Dio: Dream Evil CD Track Listing

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Dio Dream Evil (1987)
Originally Released July 21, 1987\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Dream Evil is by no means a departure from the Dio formula that was so successful for his first three solo albums. All of the elements that made them so successful are yet again retained here. However, what makes things different this time around is that Dio has more of a melodious side to him, which he puts use here rather than relying on the riffs and delivery he learned at the school of Sabbath. He even touches on the power ballad (a sure sign that the style had fully infiltrated metal) with "All the Fool Sailed Away." The title track and "Sunset Superman" also proved to be two of Dio's most well-known, and most loved songs in his massive catalog. Not an essential release, but one that diehard fans will be sure to want in their collection. -- Rob Theakston\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Diet Coke of Dio- Just One Calorie, Not Dio Enough!, November 30, 2005\nReviewer: Mr. Sinister (El Cajon, CA USA)\nThose people who thought or think that Dream Evil is really good Dio are either too young to understand Dio or not big enough fans to realize mediocrity when they hear it. Now...Vivian Cambell is gone and Craig Goldie is brought on board. Ressurected from Dio's pet project Rough Cutt the San Diego kid is way too much of a Blackmore freak and way too mezmerised by Dio's presence (don't get me wrong, I think Goldie is a pretty good f*cking gutar player). The lyrics are thin and slightly dull-witted and the guitar solos are strained. There is an element of passion on Dream Evil that is not even hinted at. By this album, Dio seems to be on auto-pilot, believing his own hype and regurgitating the same old sorcery and voodoo elements. But...and this is a big one, it is still listenable. Weird. Even Dio's most uninspired tripe is still a good turn now and then. Not completely awful as it could have been, Dream evil just seems like Dio-lite. The margerine of Dio. The Dio that should not be. Call it what you will. I you think Dream Evil is a top-notch Dio effort, then...you just don't get it. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n4.5 stars - Dio's final album of the eighties, April 28, 2005\nReviewer: Darth Kommissar (Las Vegas, NV (USA))\nDream Evil (1987.) Dio's fourth album. \n\nIn 1987, Ronnie James Dio's solo band suffered an unexpected loss - guitarist Vivian Campbell, the axeman who had played lead on the first three albums, left the group. With him gone, Dio recruited replacement Craig Goldy. Dio had never recorded solo material without Campbell at his side, meaning this would be the time in his career that would define whether or not he could survive without the virtuoso at his side. Would Goldy lead Dio's band into a new golden age, or would Ronnie James crash and burn without the man whose riffs had made his first three albums metal masterpieces? Read on for my review of 1987's Dream Evil - the first album to feature Goldy. \n\nThis album is, believe it or not, an improvement over Sacred Heart, the final and weakest album of the Vivian Campbell era. It's not Holy Diver or The Last In Line, but very few albums by any artists, even Dio himself, even come close to those two. The sound here features some mild keyboards and it is somewhat commercial-sounding, albeit not nearly as much as the previous album. The end result is one of Dio's finest and most underrated solo efforts. There are a ton of excellent songs on this album, and sadly, none of them became very big hits for Ronnie James. Among the excellent songs on this album is the awesome opener, Night People. Why didn't this song become a bigger hit? Also we've got the lengthy, semi-epic masterpiece All The Fools Sailed away - another masterpiece the critcs overlooked. Even some of Dio's fans overlook it! Naked In The Rain shows off Dio's musical diversity, creating a song that is more melodic than what he normally does, but it's still excellent. Overlove serves up bluesy hard rock not unlike that of Coverdale-era Deep Purple, and it too is excellent. One of the more popular songs on the album was I Could Have Been A Dreamer, which is one of Dio's most commercial-sounding solo songs. Despite the obvious attempt at commerciality, the song remains excellent. Ultimately, every song on this album is solid, although not to the same level as the first two solo albums (Dio would NEVER top those.) If you're a fan of Dio, you must add this one to your collection. \n\nDio's albums (the Warner ones) were reissued several years back, but the time has come for better editions to be released. Remastering would be nice on these albums, as well as expanded liner notes and bonus tracks. These current versions of the album are okay, but seriously, they could use the reissuing/remastering/revamping badly. \n\nDream Evil was a truly excellent album, and it's a shame it's the most underrated album of Dio's eighties catalogue. Craig Goldy is an excellent guitarist, and it really is disappointing to see that he never got as much credit as that sell-out Vivian Campbell (Campbell sold out BIG TIME after leaving Dio, going onto the pop-metal version of Whitesnake and the oh-so-pathetic modern incarnation of Def Leppard.) Many Dio fans call this his last great album, and while I would beg to differ, I would say that it is indeed, the end of an era for Dio - he'd never sound like this again, ever. To put it simply - if you've got a classic metal collection and you're working on filling up the Dio portion of it, don't overlook this underrated album.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n"the dark that you find in the back of your mind", April 11, 2005\nReviewer: mwreview "mwreview" (Northern California, USA)\nI became a metalhead in the late 1980s and immediately became a fan of Ronnie James Dio. Dream Evil (1987) was the first Dio album I bought and it was and remains one of my favorite metal albums of all-time. In fact, it is definitely in my top 3. I went on to buy Dio's back catalog of albums, but Dream Evil is still the best. Dio's previous albums are great, of course, but there are at least one of two weak tracks on them: "Mystery" and "Eat Your Heart Out" on The Last in Line, maybe "Shame on the Night" off Holy Diver, and, let's face it, several tracks off Sacred Heart. Dream Evil is absolutely solid! Every track is awesome! When I make Dio compilation tapes, it is difficult to decide which Dream Evil tracks to leave off. \n\nThe best of the best are the powerful title track, the adrenaline-driving "Faces in the Window" and the beautiful epic track "All the Fools Sailed Away." The latter was a single with a cool, dark, nautical video complete with bon fires, spooky sailing ship, skeletons in a lifeboat, and Ronnie and the boys looking great in their classic frilly shirts and jackets. "I Could Have Been a Dreamer," another excellent track, also offered a rarely-seen video. "Naked in the Rain" is another favorite of mine. The line: "Two children, guns loaded, take aim and blow all the dreams away" is my favorite part of the track. It is musically, and lyrically very powerful. The use of keyboards in "When a Woman Cries" really makes the last track unique. So I do not sound like a sycophant, I will give one criticism: "Sunset Superman" is extremely repetitive at the end. Other than this one gripe, Dream Evil is just about perfect. If you only have Dio's first two more well-known releases, and somehow missed out on Dream Evil, get it now! It will not disappoint!\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nCheck it out., March 21, 2004\nReviewer: P. Cotten "Actually Luke Chaney Himself" (Wichita, KS USA)\nHey guys. Has anyone else noticed that when you look at the word "Dio" on the front cover upside-down, it resembles the word "Devil"? Anyways, this is a great disc by a great artist. I would consider Dio to be a Metal God. Check out his album "Holy Diver" if you don't know his music.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDio's last strong album, November 7, 2003\nReviewer: Lunar Strain (United States)\nDream Evil is argueably Dio's last strong album until Magica was released in 2001. Every album after until then just didn't measure up. Dream Evil is more reminesent of Dio's first two albums Holy Diver and The Last IN Line ratehr than Sacred Heart. There's less keyboards and more guitars. Like previous albums, Dream Evil kicks off with a fast track entitled Night People (one of the best tracks on the CD) and is followed by the solid title track. Sunset Superman has good guitars but suffers from a somewhat awkward chours (sunset superman?). The fouth track All the Fools Sailed Away si one of the best songs Dio has ever wrote. Other than an awkward keybord towars teh end of the song, it is nearly perfect. The rest of the CD is solid Dio metal music. Dio fans will be pleased and so will metal fans in general. Check out the awsome cover art. Gives new meaning to "Sleep Tight."\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMissing Vivian Campbell, November 21, 2000\nReviewer: Anand Lakshmikanth "metal_dazed" (Blacksburg, VA, USA)\nWhat is good about this album is that it still maintains the trademark DIO sound, and whats' bad about this release is the absence of Vivian Campbell. Craig Goldy is not a bad guitarist, but Viv sure is 10 motches better than his successor in the band. Save for 4 songs, "Night People", "Dream Evil", "All the fools sailed away" and "Overlove", the rest sound half-baked. How could DIO ever conjure up a corny comic book character like SUNSET SUPERMAN???!! The beats on this song are good, but then it almost sounds like a pop-rock song with the "boom pah boom boom pah" beats over and over again. The saving grace is Dio's fierce baritone that put life into all the songs, even the corny ones. I bought this cos I am a hardcore DIO fan, and it goes for the others too...buy it if you live, breathe and die by his name.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDio is Dio, November 14, 2000\nReviewer: Floyd's Garage "Rockin Guitar Player" (Jacksonville, NC)\nHey man I dig Dio. Loved him in Sabbath, loved him in Rainbow, and loved him on his own. This album goes a little overboard though. Last in Line and Holy Diver were great albums, but this one doesn't quite stand up to those two. Most Dio fans will agree that Ronnie James has a one track mind. Very few of his songs DON'T contain the following words - Magic, Rainbow, Dark, Heart, or Evil. But hey, that's why we listen to him.\nBest tunes are 'Fools sailed Away' and 'Could of been a Dreamer'. The guitar riff on 'Sunset SuperMan' is amazing, but the lyrics are so stupid they take away from it. I could see the idea behind the tune, but I think he should have reworked it before releasing it as it was.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne of the Best, May 9, 2000\nReviewer: Stephen Davis (West Virginia, United States)\nThis album represents Dio's most mature work to date. The arrival of guitarist Craig Goldy ushered in a departure from the speed style playing of Vivian Campell, and introduced a more mature guitar style that is very pleasing to both professional musicians and lay music fans alike. The title track, as well as, "All The Fools Sailed Away" are two of Dio's very best during his seemingly unending career. This is one of those rare albums where every song is good and can be listened to. It has everything, from fast tempo tracks like "Night People" to heavy metal ballads such as "Naked In The Rain" and "All The Fools Sailed Away." All in all, one of his best.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nExcellent Work, As Usual, December 19, 1999\nReviewer: AlucardDracula (Owensville, MO)\nI must agree with several fellow reviewers on many points. We cannot have more "Holy Diver" or "Last in Line" because those days are (*sniff*) gone forever into the spiraling vortex of the past. Never can we hope to regain that particular brand of musical genius because today's generation (of which I am ashamed to be a part) has no appreciation for the exceedingly emotional work of good metal. I would bet that every single band these days is a group of posers who claim to have been mistreated terribly in their childhood. I also find it laughable that the songs they churn out are assembly-line productions with no imagination whatsoever.\nOn to "Dream Evil," we again see yet another maturation process from Ronnie and Co. Losing Vivian Campbell to the lures of David Coverdale's Whitesnake, the band rallied from the absence and produced a wonderfully planned, written, and arranged work with some distinctly imaginative aspects. Of course, as Ms. Fraser, the author of the editorial review, was correct in pointing out, Ronnie relied far too much on particular words and phrases. However, that is all part of Ronnie's personality, and no matter how you try, there is no possible way you may confuse this with a lack of originality.\n\nRegarding Dio's recent work, only "Angry Machines" deserves the criticism it receives from my comrade, Adrian Ferenczy (DarknessPaladin@yahoo.com). All of his works from "Lock up the Wolves" onward are excellent works of masterful art. We can only hope that the trend continues because even when musical taste disappears completely down the toilet (as it already seems to have), bands such as Dio, Black Sabbath, and others along the same line will always retain a loyal cadre of devoted fans.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThis album M-O-V-E-S, June 18, 1999\nReviewer: A music fan\nMany devoted fans will scream and scream of how "Holy Diver" was Dio's greatest acomplishment..Now don't get me wrong..it did start the trend..and has several good tracks on it..but I seem to be drawn to "Last in Line" over it..At any rate..I see this album as Dio's first more modern sounding release..There isn't simply a weak track on it..true your taste may very from day to day..but the rythem guitars are wonderful..probably the only minor weakness is the lead guitar..wich is still very good and has lots of feeling..but all the same I can imagine solos with alot more depth in some places..In this writers opion this is probably (Next to "Lock Up the Wolves") the best work Dio has done..the Lryics are to live by..any time you feel down you can turn on one of these tunes and know this man has been there and survived..the music perfectly matches the theme of every piece..I could have summed this up in 4 words..what a master piece!!\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDark Beauty, May 13, 1999\nReviewer: A music fan\nI liked the statement Paul J. Made in his review. I couldn't have said it better!! Melodic, Heavy, Intense and thought-provoking Rock! This is the kinda stuff that gives you a feeling of self-empowerment when you listen to it-especially cranked up loud!!! 5-stars!\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Ronnie James Dio \n\nAlbum Notes\nDio: Ronnie James Dio (vocals); Craig Goldy (guitar); Claude Shnell (keyboards); Jimmy Bain (bass); Vinny Appice (drums).\n\nAdditional personnel: The Mitchell Singing Boys (background vocals).\n\nRecorded at Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California.\n\nBy the mid-'80s Dio had become one of heavy metal's biggest concert draws. While such albums as HOLY DIVER and THE LAST IN LINE sold well (both were certified gold), it was Dio's bombastic and highly theatrical stage show that drew the attention of metalheads worldwide.\nFor their fourth full-length release, 1987's DREAM EVIL, original guitarist Vivian Campbell had been replaced by Craig Goldie (Campbell would return as a hired gun in both Whitesnake and Def Leppard), signaling the band's first line-up change. While the album wasn't as stellar as the two aforementioned titles, such metallic dungeons and dragons epics as "All the Fools Sailed Away" and "Sunset Superman" are standouts.
This blues cd contains 9 tracks and runs 44min 4sec.
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