No More Tears

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No More Tears
Studio album by Ozzy Osbourne
Released 17 September 1991
Recorded 1991 (1991) at A&M Studios and Devonshire Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Heavy metal
Length 56:49
Label Epic
Producer Duane Baron, John Purdell
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
No Rest for the Wicked
(1988)		 No More Tears
(1991)		 Ozzmosis
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly B+[2]

No More Tears is the sixth studio album by British heavy metal vocalist 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", and it contains the Grammy winning track "I Don't Want To Change The World". It is also one of Osbourne's two best-selling albums in North America, along with Blizzard of Ozz, having been certified four times platinum by the RIAA and double platinum by CRIA. It is the last of Osbourne's albums to feature the work of drummer Randy Castillo and longtime bassist and lyricist Bob Daisley. To date, sales stand at over 5,000,000 copies worldwide.

Contents

Overview [edit]

Guitarist Zakk Wylde contributed songwriting and guitar to the album, while Motörhead's bassist/vocalist Lemmy co-wrote the lyrics for four songs. Although Mike Inez performs in the album's videos and promotional tours, long-time Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley plays on the entire album. Though Inez was an official member of the band, Osbourne and his manager/wife Sharon had a longstanding working relationship with Daisley and had also asked him to write lyrics, as he did for all of Osbourne's solo releases to that point. While his bass playing remains on the album, it is said that 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 composed by him.[3] Osbourne stated on VH1's Behind The Music that Inez was involved in the album's writing process.[citation needed]

The 2002 reissue of No More Tears featured two additional tracks entitled "Don't Blame Me" and "Party with the Animals". Both tracks had originally been released in 1991 as the B-side of the "No More Tears" single.

Track listing [edit]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
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
Total length:
 56:49

2002 reissue bonus tracks [edit]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
12. "Don't Blame Me"   Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo 5:06
13. "Party with the Animals"   Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo 4:17
Total length:
 66:12

Personnel [edit]

Musicians
Additional personnel

Charts [edit]

Chart (1991) Peak
Position
The Billboard 200[4] 7
Australian ARIA Album Chart[5] 49

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1991 "No More Tears" Mainstream Rock Tracks 5[6]
1992 "Time After Time" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6[6]
1992 "Road To Nowhere" Mainstream Rock Tracks 3[6]
1992 "No More Tears" The Billboard Hot 100 71[6]
1992 "Mr. Tinkertrain" Mainstream Rock Tracks 34[6]
1992 "Mama, I'm Coming Home" The Billboard Hot 100 28[6]
1992 "Mama, I'm Coming Home" Mainstream Rock Tracks 2[6]

Sales accomplishments [edit]

RIAA certification[7] (United States)

Date Designation Total Sales
12 November 1991 Gold 500,000
16 December 1991 Platinum 1,000,000
9 September 1992 Double Platinum 2,000,000
26 October 1994 Triple Platinum 3,000,000
30 May 2000 Quadruple Platinum 4,000,000

CRIA certification[8] (Canada)

Date Designation Total Sales
30 October 1991 Gold 50,000
30 December 1991 Platinum 100,000
21 July 1992 Double Platinum 200,000

Awards [edit]

Singles Grammy Awards[9]

Year Single Category
1994 "I Don't Want to Change the World" Best Metal Performance

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-more-tears-r14650
  2. ^ Garza, Janiss (1991-09-20). "No More Tears Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-06-04. 
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ "Billboard album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". Retrieved 16 February 2009. 
  5. ^ "ARIA album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". Retrieved 16 February 2009. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Billboard singles chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". Retrieved 16 February 2009. 
  7. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database". Retrieved 16 February 2009. 
  8. ^ "CRIA certified awards-Ozzy Osbourne". Retrieved 16 February 2009. 
  9. ^ "AllMusic No More Tears-awards". Retrieved 21 February 2009. 
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