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No More Tears is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 17 September 1991, the album charted at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart and number seven on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. No More Tears spawned five singles, of which four reached the top ten of the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, including the number-two "Mama, I'm Coming Home". It is also one of Osbourne's two best-selling albums in North America, along with his debut Blizzard of Ozz, having been certified four times platinum by the RIAA and double platinum by CRIA.
[edit] Background and recording
Guitarist Zakk Wylde contributed songwriting and guitar to the album, while Motörhead's bassist/vocalist Lemmy wrote the lyrics for four songs. Although Mike Inez is seen playing bass in several of the album's videos, long-time Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley plays on the entire album. Though Inez was an official member of the band, the Osbournes had a longstanding working relationship with Daisley and had also asked him to write lyrics, as he did for all of Osbourne's '80s releases. While his bass playing remains on the album, Daisley's lyrics were not used. Inez is credited as a writer for the title track: although he does not perform on the song, the intro bass riff was his.[1] He did however take part in the writing process as Osbourne stated on VH-1's Behind The Music.[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Mr. Tinkertrain" |
Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Randy Castillo |
5:55 |
| 2. |
"I Don't Want to Change the World" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Lemmy Kilmister |
4:04 |
| 3. |
"Mama, I'm Coming Home" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Kilmister |
4:11 |
| 4. |
"Desire" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Kilmister |
5:45 |
| 5. |
"No More Tears" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Mike Inez, John Purdell |
7:23 |
| 6. |
"S.I.N." |
Osbourne, Castillo, Wylde |
4:46 |
| 7. |
"Hellraiser" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Kilmister |
4:51 |
| 8. |
"Time After Time" |
Osbourne, Wylde |
4:20 |
| 9. |
"Zombie Stomp" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo |
6:13 |
| 10. |
"A.V.H." |
Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo |
4:12 |
| 11. |
"Road to Nowhere" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo |
5:09 |
| 56:55 |
| Writer(s) |
| 12. |
"Don't Blame Me" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo |
5:06 |
| 13. |
"Party With the Animals" |
Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo |
4:17 |
| 66:26 |
[edit] Personnel
- Musicians
|
- Additional personnel
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[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1991 |
The Billboard 200 |
7[2] |
Album - ARIA (Australia)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 1991 |
"No More Tears" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
10[4] |
| 1992 |
"Time After Time" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
6[4] |
| 1992 |
"Road To Nowhere" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
3[4] |
| 1992 |
"No More Tears" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
71[4] |
| 1992 |
"Mr. Tinkertrain" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
34[4] |
| 1992 |
"Mama, I'm Coming Home" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
28[4] |
| 1992 |
"Mama, I'm Coming Home" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
2[4] |
[edit] Sales accomplishments
|
RIAA certification[5] (United States)
| Date |
Designation |
Total Sales |
November 12,
1991 |
Gold |
500,000 |
December 16,
1991 |
Platinum |
1,000,000 |
September 9,
1992 |
Double Platinum |
2,000,000 |
October 26,
1994 |
Triple Platinum |
3,000,000 |
May 30,
2000 |
Quadruple Platinum |
4,000,000 |
|
CRIA certification[6] (Canada)
| Date |
Designation |
Total Sales |
October 30,
1991 |
Gold |
50,000 |
December 30,
1991 |
Platinum |
100,000 |
July 21,
1992 |
Double Platinum |
200,000 |
|
[edit] Awards
Singles Grammy Awards[7]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviews02/Bob+Daisley+Interview.htm
- ^ "Billboard album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=5355&model.vnuAlbumId=942077. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ "ARIA album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=ozzy+osbourne&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Billboard singles chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=5355&model.vnuAlbumId=942077. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=no%20more%20tears&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ "CRIA certified awards-Ozzy Osbourne". http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=1&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25ozzy+osbourne%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=22&csearch=20&nextprev=1. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ "AllMusic No More Tears-awards". http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39ftxqe5ldse~T32. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
