Down to Earth is an album by Ozzy Osbourne, released on October 16, 2001. It was the long awaited follow-up to his 1995 studio release Ozzmosis. It was also an Enhanced CD. The cover of the album is made of Osbourne's X-ray and his tattoos superimposed. It is the first and only studio album to feature former Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo, who would then go on to join Metallica in 2003. This was the first studio album Osbourne had ever done without the writing or performance of either Bob Daisley or Geezer Butler. Zakk Wylde didn't write any of Read more on Last.fm.
This 2001 release followed 1995’s 5 star Ozzmosis, a testament to the Ozzy/Wylde collaboration. This uneven but still memorable followup is chock full of pinch harmonics and squealing peddle solos. This is both good and bad. Zakk’s riffs are tailor made for Black Label Society and not always for Ozzy. Here, sometimes it works (“Gets Me Through”) sometimes doesn’t (“Junkie”). But the few leaner moments like “Dreamer” pull the record together cohesively enough to make it memorable. Decent…..but don’t start here.