Various artists, “Private Parts” soundtrack, *** Warner Bros.

The soundtrack to the Howard Stern saga is both rocking and shocking--but predictability doesn’t diminish the fun. Sandwiched between bawdy bits of dialogue are classics by Van Halen, the Ramones and AC/DC, plus exceptional new music from Rob Zombie, Porno for Pyros and Ozzy Osbourne, who joins Type O Negative for a brilliantly blustery revamp of Status Quo’s “Pictures of Matchstick Men.”

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