No Rest for the Wicked (Ozzy Osbourne album)

No Rest for the Wicked
Studio album by Ozzy Osbourne
Released October 22, 1988
Recorded 1988
Genre Heavy metal
Length 42:56
Label Epic
CBS
Producer Keith Olsen and Roy Thomas Baker
(original recording)
Bruce Dickinson
(2002 remastered edition)
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
The Ultimate Sin
(1986)		 No Rest for the Wicked
(1988)		 No More Tears
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone

No Rest for the Wicked is the fifth studio album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on October 22, 1988 and was re-issued / remastered on August 22, 1995 and again on June 25, 2002. The album was certified gold in December 1989 and has since gone double platinum.[2] No Rest for the Wicked is the first album to feature Zakk Wylde on guitar. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200.[3] As of 2010, the album has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.

"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 release, and at that time was commonly believed to be named "Fools Know More".[4]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Miracle Man"   Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Bob Daisley 3:44
2. "Devil's Daughter (Holy War)"   Osbourne 5:15
3. "Crazy Babies"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Randy Castillo 4:15
4. "Breakin' All the Rules"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, John Sinclair 5:15
5. "Bloodbath in Paradise"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, Sinclair 5:03
6. "Fire in the Sky"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, Sinclair 6:24
7. "Tattooed Dancer"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley 3:53
8. "Demon Alcohol"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley 4:30
9. "Hero"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, Sinclair 4:49
Total length:
 42:56

2002 reissue bonus tracks

No. Title Writer(s) Length
10. "The Liar"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Sinclair 4:32
11. "Miracle Man (Live)"   Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley 3:48

Subject matter

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Sales accomplishments

RIAA certification[2] (United States)

Date Designation Total Sales
December 19,
1988		 Gold 500,000
April 17,
1989		 Platinum 1,000,000
August 15,
1997		 Double Platinum 2,000,000

CRIA certification[5] (Canada)

Date Designation Total Sales
October 31,
1988		 Gold 50,000
December 21,
1988		 Platinum 100,000

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r14649
  2. ^ a b "RIAA Gold & Platinum database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=no%20rest%20for%20the%20wicked&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved February 16, 2009. 
  3. ^ "Billboard album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=5355&model.vnuAlbumId=942077. Retrieved February 16, 2009. 
  4. ^ a b I Am Ozzy, by Ozzy Osbourne and Chris Ayres
  5. ^ "CRIA certified awards". http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=1&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25ozzy+osbourne%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=22&csearch=20&nextprev=1. Retrieved February 16, 2009. 

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