Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne album)

Prince of Darkness
Box set by Ozzy Osbourne
Released	March 22, 2005
Recorded	1980–2005
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock[1] alternative metal glam metal
Length	4:08:48
Label	Epic
Producer	Mike Muir[2]
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
The Essential Ozzy Osbourne (2003) Prince of Darkness (2005) Under Cover (2005)

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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 collaborations, on disc three, and cover songs, on disc four. The cover versions were recorded for this box set compilation, but were released on a stand-alone album entitled Under Cover later in the year.

Notably, the album tracks from Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman included in the set are taken from the 2002 remasters of those albums, for which the original drum and bass tracks were replaced with new recordings by Osbourne's then-current bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Mike Bordin, as a management response to legal action by original bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake for unpaid royalty fees. Likewise, the tracks from Bark at the Moon are similarly taken from the 2002 remaster, for which they were remixed and altered.