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Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

 

	RELEASED: October 19, 1991 PRODUCER: Duane Baron, John Purdell LABEL: Epic BAND: Ozzy Osbourne Zakk Wylde Bob Daisley Randy Castillo
+ Songs, Production, Zakk - ?Ozzy's never perfect	TRACKS: 1.Mr. Tinkertrain 2.I Don't Want to Change the World 3.Mama, I'm Coming Home 4.Desire 5.No More Tears 6.S.I.N. 7.Hellraiser 8.Time after Time 9 Zombie Stomp 10.A.V.H. 11.Road to Nowhere

OVERVIEW

After an average outing with new guitarist Zakk Wylde, Ozzy knuckled down and churned out the best album he’d had since his first. Full of hard licks and riffs, top notch production, blasting tones and thumping beats. This appealed to the pop savy MTV crowd as much as the die hard Ozzie fans.

SONGS

The bottom heavy Mr Tinkertrain thumps out of the speakers like a freight train. Zakk Wylde asserts his soon-to-be famous tones all over this song, and it sets the scene for the whole album. Great stuff. A Randy-styled riff ushers in Change The World, more bass heavy thump drives this heavy rocker into a harmony chorus. Infectious. Zakk pulls out his acoustic for Mama, which is probably a typical Ozzy-styled ballad, as good as any he’s done before. One of the best tracks of the album is next with Desire. A slight moody intro eases into this full throttle kick-arse rocker. The chorus is one of the best, and the song never lets go, which Ozzy songs often do. Strong stuff. The most famous single from the album, the epic title track No More Tears is a slight outing for Ozzy. The very long intro helps set the mood and Zakk’s distortion filled slide work really adds to this gem. Another winner. Minor blues licks start the next song (SIN) off in a sombre fashion, that soon gives way to more sensational Ozzy rockin’, another one of the best songs. The pre-chorus is great, but then you get smacked in the face by the ‘real’ chorus after the 2nd verse, love it, especially Zakk’s sly riffs. Hellraiser is even more of what Ozzy does best, not a bad track yet. The enjoyable Time After Time helps break up the monotony of the thudding rock, and has top notch solo by Wylde. Another moody intro kicks off Zombie Stomp, which is exactly how it sounds. Rockin’, stompin. No holds bar Ozzfest. Brutally sensational. While AVH isn't a terrible song, it could’ve been much more, the music is great, the vocals are boring and uninspiring. Can’t win them all I  guess. Road To Nowhere, is a great song, mixing all things in.

CONCLUSION

This was supposed to be Ozzy’s last album, and it would have been a hell of an outing. Although I am a huge Randy Rhoads fan, I believe this is his strongest album overall. Not really a weak spot in it, and the slightly weaker ones are only just that. Lemmy co-wrote four of the songs, and it only made it stronger. Probably his best lyrics and some of his best singing since Sabbath. Great album.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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