No Rest for the Wicked (Ozzy Osbourne album) explained

No Rest for the Wicked
Type:studio
Artist:Ozzy Osbourne
Cover:No_rest_for_the_wicked.jpg
Caption:Cover photography by Bob Carlos Clarke
Released:28 September 1988
Recorded:1988
Studio:Enterprise Studios and Goodnight L.A. Studios, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre:
Length:43:08
Label:Epic/CBS
Producer:
Prev Title:Tribute
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Just Say Ozzy
Next Year:1990

No Rest for the Wicked is the fifth solo studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 28 September 1988, and was re-issued / remastered on 22 August 1995, and again on 25 June 2002. The album was certified gold in December 1988 and has since gone double platinum. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200.[1] It was the first album to feature guitarist Zakk Wylde, keyboardist John Sinclair and the first to feature bassist Bob Daisley since Bark at the Moon.

Overview

No Rest for the Wicked is the recording debut of lead guitarist Zakk Wylde.[2] After firing lead guitarist Jake E. Lee in 1987, Osbourne received a demo tape from Wylde and later hired him after an audition.

Bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley made his return to Osbourne's band after the two had a falling out in 1985. Once the album's recording was complete, Daisley was once again out, replaced by Osbourne's former Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler for subsequent promotional tours.

"Miracle Man", "Crazy Babies", and "Breakin' All the Rules" were released as singles with accompanying music videos. The song "Hero" was an unlisted hidden bonus track on the original 1988 CD and cassette releases. The song "Miracle Man" was a pointed barb aimed at televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Swaggart had long been critical of Osbourne's music and live performances, before he himself was involved in a 1988 prostitution scandal.[3] The song "Bloodbath in Paradise" references Charles Manson and the Manson Family murders.

Creative Director John Carver was hired by Osbourne's management to conceptualize and direct the album sleeve for "No Rest For the Wicked". Carver's concept was to portray Osbourne as Jesus Christ, with photographer Bob Carlos Clarke taking the cover photo.

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 40
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[5] 7

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No Rest for the Wicked Billboard Albums . . . 10 November 2015 .
  2. Web site: Zakk Wylde Interview. 22 September 2010. Music Legends. 28 May 2013.
  3. Web site: Order In The Court! 100 Celebrity Scandals That Rocked The Pop Culture Universe: #69 Jimmy Swaggart Caught With Prostitute . https://web.archive.org/web/20150428160213/http://www.vh1.com/news/3486/greatest-celebrity-scandals/ . dead . 28 April 2015 . . 9 April 2015 . 10 November 2015 .
  4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
  5. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . fi.