OZZY OSBOURNE — No More Tears (review)

OZZY OSBOURNE — No More Tears album cover Album · 1991 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Ozzy Hits it Big

No More Tears came out just as Metallica's black album was changing the public's taste in music. Heavy was in, and Ozzy and Zakk delivered. Wylde was starting to inject his own tastes into the music, and one of those touches was Southern Rock. His admiration of Duane Allman meant slide and when the title song erupted onto our speakers, that slide was nasty and heavy. The riffs were huge and it was clear the Ozzman had a hit on his hands.

This album also contains the huge hit "Mama I'm Coming Home," a ballad in which Zakk inject some more twang. The whole album is extremely well (if not over) produced. Sadly, nothing on the album quite reaches the heights of the opening riffs. Even the bridge on the title song seems a little strange.

This would be the last Ozzy album I owned after immersing myself in almost everything he did up to this. Though Zakk was fast and heavy, he really wasn't doing anything to suprise as a guitarist. He was rock n' roll, all attitude and enthusiasm, but he didn't take the instrument anywhere new. And because of this, Ozzy begins his long series of retreads after this. He's spent. Still, not a bad way to go out.

Bottom Line: Some great riffs, big commercial success.
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