Dream Evil (album)

Dream Evil
Studio album by
Dio
ReleasedJuly 21, 1987
RecordedMarch–May 1987
StudioVillage Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre
Length43:20
LabelWarner Bros. (North America)
Vertigo (rest of the world)
ProducerRonnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Intermission
(1986) 		Dream Evil
(1987) 		Lock Up the Wolves
(1990)
Singles from Dream Evil
  1. "I Could Have Been a Dreamer"
    Released: July 6, 1987[2]
  2. "All the Fools Sailed Away"
    Released: 1987 (EU)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[4]
Record Collector[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

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.

  1. ^ Mathis, Shayne (May 15, 2015). "Celebrate DIO's Legacy With This Round-up Of 12 Of His Greatest Songs". Metal Injection. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 45.
  3. ^ Theakston, Rob. "Dream Evil - Dio". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  5. ^ Pinfold, William (April 2013). "Dio - Dream Evil: Deluxe Edition". Record Collector (413). Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  6. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 198.