which new album will debut higher on Billboard's album chart next week?

Ozzy's 4 cd set $37.99 (best buy) or Billy Idol's new album @ $11.99 (best buy)
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Mazerati said:

I'm hoping it will be Billy but realistically it's more likely to be Ozzy since he's beeen in the public eye consistantly for the past 3 years. Who do you think it will be Mazerati?

Are you going to buy Billy's cd? I can't wait to get my copy! Rock on Billy!

dancerella said:

thats a tough one to call i just read where the record company shipped 200k of Billy's Album..so i think i will give Billy the edge on the higher debut plus they are showing his video on vh-1 now...and yes i will be buying it

Mazerati said:

No way, they're showing the video? I have to see it. Does he look hot? I love that man! Just one more day til his album drops!

Billy Idol or Ozzy Osbourne.....

Hmmmmm.

I'd love to get that Ozzy set but I'm damn near in debt and certainly can't afford to get a near $40 box set! Which will debut higher? I don't think either will do well on the charts because Ozzy's is a boxed set (it's not going to sell like a single disc would...hint, hint) and Billy been out of the spotlight for a while...but I think Idol might come out ahead, especially if VH-1 is pushing it.

Correction....Ozzy's box is actually only $29.99 at Best Buy. Excuse me!


Fucking, shit, fuck, goodamn it!

They keep those box sets low all the time (the MJ set is still like $29.99, right?).

Gasp! At Circuit City....$27.99....Damn, damn, damn!

AND Tweet's new album comes out tommorrow....
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I don't know who will chart higher, but discs 3 and 4 of Ozzy's box set sound crazy.



This is what the're sayin on the internets:


Fans expecting a collection of greatest hits get that on the first two discs of the 52-track Bible of Ozz, due February 8. Remastered studio versions of "Crazy Train," "Mr. Crowley," "Dee" and "Dreamer" appear alongside concert takes of "Suicide Solution," "Ultimate Sin" and "Gets Me Through," while demos and rare B-sides round out the remaining tracks.

On the third and fourth discs, things really get weird. So weird that collaborations with the Wu-Tang Clan ("For Heaven's Sake") and the combined force of techno duo the Crystal Method, rappers Ol' Dirty Bastard and DMX, and P. Diddy's former rock protégés Fuzzbubble ("Nowhere to Run") seem expected compared to Ozzy's pairings with the muppet Miss Piggy ("Born to Be Wild"), Dweezil Zappa ("Stayin' Alive") and Was (Not Was) ("Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed)"). Other matchups on the disc titled "Oddities and Duets" include ones with those more in tune with the metal scene, such as Motörhead, Primus and Type O Negative.

Osbourne, with guitarists Jerry Cantrell (ex-Alice in Chains), Robert Randolph and Leslie West (Mountain) in tow, recently recorded some of his favorite songs for the fourth disc, "Under Covers." It's easy to imagine Osbourne taking over the lyrical reins for hard rock classics like King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" and the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"; it's anyone's guess how his versions of the Beatles' "In My Life" and Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" will come off.

Bible of Ozz track list, according to Epic Records:

* Disc 1 "I Don't Know" (live)
* "Mr. Crowley"
* "Crazy Train"
* "Goodbye to Romance" (live)
* "Suicide Solution" (live)
* "Over the Mountain"
* "Flying High Again" (live)
* "You Can't Kill Rock and Roll"
* "Diary of a Madman"
* "Bark at the Moon" (live B-side)
* "Spiders" (B-side)
* "Rock and Roll Rebel"
* "You're No Different"
* "Dee"

Disc 2
* "Ultimate Sin" (live)
* "Never Know Why" (live)
* "Thank God for the Bomb" (live)
* "Crazy Babies"
* "Breaking All the Rules"
* "I Don't Want to Change the World" (demo)
* "Mama, I'm Coming Home" (demo)
* "Desire" (demo)
* "No More Tears" (single version)
* "Won't Be Coming Home" (demo)
* "Perry Mason" (live)
* "See You on the Other Side" (demo)
* "Walk on Water" (demo)
* "Gets Me Through" (live)
* "Bang Bang" (original demo for "Facing Hell")
* "Dreamer"

Disc 3
* "Iron Man" (with Therapy)
* "N.I.B." (with Primus)
* "Purple Haze" (with Zakk Wylde, Randy Castillo and Geezer Butler)
* "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (with Type O Negative)
* "Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed)" (with Was (Not Was))
* "Born to Be Wild" (with Miss Piggy)
* "Nowhere to Run" (with Crystal Method, DMX, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Fuzzbubble)
* "Led Clones" (with Gary Moore)
* "For Heaven's Sake" (with Tony Iommi and Wu-Tang Clan)
* "I Ain't No Nice Guy" (with Motörhead)
* "Therapy" (with Infectious Grooves)
* "Stayin' Alive" (with Dweezil Zappa)

Disc 4
* "Good Times" (originally recorded by Eric Burdon)
* "21st Century Schizoid Man" (King Crimson)
* "In My Life" (The Beatles)
* "Mississippi Queen" (Mountain)
* "For What It's Worth" (Buffalo Springfield)
* "Fire" (Arthur Brown)
* "Hi-Ho Silver Lining" (The Jeff Beck Group)
* "All the Young Dudes" (Mott the Hoople)
* "Sympathy for the Devil" (The Rolling Stones)
* "Changes" (Black Sabbath)
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Mazerati said:

How the hell can you compare a box set at that price to a regular priced single cd? If they were both single cds, OZZY would definitely take the higher spot, and not because he's on tv. He's been a hell of alot more consistant with albums and releases quality work, unlike Billy Idol. The only thing good about Billy Idol is his guitarist. His recent single has got to have some of the stupidest lyrics I've ever heard. I can't believe this guy is actually trying to make a comeback. What a joke!

geez don't kick my ass on this im just asking a question

cinnamongirl24 said:

luv4u said:

cinnamongirl24 said:

Yes, but who is going to be even a decently priced boxed set? Not that many people, although Ozzy does have a rather solid fanbase....If it were single discs, maybe there is no doubt Ozzy would crush Idol but considering the fact that Ozzy's become sort of America's beloved reality TV star the past few years AND that Idol's "Greatest Hits" a few years back reminded people that Billy Idol rocked, I'm not sure what would happen.

the final totals are in on hitsdailydouble.com

29 OZZY OSBOURNE LEGACY 36,898
PRINCE OF DARKNESS

47 BILLY IDOL SANCTUARY 28,612
DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND

neither! it's a lose-lose situation.

Mazerati said:

I'm dissapointed that Ozzy is in the lead but i'm not surprised. Anyway, whose album do you like more? I don't have Ozzy's but Billy Idol's is pretty good. At the moment i'm listening to Rebel Yell, the Greatest hits and Devil's Playground. A triple dose of the Idol one!

Mazerati said:

Well I bought the Ozzy set, so one (or would it be four) of those numbers are mine. That has to be one of the highest debuting box sets I've seen...definately better than MJ's numbers but better than those recent released by the Beatles, Nirvana, and Bon Jovi?