Laessig – background vocals
Jess Wolfe – background vocals
John Bowen – tenor vocals
Christopher Hann – tenor vocals
Gareth Treseder – tenor vocals
Hannah Cooke – alto
Jo Marshall – alto
Amy Lyddon – alto
Clara Sanabras – alto
Sara Davey – soprano
Grace Davidson – soprano
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange – soprano
Lizzie Ball – violin
Perry Montague-Mason – violin, strings
Mark Berrow – violin
John Bradbury – violin
Jackie Hartley – violin
Patrick Kiernan – violin
Boguslav Kostecki – violin
Gaby Lester – violin
Dorina Markoff – violin
Steve Morris – violin
Everton Nelson – violin
Tom Pigott-Smith – violin
Christopher Tombling – violin
Deborah Widdup – violin
Susan Dench – viola, vocals
Julia Knight – viola, vocals
Peter Lale – viola, vocals
Andy Parker – viola, vocals
Ian Burdge – viola, cello
Nick Cooper – viola, cello
Vicky Matthews – viola, cello
Chris Worsey – viola, cello