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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ozzy Nearing The Comercial Nexus Of Metal Doom, November 30, 2005
If one had to compare albums by Ozzy from one to the other, I would have to say that No More Tears is the technically-supperior bastard son of The Ultimate Sin. The only thing that saves No More Tears from reaching that level of hypocrisy is that it has Zakk Wylde on it. And something about Zakk and his love of playing guitar keeps the monsters under the bed and the boogeymen in the closet. No More Tears was mostly co-written with non-Ozzy personnel. Lemmy from Motorhead helped the Ozzman out on a few tunes (in fact there were two versions of the song Hellraiser, the Ozzy version and the Lemmy version. Wow! Yawn!) Overall, this is a solid Ozzy outing, don't get me wrong, it's just tainted around the edges by too many fingers is all. Ozzy is best when it's just him and the band writing their own sh*t. Face it. Otherwise can it truly be considered Ozzy? Not really. Anyway. There are a few standouts here. Mama, I'm Coming Home. Zombie Stomp. Mr. Tinkertrain is very creepy in the way that Ozzy soundz like a child-molester. And of course, the title track, No More Tears. Very polished album. Very structured. Just not Ozzy's best work, or most honest.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
3rd best Ozzy album, December 10, 2005
A Kid's Review
As I said in the title this is one of the best albums that ozzy made. Ozzy made this album being sober and i respect him for that. What is even better is that he made this album being sober and it is a great album. Read on to find what each song is rated. you may find my rating style is different but you'll get used to it.
Mr. Tinkertrain 78/100 I seriously don't know if it's just my Cd but at the very end of this song it ends really weird. I have to listen to another version to compare but because of the bad ending and scary, creepy lyrics i have to give this a C+. Ozzy sounds like a males......
I don't want to change the world 91/100 A very good song but the Live version is so so much better. But obviously this song is good too. The chorus is very addictive. A-
Mama I'm coming Home 93/100 This is a great song but the thing is it is a little too bit southern.... During this album Ozzy was immensly frustrated with Zakk Wylde's fascination for southern rock. But Ozzy let it go and made great songs like this.
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Desire 89/100 I don't know why everybody is dissin' this song. i mean the lyrics and vocals from ozzy are great and the riff is amazing. good song B+
No more tears 98/100 SO CLOSE TO PERFECT!!!!!!! This is obviously one of the best songs on the album. It has a mind-blowing riff, a great bass line and great lyrics. One of the best chorus's on the album A+
S.I.N. 95/100 This again is a very unique and powerful song. And by unique i mean very goood. I love the "Whoa. Who turned out the lights?" It is absolutly brilliant!! A
Hellraiser 95/100 3 GOOD SONGS in a row!!! Hellraiser has (in my opinion) the best chorus Ozzy has ever song!!! Its hard not to just scream along. A
Time after time 90/100 THis is a good song but just a little too repetitive. I mean almost everything rhymes with time. lol But you must respect ozzy because this is one of his best songs vocally.A-
Zombie stomp 91/100 This is an okay song but it takes about 2 minutes to get to it's climax!! The chorus gets to repetitive too. But it's still a good song thanks to the great bass line. A-
A.V.H. 90/100 Good song but there is really nothing to mention about it. Not a very memorable track. A-
Road to nowhere 94/100 Another great "mama i'm coming home" sort of track. Again we can see Zakk Wylde's use of his southern rock talents. A great addictive chorus. A
BONUS TRACKS:
Don't blame me 88/100 It sort of sounds like "I don't want to change the world" but on a different scale. The lyrics aren't bad but there really isn't anything special to mention about it except for the killer chorus. B+
Party with the animals 50/100 easily slides into 13th place. I mean seriously i might, just might listen to it if i listen to it on the radio, but if i had to put this on my Ipod i would slap myself silly. This is a bad song because ozzy's voice sucks, the guitar just sounds bored, and because it sounds like ozzy and his band wrote it in 1 hour in a smelly bus without food. F
In the end this is one killer album!!!! REALLY IF YOU LIKE OZZY YOU WILL LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!! GO OUT AND BYE THIS ALBUM QUICK!!!!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Big Album, but a little too polished, September 7, 2000
I love this album, as everyone else seems to do, and I would really like to give it 5 Stars. But somehow, this isn't my favorite Ozzy album. There are tons of brilliant Songs here, really : "Mr. Tinkertrain", "I don't want to change the World", "Mama, I'm coming home", "No more Tears", "S.I.N.", "Time after Time" and "Road to Nowhere" are my personal favorites. These songs are some of the best Ozzy ever produced, right up there with "Mr. Crowley", "Bark at the Moon" or, if you push away the historical meaning "Paranoid", "Black Sabbath", "Changes"... You get the Idea. But, I still think that this album could have been better. Overall, it's too long. If you look closer, not all the songs are brilliant. "Hellraiser" would be great if there was no Motörhead Version of it, which is by far better. "Zombie Stomp" and "A.V.H." are very medicore, but maybe that is due to the fact that all they got the company of absolutely amazing songs. My biggest complaint about the Album is it's production: It just doesn't kick. It sounds like Ozzy shared the producer with Bon Jovi (Hate 'em). Too polished for Ozzy's music. In the end I think that this is one of the best Rock-Albums of the nineties. But - my favorite Ozzy Album is still "No Rest for the Wicked". Still recommended for everyone who likes Ozzy, and it's also a great place to start if you just get to know him. Buy it, if you don't already have, you can't go wrong.
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