1987 studio album by Dio
Dream Evil Released July 21, 1987 Recorded March–May 1987 at Village Recorder (Los Angeles) Genre
Length 43 :20 Label Warner Bros. (North America) Vertigo (rest of the world) Producer Ronnie James Dio
"I Could Have Been a Dreamer" Released: July 1987 (US)
"All the Fools Sailed Away" Released: July 1987 (Europe)
Dream Evil is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio , released 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 . The album also marks Schnell's final appearance with Dio.
Track listing [ ]
All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio , music as stated.
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
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
Recorded at Village Recorder , Los Angeles, California
Produced by Ronnie James Dio
Engineered by Angelo Arcuri
Assistant engineered by Charlie Brocco, Tom Biener and Allen Abrahamson
Mixed at Record Plant , Los Angeles, California
Originally mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City
Cover illustration by Steve Huston
Cover model: Amanda Schendel
Charts [ ]
References [ ]
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^ "Dio – Dream Evil (album)" . Austriancharts.com (in German). Media Control Charts . Retrieved November 6, 2013 .
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^ "Dream Evil Billboard Albums" . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved November 6, 2013 .
^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 47, No. 2, October 17, 1987" . Library and Archives Canada . October 17, 1987. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2013 .
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