No More Tears (Vinyl)＜完全生産限定盤＞

オジー・オズボーン 1991年発売 『No More Tears』の30周年記念アナログ盤

1991年作品。衝撃の引退宣言後リリースされた、オジー伝説第一章のラスト・アルバム。ザック・ワイルドのギターが冴え渡る今作は後のオジーの音楽性を示唆する名盤として生き続けるメロディアスで人間性溢れる一枚。
オジー突如の引退宣言の後にリリースされたスタジオアルバムとしては6作目。いかにもオジーらしい力強い「I Don't Want To Change」「Desire」は元より「Mama, I'm Coming Home」「Time After Time」「Road to Nowhere」といったバラードが秀逸。圧巻はオーケストレーションがへヴィー感を演出する、サウンド作りが完璧なタイトル・トラック!ダブルプラチナを獲得した名盤!

Having been cleared earlier in the year in another lawsuit concerning the supposedly suicide-inducing subject matter of his music, Ozzy Osbourne reinvigorated his sound and expanded his following with his sixth studio album, No More Tears, in the fall of 1991. Finding more sympathetic producers in Duane Baron and John Purdell to replace Roy Thomas Baker (who had helmed his last effort, 1988's No Rest for the Wicked), collaborating with Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead on four songs, and retaining the services of guitarist Zakk Wylde, Osbourne brought his music into the '90s. Songs like "Desire" and "S.I.N." had an energetic, contemporary metal sound, and Osbourne effectively changed gears to turn out gentle ballads like "Mama, I'm Coming Home," which gave him his first U.S. Top 40 hit on his own. Not cowed by his court cases, he wrote songs about child abuse ("Mr. Tinkertrain") and serial murder ("No More Tears") from the point of view of the criminals. But he also considered his own place in the general scheme of things in the tribute to the rock & roll lifestyle "Hellraiser" and the reflective "Road to Nowhere." It all made for an unusually broad range of material, and the album returned him to the Top Ten and multi-platinum status. ~ William Ruhlmann