OZZY OSBOURNE — No Rest For The Wicked (review)

OZZY OSBOURNE — No Rest For The Wicked album cover Album · 1988 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Stooge
No rest for the wicked, and no rest for the Ozzman, as he gets back on track with a new guitarist in yet another lineup change.

I like what Zakk Wylde brings to the band on his first album as Ozzy’s axe slinger. His solos are solid, but I’m much more drawn into his riff writing. As a fresh face on the metal scene, he quickly puts his stamp on the Ozzy brand by contributing strong hooks in songs like “Breaking All the Rules”, “Crazy Babies”, and “Devil’s Daughter”.

Like some of the Jake E. Lee era songs, they tend to lean towards the hair metal side. While these songs lack the timelessness and atmosphere of the Randy Rhoads era material, they make up for it in energy. All songs, aside from the slower “Fire In The Sky” and “Hero” (which is a hidden track on the CD I own), would fit in nicely on a party mix tape (or playlist to be more modern :)). Not much on this album ranks highly among my favorite Ozzy tracks, but I’d only point to “Tattooed Dancer” as being notably below average or filler. It’s the one song I can never seem to remember off No Rest For The Wicked.

While very much a product of the 80s, No Rest For The Wicked is a fun album to bust out if you want some more up beat hard rock/metal.
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