New York, NY (Top40 Charts) To learn about what inspired the theme for OZZY OSBOURNE's PATIENT NUMBER 9 album, look no further than the 26-page comic book available solely in some limited-edition album packages. Featuring a story by Todd McFarlane and illustrations by Jonathan Glapion (the beautiful haunting interior pages were painted by Glapion with a striking cover provided by McFarlane), the comic book was initially available only in record stores and online. The story tells how OSBOURNE is trapped in an asylum with no way out, he's tortured by the doctors, abused by the patients, and hunted by a horrific creature born from his shattered mind. The comic book serves as the prequel to the McFarlane-directed video for the album's first single and title track" Patient Number 9." The Limited Edition CD + Comic Book bundle is now being sold at more than 600 comic book stores throughout North
America (click here to find a local store).
PATIENT NUMBER 9-released
September 9 and marking OZZY's 13th solo studio album-triumphantly sets new career highs for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. The critically acclaimed album has topped his previous chart entries with record-breaking numbers around the world. In the U.S., the album debuted at #1 on multiple charts: Top Album Sales (Ozzy's first #1 ever on this chart), Top Current Album Sales (another first), Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Vinyl Albums and Tastemaker Albums charts; and at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Globally, the album charted at #1 in Canada (OZZY's first-ever #1 there); career high #2 entries in the UK, Australia, Finland and Italy; #6 in the Netherlands and New Zealand; #8 in Belgium; and #14 France. Other highlights include #2 Austria, Germany and Sweden; #3 in Switzerland; and #4 in Norway.
Working with producer Andrew Watt for the second time, OZZY welcomed a dynamic A-list featured guests on the album. For the first time ever,
Black Sabbath co-founder, guitarist, and riff-master Tony Iommi appears on an OZZY solo album. The record also boasts guitarists Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike McCready of
Pearl Jam, and longstanding righthand man and six-string beast
Zakk Wylde who plays on the majority of the tracks. For the bulk of the album, Chad Smith of Red Hot
Chili Peppers held down drums, while the late Taylor Hawkins of
Foo Fighters appears on three songs. Old friend and one-time OZZY band member Robert Trujillo of
Metallica plays bass on most of the album's tracks, with Duff McKagan of
Guns N' Roses and Chris Chaney supplying bass on a few songs.
Here's some international critical feedback for PATIENT NUMBER 9:
"It's a This Is Your Life collection of the artists who influenced, played with, and were inspired by Osbourne, and, even with all the star power, it never feels like anything other than an
Ozzy Osbourne album…an album that rocks harder than Ordinary Man without losing sight of Osbourne's love of melody." - ROLLING STONE
"Ozzy Osbourne Is a Bright Light on Star-Studded Album Patient Number 9…" - CONSEQUENCE
"Through it all, Osbourne sounds full of life…Patient Number 9 is a more focused work…there was speculation around Ordinary Man's release that it could be Osbourne's final album. Patient Number 9 proves that theory wrong. Don't count him out just yet." - ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK
"A new
Ozzy Osbourne album still feels like a major event…When Ozzy speaks, the world still listens. Patient Number 9 also happens to be Osbourne's best album in years…The all-star supporting cast doesn't outshine Ozzy, who sounds terrific…" - STEREOGUM
"The songs are tightly written…also finely balanced, the choruses big and bold enough to attract attention but not overshadow the main attraction's essential essence." - The Guardian UK ⭐⭐⭐⭐
"…it's a fizzing piece of hard-rock magic." - NME UK ⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Patient Number 9: a defiantly bravura set of melodic metal on which the 73-year-old genuinely sounds as though he's having the time of his life." - Telegraph UK ⭐⭐⭐⭐
"…a massive celebration of life and friendship and the magic power of music." - Kerrang! UK ⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Ozzy still has a lot to say, and his voice sounds breathtakingly beautiful" - TOP40-CHARTS.com
"The
Prince of
Darkness rides again on 'Patient Number 9', and it's a regal adventure from start to finish courtesy of a once-in-a-lifetime talent (and some prodigious friends)." - The Soundcheck Australia
"This truly is a brilliant album." - Everblack Media Australia
"Headline: Ozzy still got it. There is only one prince of darkness, and he is immortal…The world's strongest metal-voice is back with his 13th solo album…The album is one of the most heartfelt albums the metal legend has ever put out…The legend
Ozzy Osbourne does not need to prove his rightful place anymore." - Stavanger Aftenblad Norway⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
