No Rest for the Wicked (Ozzy Osbourne album)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = No Rest for the Wicked
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
| cover      = No_rest_for_the_wicked.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Cover photography by [[Bob Carlos Clarke]]
| released   = 28 September 1988
| recorded   = 1988
| venue      =
| studio     = Enterprise Studios and Goodnight L.A. Studios, [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| genre      = 
* [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
* [[hard rock]]
| length     = 43:08
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]/[[Columbia Records|CBS]]
| producer   =
*[[Roy Thomas Baker]]
*[[Keith Olsen]]
| prev_title = [[Tribute (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Tribute]]
| prev_year  = 1987
| next_title = [[Just Say Ozzy]]
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = No Rest for the Wicked
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Miracle Man
 | single1date = October 1988 (UK)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/610/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=610 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
 | single2     = Crazy Babies
 | single2date = February 1989
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-rest-for-the-wicked-mw0000201573 |title=Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked review |last=Huey |first=Steve |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=10 November 2015 }}</ref>
| rev2 =[[Martin Popoff]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 November 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ozzyosbourne/albums/album/270610/review/6210191/no_rest_for_the_wicked|title=Ozzy Osbourne: No Rest For The Wicked : Music Reviews|last=Guterman|first=Jimmy|date=1 December 1988|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205085623/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ozzyosbourne/albums/album/270610/review/6210191/no_rest_for_the_wicked|archive-date=5 February 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''No Rest for the Wicked''''' is the fifth solo studio album by English [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] singer [[Ozzy Osbourne]]. It was released on 28 September 1988,<ref name="RIAA"/> 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.<ref name="RIAA"/> It peaked at number 13 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="album">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-rest-for-the-wicked-mw0000201573/awards |title=No Rest for the Wicked Billboard Albums |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date= 10 November 2015 }}</ref> It was the first album to feature guitarist [[Zakk Wylde]], keyboardist [[John Sinclair (musician)|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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zakk Wylde Interview|date= 22 September 2010|url= http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/zakk-wylde-interview/|publisher=Music Legends|access-date= 28 May 2013}}</ref> 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 [[Single (music)|singles]] with accompanying [[music video]]s. 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 [[Televangelism|televangelist]] [[Jimmy Swaggart]]. Swaggart had long been critical of Osbourne's music and live performances, before he himself was involved in a 1988 [[Jimmy Swaggart#1988 scandal|prostitution scandal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/3486/greatest-celebrity-scandals/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428160213/http://www.vh1.com/news/3486/greatest-celebrity-scandals/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 April 2015 |title=Order In The Court! 100 Celebrity Scandals That Rocked The Pop Culture Universe: #69 Jimmy Swaggart Caught With Prostitute |publisher=[[VH1]] |date= 9 April 2015 |access-date=10 November 2015 }}</ref> The song "Bloodbath in Paradise" references [[Charles Manson]] and the Manson Family murders.

Creative Director John Carver was hired by [[Sharon Osbourne|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.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline = Standard Edition
| title1          = Miracle Man
| writer1         = [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Zakk Wylde]], [[Bob Daisley]]
| length1         = 3:44
| title2          = Devil's Daughter (Holy War)
| writer2         = Osbourne, Wylde, [[John Sinclair (musician)|John Sinclair]], [[Randy Castillo]], Daisley
| length2         = 5:15
| title3          = Crazy Babies
| writer3         = Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Daisley
| length3         = 4:15
| title4          = Breaking All the Rules
| writer4         = Osbourne, Daisley, Wylde, Sinclair, Castillo
| length4         = 5:15
| title5          = Bloodbath in Paradise
| writer5         = Osbourne, Wylde, Sinclair, Castillo, Daisley
| length5         = 5:03
| title6          = Fire in the Sky
| writer6         = Osbourne, Wylde, Sinclair, Castillo, Daisley
| length6         = 6:24
| title7          = Tattooed Dancer
| writer7         = Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley
| length7         = 3:53
| title8          = Demon Alcohol
| writer8         = Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Daisley
| length8         = 4:30
| title9          = Hero 
| writer9         = Osbourne, Daisley, Wylde, Sinclair, Castillo
| length9         = 4:49
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = 2002 Reissue Bonus Tracks
| title10         = The Liar
| writer10        = Osbourne, Sinclair, Daisley
| length10        = 4:32
| note10          = originally on 1988 Japanese release only
| title11         = Miracle Man
| note11          = recorded live at the [[Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)|Tower Theatre]], [[Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Darby Township, PA]], 4 June 1989
| length11        = 3:48
|total_length     = 51:28
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Ozzy Osbourne]] – vocals
* [[Zakk Wylde]] – guitar
* [[Bob Daisley]] – bass
* [[Randy Castillo]] – drums
* [[John Sinclair (musician)|John Sinclair]] – keyboards

=== Production ===

*Produced by [[Roy Thomas Baker]] and [[Keith Olsen]], except "Miracle Man" and "Devil's Daughter", which were produced by Keith Olsen
* Recorded and engineered by Roy Thomas Baker, Gordon Fordyce and Gerry Napier
* Mixed by Keith Olsen
* 2002 reissue produced by Bruce Dickinson<!--not to be confused with the Iron Maiden singer of the same name.-->
* 2002 remastering by Chris Athens

==Charts==
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===Album===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| align="center"| 40
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|29|id=791|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=No Rest for the Wicked|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2021}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 7
|-
{{album chart|Norway|12|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=No Rest for the Wicked|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|18|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=No Rest for the Wicked|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|26|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=No Rest for the Wicked|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|23|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=No Rest for the Wicked|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|13|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|rowheader=true|access-date=25 August 2021}}
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|align="center" |1988
|align="center" |"Miracle Man"
|align="center"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="GB" >{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19970/ozzy-osbourne/ |title=Ozzy Osbourne Official Charts |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=25 October 2015 }}</ref>
|align="center"|87
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|title=No Rest for the Wicked|award=Platinum|relyear=1988}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|title=No Rest for the Wicked|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1988|certyear=1997|access-date= 2 September 2020|refname=RIAA}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|type=album|41177|name=No Rest for the Wicked}}
* [http://www.ozzy.com/ Official Ozzy Osbourne website]

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