Dream Evil

Product Information

Offiziellecharts.de – Dio – Dream Evil" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

Dream Evil is the fourth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Dio, on July 21, 1987. It features former Rough Cutt members Craig Goldy and Claude Schnell, and includes the singles “All the Fools Sailed Away” and “I Could Have Been a Dreamer”. Dream Evil was Dio’s last album to feature 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. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

Reviews

Sunset Superman’ is one of my most favorite Dio songs. The chorus might be simple but it is based about a powerful riff and the true strength of the song comes from the verses which combine superior riffing with one of Dio's strongest vocal lines. ‘Faces In The Window’ is an upbeat metal tune. Great pace, drive and majestic chorus. This is exactly what made eighties heavy metal so great! Your computer may be infected with malware or spyware that makes automated requests to our server and causes problems.

Craig Goldy joined in and understood Dio wonderfully, so a very strong friendship bond was born between them. Some will say he's less talented than Campbell but he fulfills his role as a guitarist. This album reached #43 on the American Billboard: it's late 80's, the goose that lays the golden eggs had disappeared and Dio had to be renewed. That was a tough road in their career, trying to sound like commercial bands but it mostly happened in 90s and it's another business. Dream Evil has a high quality appreciated throughout this whole trip, without fillers. There's a certain distance respecting the first two albums but it at least surpasses Sacred Heart.Dio’s fourth album has proven to be an interesting turning point in terms of the band’s history and sound. It was the first album to feature Rough Cutt guitarist Craig Goldy, the last to ever feature keyboardist Claude Schnell, the last to feature drummer Vinny Appice until 1994’s "Strange Highways," and the last to feature bassist Jimmy Bain until 2000’s "Magica."