His 2007 album features one of his strongest band's thanks to Zakk Wylde returning on guitar and Mike Bordin from Faith No More behind the kit. It starts off with two stadium bangers with "I Don't Want to Stop' forcing its way into Ozzy's regular setlist, and getting more of the promotional push when this album was released. The title track simmers and is very timely in 2025. "Lay Your World On Me" sounds like it was a leftover track from the "No More Tears" sessions and is on the more sentimental side of power balladry.
The Bass line in "The Almighty Dollar' finds the instrument adding more groove than what you expect from an Ozzy song."11 Silver" moves more like a Queens of the Stone Age song. Perhaps this shift is what makes it feel like less than a perfect fit for him. This goes to show it's more about the songs and less about the band backing him. The punchy "Civilize the Universe" feels like it flows better with Ozzy's personality than the previous song. They roll out the piano for "Here For You," which is another stab in the direction of "Momma I'm Coming Home".
I don't have to have Ozzy at his heaviest, but I'll take a riff like the one that is the pulse of "Countdown's Begun." He can balance it out with his signature arena anthem chorus. It's another apocalyptic theme, which is something Ozzy had been obsessed with since the Sabbath days. "Trap Door" has a more metallic aggression moving that works well, making it one of the album's best songs. "I Can't Save You" works off a manic energy before the album closes with the more deliberate "Nightmare" that feels like it blends a "Ultimate Sin" mood with "Ozzmosis" production. I will give this one a 9.5, it's not his best album but , still great and better what most were doing in 2007.
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