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List Price: $7.99 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 7179
Released: April 2, 2002 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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No More Tears Track Listing:
1. Mr. Tinkertrain
2. I Don't Want To Change The World
3. Mama, I'm Coming Home
4. Desire
5. No More Tears
6. S.I.N.
7. Hellraiser
8. Time After Time
9. Zombie Stomp
10. A.V.H.
11. Road To Nowhere
12. Don't Blame Me
13. Party With The Animals
No More Tears Reviews:
Green Andy Reviews: Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears 
2009-10-04 - How many good albums has Ozzy Osbourne really made as a solo artist? Four? Three? In 29 years? The man gets a lot of slack, first for being the original frontman of the greatest heavy metal band of all time, and lately for being a reality television star. But really, some of his albums are a little bit embarrassing, and this isn't one of the better ones. It was loudly applauded back in the 90's, when people were just happy he hadn't committed suicide or homicide, but looking back, there's not a lot on here to hold my attention.
Incidentally, I went to see Ozzy touring for this album, on the now-humorously named No More Tours. I'd already owned the record for a few months, but the only songs that stuck out live for me were the Sabbath numbers and the selections from BLIZZARD OF OZZ and NO REST FOR THE WICKED. I jumped and cheered when he played "No More Tears" and "I Don't Want to Change the World", but I wasn't really that excited about them. This album is mostly Ozzy-by-numbers. The funky, then-contemporary sound of the title track aside, these songs stick closely to the garish pop metal that Ozzy had been trading in ever since THE ULTIMATE SIN, although they're helped quite a bit by the distinctive guitar work of Zakk Wylde, who (Randy Rhoads fans be damned) is truly the best guitarist Ozzy has ever worked with in his solo career. His heavy-but-nimble and instantly recognizable leads work wonders on even the most pedestrian material here. And sadly, there's a lot of pedestrian material here. There's clumsy "ooh look how controversial" numbers like "Mr. Tinkertrain", songs where Ozzy drones on about what a crazy rock and roller he is ("Hellraiser"), and songs about nothing in particular ("Zombie Dance", "Road to Nowhere"). Ozzy himself has never claimed to be a great vocalist, but he has a very small number of vocal melodies he turns to, no matter what song he's singing, and he can be monotonous to listen to over the course of an album if steps aren't taken to work around his limited range, and unfortunately they don't do that here.
So in the end, you have a little over an hour of typical Ozzy: mid-paced metal getting by on reputation, and salvaged somewhat by a fantastic lead guitarist. If you're an old-time Ozzy Osbourne fan, you've probably accepted these faults and think this album kicks ass and that I don't know what I'm talking about, but anyone trying this out somewhat objectively will hear what I mean within the first three tracks. Be warned. Even his new album (BLACK RAIN) is better than this.
"One of Ozz's more complete work" 
2009-09-01 - In 1991 Ozzy Osbourne released "No More Tears" as he was heading in a new way, this musical direction would be the path he would pursue with his next album "Ozzmosis" and more recently "Down To Earth". The hair metal phase is over (even if I thought it wasn't bad) and he's a more serious Ozzy, not trying to be terrifying or doing something to please fans, he pretty much did No More Tears for himself to prove he was still great and could do impressive things. He starts to get more personal such as "I Don't Want to Change the World", "Mamma I'm Coming Home" and "Don't Blame Me". This different approach does not mean he has gone soft or that he "sold-out", it's just that he evolved into a more mature person as he got to this point he was into his forties. In a way I think it was time for him to change, and I think it was for the better, he didn't do half-hearted stuff anymore, he was into it.
Mr.Tinkertrain opens the album with a bang, it's a great starter, the beginning is creepy with the children talking and the music, Ozzy truly sounds like a pedophile on it. It's got great lyrics, it's heavy and it's one the best songs on NMT. I Don't Want To Change The World is a catchy rocker, reflective and edgy. Mamma I'm Coming Home is up next, written mostly by Motorhead's Lemmy; it proves that sometimes the best songs aren't necessarily the ones the artists who perform them wrote. There's nothing wrong in singing a song you didn't write. It's one of the greatest ballads ever made in my opinion, it's inspiring, touching and it rocks at the same time, truly one of the best things in Ozzy's career. Desire. No More Tears is the haunting title track. It's over 7 minutes but it doesn't drag on, it's an amazing song. The riff, the orchestral breakdown, Ozzy's singing just everything makes the song great. My favourite song of the album is S.I.N.; it's quite simply a monster of a song. Might also be the heaviest song on the whole album. I especially like the "who oh ho, who turned off the light? A shadow in the light "lyrics, great solo and all, just a terrific song that has to be heard.
Hellraiser has a great beginning, slow and then it builds on; it's a catchy song and another great one. Time after Time is another ballad, this one doesn't achieve what "Mamma I'm Coming Home" does, it's not bad but it's not that good. Zombie Stop is an underrated song, I mean with all the great more known songs, this one is easily forgotten it's not so good but it's not so bad either. AVH's beginning shows Zack's southern appreciation, with its acoustic guitar you think it's going to be a slow song and then it kicks in; it's one of my least favourite songs. Road To Nowhere is a the last ballad, it's much better than Time After Time, it's a good ballad not much to say really. Don't Blame Me is another favourite, it reflects how Ozzy was blamed for the suicide of two kids and how he's a bad influence and this is him replying to that, it was unreleased and there it is, along with the other songs sounding good, makes me wonder it wasn't included on the album. He performed that song often live, so.Party With The Animals is cheesy and is not up to the quality of the rest of the album, it was included as a bonus track, as a bonus it's nice to hear but nothing more, it's clearly filler material.
I can safely say this is one of Ozz's best albums. It's one of my favourites. The co-writing with Lemmy and all turned out to be very solid work. No More Tears is a great Ozzy album because its inspired and it's Ozzy sober stopping fooling around and doing the best he can. It remains one of my favourite albums and I still play it often. I like this new direction, sometimes a change is for the better and I think Ozzy has realised this. Most importantly there were no changes made to the albums unlike make of his 80's work. I can see why some say the album is too polished for Ozzy (he used the same producer as Bon Jovi) but it still sounds good to me. Honestly it deserves the 5 stars, it's just that good it's his best album since "Diary Of A Madman" who dates back to 1981 ten years before!
Ah the good old days... 
2009-07-08 - Lost my original copy, just picking up a replacement. Back when rock and roll was rock and roll, not just bass and repeating lyrics...
Maybe a kiss before I leave you this way
2008-11-27 - Your lips are so cold I don't know what else to say..
'nuff said - s/b 6 stars
Average for Ozzy
2008-05-27 - I've always liked Ozzy with or without Black Sabbath.
No more tears has mostly ok songs but few stand out as excellent. Mr. Tinkertrain has strange lyrics but is probably the best song on the cd. Hellraiser is a motorhead song featured at the end of Hellraiser 3 and Ozzy's version of it is pretty good. Zombie stomp is interesting and cool sounding. Desire is melodic.
The complaints are that No more tears has a weak mixing and mastering production. It doesn't have that rich and resonating heavy sound you hear in a lot of good sounding metal cds. Also you can also tell this was recorded when Ozzy wasn't at his prime. His voice sounds a little bit strained and shot. Zack is great guitarist but he doesn't get to show off his skills too much or too often on this cd. There are also too many cornball ballads on this. .
I give no more tears a C+
