Patient Number 9

Four days after the release of Ordinary Man, Osbourne announced that he had started working on its follow-up, with Andrew Watt returning as producer.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-ordinary-man-follow-up-958063/|title=Ozzy Osbourne Begins Work on 'Ordinary Man' Follow-Up Album|last=Grow|first=Kory|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=25 February 2020|access-date=26 February 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/sharon-osbourne-says-ozzy-is-starting-work-on-his-new-studio-album|title=Sharon Osbourne says Ozzy is starting work on his new studio album|last=Munro|first=Scott|work=Louder|date=13 July 2020|access-date=25 July 2020}} On 24 June 2022, the lead single and title track, "Patient Number 9" featuring Jeff Beck, was released along with an accompanying music video. The music video was directed by Todd McFarlane and M. Wartella.{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/ozzy-osbourne-go-behind-scenes-patient-number-9-music-video|title=Ozzy Osbourne: Go Behind the Scenes of "Patient Number 9" Music Video|work=Revolver|date=14 July 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_6DfxA6LiI|title=Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 (Official Music Video) ft. Jeff Beck|author=Ozzy Osbourne|author-link=Ozzy Osbourne|publisher=YouTube |date=24 June 2022 |accessdate=8 September 2022}} The clip is the first-ever video to incorporate Osbourne's hand-drawn artwork. "My demons were animated and can be seen during the Jeff Beck guitar solo in the song," wrote Osbourne on Twitter.{{cite web|url=https://outsider.com/american-entertainment/music-2/ozzy-osbourne-reveals-animated-demons-featured-new-music-video/|title=Ozzy Osbourne Reveals His Animated 'Demons' Featured in New Music Video|last=Morgan|first=Emily|work=Outsider|date=7 July 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}} The track subsequently debuted at No. 1 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, while concurrently achieving debuts of Nos. 17 and 22 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Rock Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, respectively.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9-tops-hot-hard-rock-songs-chart/|title=Ozzy Osbourne's 'Patient Number 9' Debuts at No. 1 on Hot Hard Rock Songs Chart|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|magazine=Billboard|date=7 July 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}} At the same time, Osbourne announced the album, cover, track listing and release date.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9-album-1372445/|title=Ozzy Osbourne Drops 'Patient Number 9,' the Title Track From All-Star New LP|last1=Mier|first1=Tomás|last2=Kreps|first2=Daniel|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=24 June 2022|access-date=7 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/ozzy-osbourne-announces-new-album-with-new-single-patient-number-9-featuring-jeff-beck-3255068|title=Ozzy Osbourne announces new album with new single 'Patient Number 9' featuring Jeff Beck|last=Ng|first=Scott|work=NME|date=24 June 2022|access-date=7 September 2022}}

The second single "Degradation Rules", featuring Osbourne's former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi, was unveiled on 22 July.{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/hear-ozzy-osbournes-new-single-degradation-rules-featuring-tony-iommi|title=Hear Ozzy Osbourne's New Single 'Degradation Rules' Featuring Tony Iommi|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=7 September 2022|date=22 July 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/ozzy-osbourne-tony-iommi-degradation-rules-song/|title=Ozzy Osbourne Reunites With Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi on New Song 'Degradation Rules'|last=Trapp|first=Philip|work=Loudwire|date=22 July 2022|access-date=7 September 2022}} Four days before the album release, on 5 September, the third single "Nothing Feels Right" featuring Zakk Wylde was published.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/ozzy-osbourne-new-song-nothing-feels-right-zakk-wylde-3304569|title=Listen to Ozzy Osbourne's new song 'Nothing Feels Right' with Zakk Wylde|last=Gallagher|first=Alex|work=NME|date=6 September 2022|access-date=7 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/ozzy-osbourne-nothing-feels-right-song-lyrics-ft-zakk-wylde/|title=Zakk Wylde Shreds on New Ozzy Osbourne Song 'Nothing Feels Right'|last=DiVita|first=Joe|work=Loudwire|date=6 September 2022|access-date=7 September 2022}} Osbourne performed during the halftime show at the Los Angeles Rams' NFL season opener against the Buffalo Bills on 8 September in support of the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/ozzy-osbourne-if-i-drop-dead-now-at-least-i-cant-say-that-ive-had-a-dull-career|title=Ozzy Osbourne: "If I drop dead now, at least I can't say that I've had a dull career"|last=Law|first=Sam|work=Kerrang!|date=7 September 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/patient-number-9/ozzy-osbourne|title=Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=12 September 2022}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/patient-number-9-mw0003743591|title=Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 review|last=Thomas|first=Fred|work=AllMusic|access-date=12 September 2022}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/08/ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9-review-immortal-king-of-heavy-metal-cheats-death-again|title=Ozzy Osbourne: Patient Number 9 review – immortal king of heavy metal cheats death again|work=The Guardian|date=8 September 2022|access-date=8 September 2022|author=Alexis Petridis}}

| rev3 = The Independent

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/ozzy-osbourne-review-patient-number-9-b2161562.html|title=Ozzy Osbourne review, Patient Number 9: It would be foolhardy to consider this a swansong|work=The Independent|date=10 September 2022|access-date=12 September 2022|author=Alexis Petridis}}

| rev4 = Kerrang!

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9|title=Album review: Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9|website=Kerrang!|first=Nick |last=Ruskell|date=8 September 2022|accessdate=12 September 2022}}

| rev5 = Metal Hammer

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9-album-review|title=Ozzy Osbourne's Patient Number 9: metal's greatest icon continues his late-career hot streak|website=Louder Sound|first=Dom |last=Lawson|date=8 September 2022|accessdate=8 September 2022}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url= https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9-review-3305895 |title= Ozzy Osbourne – 'Patient Number 9' review: a fizzing piece of hard-rock magic|work=NME|date=9 September 2022|access-date=12 September 2022}}

| rev7 = Wall of Sound

| rev7score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2022/09/08/ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9-album-review/|title=Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9 (Album Review)|work=Wall of Sound|last=Williams|first=Gareth|date=8 September 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}}

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Patient Number 9 received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

AllMusic critic Fred Thomas gave the album a mostly positive review. He wrote: "Even with that fatalistic perspective sometimes peeking through, Ozzy sounds hypercharged throughout Patient Number 9, continuing the unlikely late-in-the-game comeback he began on Ordinary Man, and besting that album by taking more chances."

Furthermore, writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis gave the album an overall positive review, implying that "By way of contrast, Patient Number 9 draws to a close with God Only Knows, a beautiful stadium rock ballad that features Osbourne contemplating his own mortality in terms that are alternately starkly affecting."

Kerrang! gave the album 4 out of 5 and stated: "If nothing else, it's pleasing to see Ozzy still carrying on and still being the Prince of Darkness. But Patient Number 9 is also, like its predecessor, a massive celebration of life and friendship and the magic power of music. 'I'll never die, because I'm immortal!' he announces on Immortal. He sounds it."

Metal Hammer gave the album a positive review and stated: "Despite everything you may have heard about Ozzy being on his last legs, Patient Number 9 unequivocally does not sound like the work of a man living on borrowed time. Instead, it sounds like the Prince of fucking Darkness having an absolutely smashing time, with a bunch of his mates and, weirdly, a newfound sense of artistic ambition."

NME writer Rhian Daly gave Patient Number 9 almost perfect score and stated: "At 73 years old and battling with his health, you might not expect Osbourne to keep that bar particularly high. But, for the most part, Patient Number 9 does just that – it's a fizzing piece of hard-rock magic. The superstitious metal frontman might have revealed in a recent Independent interview that he tries to "avoid looking at" the number 13, but we're lucky to have his magnificent 13th solo album."

Gareth Williams of Wall of Sound gave the album a positive review, saying that "There's no disguising one of rock's more unique voices and the singer sounds as good as he has in years. Although this album doesn't break any new ground it is streaks ahead of the likes of 2007's Black Rain or Scream from 2010. With Ordinary Man having blasted up the mainstream charts in 2020, Patient Number 9 won't be far behind."

At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, Patient Number 9 received a total of four nominations, including Best Rock Album. The title track "Patient Number 9" received nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, and "Degradation Rules" was nominated for Best Metal Performance. The album would go on to win two Grammys, including Best Rock Album and Best Metal Performance for "Degradation Rules".{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List|last=Lee|first=Taila|date=15 November 2022|website=Grammys.com|access-date=15 November 2022}} This win makes it the third Grammy Award that Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi won together, after previously winning two as members of Black Sabbath.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/black-sabbath/8121|title=Black Sabbath|date=26 January 2014|website=Grammys.com|access-date=15 November 2022}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Patient Number 9 track listing

| all_writing =

| title1 = Patient Number 9

| note1 = featuring Jeff Beck

| writer1 = {{hlist|Ozzy Osbourne|Andrew Wotman|Robert Trujillo|Chad Smith|Ali Tamposi}}

| length1 = 7:21

| title2 = Immortal

| writer2 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Smith|Tamposi|Duff McKagan}}

| length2 = 3:03

| title3 = Parasite

| writer3 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Trujillo|Tamposi|Taylor Hawkins}}

| length3 = 4:05

| title4 = No Escape from Now

| writer4 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Smith|Tamposi|Iommi}}

| length4 = 6:46

| title5 = One of Those Days

| note5 = featuring Eric Clapton

| writer5 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Smith|Tamposi|McKagan}}

| length5 = 4:40

| title6 = A Thousand Shades

| note6 = featuring Jeff Beck

| writer6 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Smith|Tamposi|Ryan Tedder}}

| length6 = 4:26

| title7 = Mr. Darkness

| writer7 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Trujillo|Tamposi|Hawkins}}

| length7 = 5:35

| title8 = Nothing Feels Right

| writer8 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Smith|Tamposi|Chris Chaney}}

| length8 = 5:35

| title9 = Evil Shuffle

| writer9 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Trujillo|Smith|Tamposi}}

| length9 = 4:10

| title10 = Degradation Rules

| writer10 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Smith|Trujillo}}

| length10 = 4:10

| title11 = Dead and Gone

| writer11 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Trujillo|Smith|Tamposi}}

| length11 = 4:32

| title12 = God Only Knows

| writer12 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman|Tamposi|Hawkins}}

| length12 = 5:00

| title13 = Darkside Blues

| writer13 = {{hlist|Osbourne|Wotman}}

| length13 = 1:47

| total_length = 61:10

}}

Note

• The vinyl edition of the album features "Immortal" as the first track and "Patient Number 9" as the second.
• An early version of "Darkside Blues" previously appeared as a Japanese bonus track on Osbourne's previous album Ordinary Man.

Credits adapted from official booklet{{Cite AV media notes |title=Patient Number 9 |others=Ozzy Osbourne|date=2022 |type=CD liner notes}}

Solo band members

• Ozzy Osbourne – lead vocals, harmonica (tracks 10, 13)
• Zakk Wylde – guitars (tracks 1–3, 6–9, 11, 12), keyboards (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9), organ (track 8)

Additional musicians

• Andrew Watt – guitars (tracks 1–3, 5–13), bass (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 12), keyboards (tracks 1, 5–7, 11, 12), piano (tracks 3, 6, 12), drums (tracks 11, 12), backing vocals, production
• Jeff Beck – guitars (tracks 1, 6)
• Tony Iommi – guitars (tracks 4, 10)
• Mike McCready – guitars, backing vocals (track 2)
• Eric Clapton – guitars, backing vocals (track 5)
• Josh Homme – guitars, backing vocals (track 12)
• Robert Trujillo – bass (tracks 1, 3, 7, 9–12)
• Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals (tracks 2, 5)
• Chris Chaney – bass (track 8)
• Chad Smith – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8–12), percussion (track 6)
• Taylor Hawkins – drums (tracks 3, 7, 12), percussion (track 3)
• James Poyser – organ (track 5)
• David Campbell – strings arrangement (tracks 6, 11)
• Charlie Bisharat – violin (tracks 6, 11)
• Roberto Cani – violin (track 6)
• Mario DeLeon – violin (track 6)
• Nina Evtuhov – violin (track 6)
• Songa Lee – violin (tracks 6, 11)
• Natalie Leggett – violin (tracks 6, 11)
• Philipp Levy – violin (track 6)
• Alyssa Park – violin (track 6)
• Michele Richards – violin (track 6)
• Neil Samples – violin (tracks 6, 11)
• Jennifer Takamatsu – violin (track 6)
• Kerenza Peackock – violin (track 11)
• Sara Parkins – violin (track 11)
• Andrew Duckles – viola (tracks 6, 11)
• Zachary Dellinger – viola (track 6)
• David Walther – viola (tracks 6, 11)
• Jacob Braun – cello (tracks 6, 11)
• Paula Hochhalter – cello (tracks 6, 11)
• Ross Gasworth – cello (track 6)

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{{album chart|Denmark|9|M|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=37&y=2022&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 37, 2022|publisher=Hitlisten|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=21 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|6|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=17 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Finland|2|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2022}}
{{album chart|France|14|M|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=37?&annee=2022&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 37, 2022)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Germany4|2|id=500617|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=16 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Hungary|2|year=2022|week=37|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Ireland3|22|date=20220916|rowheader=true|access-date=16 September 2022}}
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{{album chart|Oricon|10|date=2022-09-19|rowheader=true|access-date=14 September 2022}}
scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=http://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2022&month=09&day=19|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2022/09/19 公開|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=14 September 2022}} | 12
scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2022-09-16|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=19 September 2022|access-date=17 September 2022}} | 6
{{album chart|Norway|4|M|url=https://topplista.no/charts/albums/2022-w37/|title=Album 2022 uke 37|publisher=VG-lista|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=16 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Poland|2|id=1458|rowheader=true|access-date=22 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Portugal|10|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Scotland|2|date=20220916|rowheader=true|access-date=17 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Spain|8|M|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2022/37|title=Top 100 Albums Weekly|publisher=Promusicae|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=September 20, 2022}}
scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2022&dspp=37|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 37|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=16 September 2022}} | 2
scope="row"| Swedish Hard Rock Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/93?dspy=2022&dspp=37|title=Veckolista Hårdrock, vecka 37|language=sv|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=22 September 2022}} | 1
{{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Patient Number 9|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2022}}
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{{album chart|UKRock|1|date=20220916|rowheader=true|access-date=16 September 2022}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|rowheader=true|access-date=18 September 2022}}
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|1|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|rowheader=true|access-date=22 September 2022}}
{{album chart|BillboardHardRock|1|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|rowheader=true|access-date=22 September 2022}}
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|rowheader=true|access-date=22 September 2022}}
{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|1|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|rowheader=true|access-date=22 September 2022}}

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scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web|url=https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010524/|title=Ö3 Austria Top40 Jahrescharts 2022|date=8 November 2019 |publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40|language=de|access-date=2 January 2023|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102173616/https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010524/|url-status=live}} | 74
scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.de/info/3812dy/jahrescharts-2022-album|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 2022|publisher=GfK Entertainment charts|language=de|access-date=16 December 2022}} | 35
scope="row"| Polish Albums (ZPAV){{cite web|url=http://www.zpav.pl/aktualnosc.php?idaktualnosci=2064|title=OLiS 2022 – roczne podsumowanie sprzedaży płyt na nośnikach fizycznych|publisher=Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry|language=pl|access-date=17 February 2023}} | 80
scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2022/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2022|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=27 December 2022}} | 46
scope="row"| US Hard Rock Albums | 24

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