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 ·
SouthSideoftheSky
Miracle man!

Ten years after being kicked out of Black Sabbath and four good solo albums under his belt (three of which are all time classics and all of which contained classic songs), it seemed that Ozzy Osbourne could do nothing wrong. All kinds of problems haunted him; drugs, alcohol, the sudden and tragic death of his guitarist Randy Rhoads (RIP), several lawsuits, etc. etc. but all these problems only seem to have spurred him on! And indeed, this fifth solo album is once again a good one, even if I think that it was his least good one yet at that point. Jake E. Lee who replaced Randy Rhoads after the Diary Of A Madman album and played on Bark At The Moon and the previous The Ultimate Sin is here replaced with Zakk Wylde. Wylde would then stay in Ozzy’s band for many years to come, but musically No Rest For The Wicked is much more in line with Bark At The Moon and The Ultimate Sin than with Ozzy’s 90’s and 2000’s albums.

Like all previous Ozzy solo albums, this one too contains some ‘hits’ in Miracle Man, Crazy Babies and Breakin’ All The Rules. It is, however, songs like Fire In The Sky and Hero that stand out for me. Indeed, these two songs sound a bit like outtakes from the excellent Bark At The Moon album – my favourite Ozzy solo album. Several of the other songs here are, however, a bit too straightforward and catchy for my taste.

Still, this is a good album and a good addition to the previous four albums. It is, however, not the best place to start!
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