Dream Evil (album)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Dream Evil
DioDreamEvil.jpg
Studio album by Dio
Released July 21, 1987
Recorded Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Genre Heavy metal
Length 43:20
Label Warner Bros. (North America)
Vertigo (rest of the world)
Producer Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Intermission
(1986)Intermission1986
Dream Evil
(1987)
Lock Up the Wolves
(1990)Lock Up the Wolves1990
Singles from Dream Evil
  1. "I Could Have Been a Dreamer" / "Overlove"
    Released: July 1987 (US)
  2. "All the Fools Sailed Away" / "Overlove"
    Released: July 1987 (Europe)
  3. "I Could Have Been a Dreamer" / "Night People"
    Released: October 1987 (Europe)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Martin Popoff 9/10 stars[2]
Record Collector 3/5 stars[3]

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. Additionally, it was also the last album to feature bassist Jimmy Bain until the release of 2000's Magica.

Track listing

All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.

Side one
No. Title Music Length
1. "Night People"   Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, Dio, Craig Goldy, Claude Schnell 4:06
2. "Dream Evil"   Dio, Goldy 4:26
3. "Sunset Superman"   Appice, Bain, Dio, Goldy, Schnell 5:45
4. "All the Fools Sailed Away"   Dio, Goldy 7:10
Side two
No. Title Music Length
5. "Naked in the Rain"   Dio 5:09
6. "Overlove"   Appice, Dio, Goldy 3:49
7. "I Could Have Been a Dreamer"   Dio, Goldy 4:42
8. "Faces in the Window"   Appice, Bain, Dio, Goldy, Schnell 3:53
9. "When a Woman Cries"   Appice, Bain, Dio, Goldy, Schnell 4:43

Personnel

Dio
Additional musicians
  • Mitchell Singing Boys – chorus on "All The Fools Sailed Away"
Production

Charts

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links