Live & Loud
1993 live album by Ozzy Osbourne
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Live & Loud is a live album recorded by heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, released on 7 June 1993. At the time, it was to be Osbourne's final album following his final tour before retiring, aptly titled "No More Tours". The track "Black Sabbath" featured a reunion of the original line-up of Black Sabbath, Osbourne's former band, in which the other members were invited to join Ozzy as guest stars for the Costa Mesa Reunion shows. Other songs were performed by the original Black Sabbath lineup, but were not included in this release.[6][7]
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| Released | 7 June 1993[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 117:16 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Released | 18 May 1993[3] | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 112 minutes | |||
| Label | Epic/Sony | |||
| Director | Jeb Brien | |||
| Producer | Jeb Brien and Charles S. Carroll | |||
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In addition to the standard release in a '"fat-boy" two-CD case, the album was released as a digipak with a metal speaker grille cover and included tattoos, as well as the booklet; the official release was preceded by a single CD sampler issued as a promotional item.
A DVD of Live & Loud was also issued, one of the first music compilations released in that format. The DVD is a compilation of live footage from several shows rather than a single concert: this is evident as Osbourne can be seen both shirtless and wearing different clothes during the same song, while guitarist Zakk Wylde can be seen playing up to three different guitars in the same song.[5] The live recordings in the CD (with the exclusion of Wylde's guitar solo and Castillo's drum solo) are used as the soundtrack for the collage of performances in the video release, the only difference being in the selection of speeches with which Osbourne introduces some of the songs.
In 1994, Osbourne won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the live version of "I Don't Want to Change the World", featured on this album.[8]
Due to ongoing legal litigation regarding song writing credits for the track "Shot In The Dark", this album, along with The Ultimate Sin and Just Say Ozzy (both of which also included the song), were not remastered and reissued along with the rest of Ozzy's back catalog in 2002. However, the Grammy-winning live track, "I Don't Want to Change the World" from Live & Loud did appear on The Essential Ozzy Osbourne compilation released in 2003.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 3:12 | |
| 2. | "Paranoid" | Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 3:17 | |
| 3. | "I Don't Want to Change the World" | Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 5:03 | |
| 4. | "Desire" |
| Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 6:00 |
| 5. | "Mr. Crowley" |
| Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 6:25 |
| 6. | "I Don't Know" |
| Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 5:12 |
| 7. | "Road to Nowhere" |
| Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 5:30 |
| 8. | "Flying High Again" |
| Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, Georgia - August 18, 1992 | 5:03 |
| 9. | "Guitar Solo" |
| Miami Arena, Miami, Florida - August 14, 1992 | 4:43 |
| 10. | "Suicide Solution" |
| Miami Arena, Miami, Florida - August 14, 1992 | 5:02 |
| 11. | "Goodbye to Romance" |
| Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio - August 20, 1992 | 6:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Length |
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| 1. | "Shot in the Dark" |
| Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio - August 20, 1992 | 6:36 |
| 2. | "No More Tears" |
| Miami Arena, Miami, Florida - August 14, 1992 | 7:50 |
| 3. | "Miracle Man" |
| Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, Georgia - August 18, 1992 | 4:58 |
| 4. | "Drum Solo" |
| Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, Georgia - August 18, 1992 | 2:52 |
| 5. | "War Pigs" |
| Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio - August 20, 1992 | 9:17 |
| 6. | "Bark at the Moon" |
| Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 5:28 |
| 7. | "Mama, I'm Coming Home" |
| Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio - August 20, 1992 | 5:45 |
| 8. | "Crazy Train" |
| Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida - August 16, 1992 | 6:20 |
| 9. | "Black Sabbath" (performed by Black Sabbath) |
| Pacific Amphitheater, Costa Mesa, California - November 15, 1992 | 7:12 |
| 10. | "Changes" |
| Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, Colorado - June 24, 1992 | 5:15 |
Personnel
- Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
- Zakk Wylde – guitar, piano on "Changes"[9]
- Mike Inez – bass
- Randy Castillo – drums
- Kevin Jones – keyboards
- Black Sabbath (performs on "Black Sabbath")
- Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
- Tony Iommi – guitar
- Geezer Butler – bass
- Bill Ward – drums
- Production
- Mixed and engineered by Michael Wagener
- Mastered by Stephen Marcussen
- Remastered by Brian Lee with Bob Ludwig
- Liner notes by Steffan Chirazi
Charts
Album
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Singles
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[20] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Awards
| Year | Single | Category |
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| 1994 | "I Don't Want to Change the World" | Best Metal Performance |