Dream Evil (album) explained

Dream Evil
Type:studio
Artist:Dio
Cover:DioDreamEvil.jpg
Released:July 21, 1987
Recorded:March–May 1987
Studio:Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre:
Length:43:20
Label:Warner Bros. (North America)
Vertigo (rest of the world)
Producer:Ronnie James Dio
Prev Title:Intermission
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Lock Up the Wolves
Next Year:1990

Dream Evil is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio, released on July 21, 1987. It is the first album without Vivian Campbell who left the band in 1986, and features former Rough Cutt members Craig Goldy on guitar and Claude Schnell on keyboards. It includes the singles "All the Fools Sailed Away" and "I Could Have Been a Dreamer". Dream Evil was Dio's last album to feature mascot Murray on the cover and also the last to feature drummer Vinny Appice until the 1993 album Strange Highways. It was also the last album to feature bassist Jimmy Bain until the release of 2000's Magica. The album also marks Schnell's final appearance with Dio.

Track listing

All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.

Personnel

Dio
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] 58
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[4] 2

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mathis. Shayne. May 15, 2015. Celebrate DIO's Legacy With This Round-up Of 12 Of His Greatest Songs. February 10, 2021. Metal Injection. en-US.
  2. Web site: Music Legends. Vinny Appice Interview. May 6, 2013. March 24, 2012. Saulnier. Jason.
  3. 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.
  4. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . fi.