Bark at the Moon

For this album's title track, see Bark at the Moon (song).

Bark at the Moon
Studio album by
Ozzy Osbourne
Released18 November 1983 (1983-11-18)
Recorded1983
StudioRidge Farm Studio (Rusper, England)
Genre
Length39:31
LabelCBS Associated (US)
Epic (UK)
ProducerOzzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley, Max Norman
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Speak of the Devil
(1982) 		Bark at the Moon
(1983) 		The Ultimate Sin
(1986)
Alternate cover
In European markets, the album's embedded logo was given an outline of blue to match the album's color.
Singles from Bark at the Moon
  1. "Bark at the Moon"
    Released: 11 November 1983 (UK)[2]
  2. "So Tired"
    Released: 21 May 1984 (UK)[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Martin Popoff10/10[5]

Bark at the Moon is the third studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 18 November 1983 in the US[6] and on 2 December 1983 in the UK.[7] The album marks Ozzy's change to a synth infused pop-metal sound, with both its "sonic production, and in Ozzy's imaging".[8]

A commercial success, Bark at the Moon peaked at number 19 on the Billboard album chart[9] and within several weeks of release was certified gold for over 500,000 sales in the United States.[10] To date, it has sold over 3,000,000 copies in the United States.[10] In the UK, it was the third of four Osbourne albums to attain silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in January 1984.[11] The album was remastered on CD in 1995 and again (with a different mix) in 2002. This is Osbourne's first album to feature guitarist Jake E. Lee and only studio album to feature drummer Tommy Aldridge.[12]

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  4. ^ Huey, Steve. "Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. ^ "RIAA certifications". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ^ "Brit certifications for Ozzy Osbourne".
  8. ^ Whitaker, Sterling (3 December 2012). "Top 10 Ozzy Osbourne Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Bark at the Moon Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  10. ^ a b "RIAA Searchable Database-Search: Ozzy Osbourne". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Search for Artist Ozzy Osbourne". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Bark at the Moon". ozzy.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.