The five worst cds and boy does that Ozzy CD sound painful...
1) Big & Rich Comin' to Your City (Warner Bros.)
These self-proclaimed Nashville wild men were onto something with their strapping first album, which only makes this wretched-excess indulgence all the more shocking. Everything they touch â?? Southern rock, white rap, Dixie metal, modern bluegrass â?? is reduced to a grotesque freak show. We never really needed Hee Haw in the first place; we don't need a ''hip'' version of it in 2005, either.
2) Ozzy Osbourne Under Cover (Epic)
For years, he's used his whiny, corroded voice to destroy his own songs, and now he decides to do the same to classic-rock standards like ''Sunshine of Your Love'' and ''In My Life.'' At least Crazy Frog's album of remakes was a joke.
3) Jason Mraz Mr. Aâ??Z (Atlantic)
It's hard to say which part of this wet-noodle jam-band folkie's second album is most irritating: the song that announces what clever, witty singles he can write; the bit where he attempts street talk; or the smarm-merchant ballads. As his cuddly voice and image suggest, he may be a puppy, but not one you'd want to adopt.
4) Mike Jones Who Is Mike Jones? (Asylum)
Quick answer: bafflingly popular rapper who thinks ''Mike Jones, Mike Jones!'' constitutes clever flow and whose grueling, tiresome beats and ho homages only detract from Houston's flourishing hip-hop scene.
5) The Bravery The Bravery (Island)
Bands eager to relive the '80s were everywhere this year: Kaiser Chiefs (self-deprecating party boys), Bloc Party (proficient Gang of Four revivalists), Bright Eyes (an earnest but flat synth-pop droner on Digital Ash in a Digital Urn). The Bravery's homage to the worst, dreariest sides of the Cure, Depeche Mode, and Thompson Twins, however, was the most grating and pointless.
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