Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne compilation)

Infobox Album |
Name = Prince of Darkness
Type = Box Set
Artist = Ozzy Osbourne


Released = March 22, 2005
Recorded = 1980 - 2005
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 3:08:32
Label = Epic Records
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2kdsa9cge238~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ozzyosbourne/albums/album/7016597/review/7089042/prince_of_darkness link]
Last album = "The Essential Ozzy Osbourne"
(2003)
This album = "Prince of Darkness"
(2005)
Next album = "Under Cover"
(2005)

"Prince of Darkness" is a box set of four CDs by Ozzy Osbourne released in 2005. The first two CDs are Osbourne's solo work containing various studio recordings, live tracks, b-sides, demos and outtakes, and the last two CDs are duets on disc three and cover songs on disc four. The cover versions were recorded for this box set compilation, but have since been released as a stand-alone CD.

Track listing

Disc 1 : 1981-1983

# "I Don't Know (Live)" (Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley) – 5:02
#*From "Tribute"
# "Mr. Crowley" (Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley) – 4:56
#*From "Blizzard of Ozz"
# "Crazy Train" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley) – 4:49
#*From "Blizzard of Ozz"
# "Goodbye to Romance (Live)" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley) – 5:24
#*From "Randy Rhoads Tribute"
# "Suicide Solution (Live)" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley) – 7:58
#*From "Tribute"
# "Over the Mountain" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake) – 4:32
#*From "Diary of a Madman"
# "Flying High Again (Live)" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake) – 4:26
#*From "Tribute"
# "You Can't Kill Rock and Roll" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake) – 6:43
#*From "Diary of a Madman"
# "Diary of a Madman" (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake) – 6:13
#*From "Diary of a Madman"
# "Bark at the Moon (Live)" (Osbourne) – 4:23
#*From B-Side of "So Tired"
# "Spiders in the Night" (Osbourne) – 4:28
#*From "Bark at the Moon"
# "Rock 'n' Roll Rebel" (Osbourne) – 5:22
#*From "Bark at the Moon"
# "You're No Different" (Osbourne) – 5:49
#*From "Bark at the Moon"

Disc 2 : 1986-2001

# "The Ultimate Sin (Live)" (Osbourne, Jake E. Lee, Daisley) – 4:43
#*From "The Ultimate Ozzy" video
# "Never Know Why (Live)" (Osbourne, Lee, Daisley) – 4:43
#*From "The Ultimate Ozzy" video
# "Thank God for the Bomb (Live)" (Osbourne, Lee, Daisley) – 4:00
#*From "The Ultimate Ozzy" video
# "Crazy Babies" (Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Daisley, Randy Castillo) – 4:15
#*From "No Rest for the Wicked"
# "Breakin' All the Rules" (Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, John Sinclair) – 5:12
#*From "No Rest for the Wicked"
# "I Don't Want to Change the World (Demo)" (Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Lemmy) – 3:56
#*From "The No More Tears Demo Sessions"
# "Mama, I'm Coming Home (Demo)" (Osbourne, Wylde, Lemmy) – 4:08
#*From "The No More Tears Demo Sessions"
# "Desire (Demo)" (Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Lemmy) – 5:01
#*From "The No More Tears Demo Sessions"
# "No More Tears" (Osbourne, Wylde, Mike Inez, Castillo, John Purdell) – 7:23
#*From "No More Tears"
# "Won't Be Coming Home (S.I.N.) (Demo)" (Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo) – 4:59
#*From "The No More Tears Demo Sessions"
# "Perry Mason (Live)" (Osbourne, Wylde, Purdell) – 5:56
#*From "Ozzfest 1"
# "See You on the Other Side (Demo)" (Osbourne, Wylde, Lemmy) – 6:34
#*Unreleased demo recorded during the "No More Tears" tour
# "Walk on Water (Demo)" (Osbourne, Jim Vallance) – 4:41
#*From "Beavis and Butt-head Do America" OST
# "Gets Me Through (Live)" (Osbourne, Tim Palmer) – 4:28
#*From "Live at Budokan"
# "Bang Bang (You're Dead)" (Osbourne, Palmer, Scott Humphrey, Geoff Nicholls) – 4:33
#*Early version of "Facing Hell" from the "Down to Earth" sessions.
# "Dreamer" (Osbourne, Marti Frederiksen, Mick Jones) – 4:45
#*From "Down to Earth"

Disc 3 : With Friends

# "Iron Man" (Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) – 5:26
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Therapy?
#*From 1994 in "Nativity in Black" tribute
# "N.I.B." (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) – 5:58
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Primus
#*From 1999-2000 in "Nativity in Black II" tribute
# "Purple Haze" (Jimi Hendrix) – 4:22
#*From 1989 in "Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell" compilation
# "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Francis Rossi) – 6:02
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Type O Negative
#*From 1997 in "Howard Stern - Private Parts" OST
# "Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed)" (Don Was, David Was, Jarvis Stroud) – 3:55
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Was (Not Was)
#*From 1982-83 in "Born to Laugh at Tornadoes" album of Was (Not Was)
# "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:29
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Miss Piggy
#*From 1994 in "Kermit Unpigged" compilation
# "Nowhere to Run (Vapor Trail)" (Osbourne, Earl Simmons, Jack Blades, John Eaton, Ken Jordan, Russell Jones, Rick Rubin, Scott Kirkland) – 4:44
#*Ozzy Osbourne with The Crystal Method, DMX, Ol' Dirty Bastard & Fuzzbubble
#*From 1998 in "" OST
# "Psycho Man" (Osbourne, Iommi) – 5:18
#*Black Sabbath
#*From 1998 in "Reunion"
# "For Heaven's Sake 2000" (Osbourne, Iommi, Bob Marlette, Darryl Hill, Elgin Turner, Jason Hunter, Robert Diggs) – 4:57
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Tony Iommi and Wu-Tang Clan
#*From 1999 in "Loud Rocks" compilation
# "I Ain't No Nice Guy" (Lemmy) – 4:15
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Motörhead and Slash
#*From 1992 in "March ör Die"
# "Therapy" (Mike Muir, Robert Trujillo) – 3:25
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Infectious Grooves
#*From 1991 in "The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves"
# "Stayin' Alive" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 4:39
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Dweezil Zappa
# "Dog, The Bounty Hunter" (Osbourne, Mark Hudson) – 0:53

Disc 4 : Under Covers

#"21st Century Schizoid Man" (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 3:52
#*King Crimson cover
#"Mississippi Queen" (Wes Golding) – 4:09
#*Mountain cover
#"All The Young Dudes" (David Bowie) – 4:36
#*Mott the Hoople cover
#"In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:29
#*The Beatles cover
#"Fire" (Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker) – 4:09
#*The Crazy World of Arthur Brown cover
#"For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) – 3:20
#*Buffalo Springfield cover
#"Sympathy for the Devil" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 7:12
#*The Rolling Stones cover
#"Working Class Hero" (Lennon) – (3:24)
#*John Lennon cover
#"Good Times" (Barry Jenkins, Daniel McCulloch, Eric Burdon, John Weider, Vic Briggs) – 3:46
#*Eric Burdon & The Animals cover
#"Changes" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward, Kelly Osbourne) – 4:06
#*Ozzy Osbourne with Kelly Osbourne