10 Perfect Rock Singles On Bad Albums

5. I Don't Wanna Stop - Ozzy Osbourne: Black Rain (2007)

Ozzy, how we love you. This was the first time Ozzy teamed up with Zakk Wylde since the early 2000s and it was a damn fine entry from the endearingly shambolic, Prince of Darkness. For a guy who went undiagnosed with Parkinson's for decades, he wasn't inhibited when it came to his vocal performances. The bespectacled rocker still had the vocal abilities needed to remind you, he was the father of metal.

Faith No More's drummer Mike Bordin, pounded out one of the deepest beats the human body is capable of listening to without getting a hernia. And the viking lord of guitar, Zakk Wylde, melted faces with each note from his Les Paul. Although the lyrics read like a has-been insisting they've still got it, Ozzy made it work.

The album on the other hand, was filled with derivative and generic metal numbers. But really, who cares? Ozzy could release dross for the next 10 years, as long as he gives us a couple of nuggets every now and then, we'll be happy.

 
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