For me 1. Lock up the wolves 2. Last in line 3. Sacred heart 4. Holy diver. But with that being said I love everything Ronnie's he's my rock and roll Messiah even named my son after him draven Dio. He's taught me so much in life just threw music you never really know what he's singing about but it's so fun to listen to him and try and figure it out it's great
"Lock Up the Wolves " and "Strange Highways" are the best of "the path not taken" albums for Dio, but the chemstry with Dio and the boys on the first two albums is incredible. Like they had been together for 10 years.
I’m with Martin my favourite Dio band album is also Dream Evil and it’s also the first time I heard Dio… well I thought it was until many years later I heard butterfly ball and realised I’d heard that as a kid
1- The Last in Line 2- Strange Highways 3- Holy Diver 4 - Sacred Heart 5 - Dream Evil 6 - Killing the Dragon 7 - Angry Machines 8 - Lock Up the Wolves 9 - Magica 10 - Master of the Moon
Great show! Here is my ranking. 1. Holy Diver 2. Dream Evil 3. The Last in Line 4. Angry Machines 5. Strange Highways 6. Killing the Dragon 7. Sacred Heart 8. Magica 9. Master of the Moon 10. Lock Up the Wolves
1.Holy Diver 2.The Last in Line 3.Strange Highways 4.Dream Evil 5.Lock up the Wolves 6.Angry Machines 7.Killing the Dragon 8.Sacred Heart 9.Master of the Moon 10.Magica
Cool episode; generally agree with Martin's perspective. Mine would be: 1. Last In Line 2. Holy Diver 3. Dream Evil 4. Killing the Dragon 5. Strange Highways 6. Sacred Heart 7. Angry Machines 8. Master of the Moon 9. Lock Up the Wolves 10. Magica
Mine are 1. Holy Diver 2. Dream Evil 3. Last In Line 4. Strange Highways 5. Killing The Dragon 6. Lock Up The Wolves 7. Sacred Heart 8. Master Of The Moon 9. Angry Machines 10. Magica
My ranking for the Dio albums would be🤘 10. Magica 9. Angry Machines 8. Master Of The Moon 7. Lock Up The Wolves 6. Killing The Dragon 5. Strange Highways 4. Sacred Heart 3. The Last In Line 2. Holy Diver 1. Dream Evil
Good evening, i really enjoyed this ranking from you and this is my list from one of my absolute favourite Band of all time : 1) Holy diver 2) Dream evil 3) The last in line 4) Lock up the wolves 5) Magica 6) Killing the dragon 7) Sacred heart 8) Angry machines 9) Strange Highways 10) Master of the moon 🤘🤘
You could not have chosen two more knowledgable people to join you on this ranking video than Martin and Pete. What they don’t know about Dio, isn’t worth knowing. I enjoyed this and was surprised at how different everyone’s list was. I saw Ronnie over 20 times between 1987 and 2008 and even met him on many occasions courtesy of Wendy and the backstage passes she was always able to arrange for us. A nicer guy never walked this earth. Here’s my ranking: 10. Angry Machines 9. Strange Highways 8. Lock up the Wolves 7. Magica, (although the concept was totally lost on me, the tracks are bitchin’) 6. Master of the Moon 5. Sacred Heart 4. Killing the Dragon 3. Dream Evil 2. Holy Diver 1. The Last in Line It’ll be totally different tomorrow and different still a week from now. I’d love to see someone do a ranking video one day of ALL albums in the RJD cannon, from Elf to Heaven and Hell.
Vinnie Appice really should get a ton more credit than he gets! He has come to the rescue so many times for Ronnie… Tommi… he’s got a kind and very humorous personality!! And try to find a live version of “Falling off the Edge of the World!!” He’s a beast! And just a likable kind man.
Good to see ‘Master Of The Moon’ getting some praise. ‘Shivers’ ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ & ‘The Eyes’ , the latter’s lyrics sounding still very relevant,with the internet being used for good and very very bad..My favourite track from ‘Lock Up The Wolves’ is ‘Between To Hearts’ . It has that ‘Don’t Talk To Strangers’ feel initially, but the discordant guitar, helps to signpost the darkness that can exist in some human relationships. ‘Wild One’ is that classic fast and fluid opener,and I’ve always loved the way Ronnie works in that old saying from my Grandparents time, “A Bird in the bush,is worth two in the hand”.. From Angry Machines ‘Dying In America’,still has some mileage today. ‘This Is Your Life’ remains poignant. Always enjoyed a lot of ‘Strange Highways’. Of course the Viv Campbell era is where sparks flew. I do believe that because Viv didn’t get a more ‘’equitable’’ financial deal that was allegedly promised to the band by Ronnie ,Viv didn’t want to submit his best ideas to the band come the ‘Sacred Heart’ album. I remember seeing the ‘Rock’n’Roll Children’ promo, and felt the band had sold out. The all for one,one for all band vibe of the first two albums had rapidly dissipated. I stopped listening to Dio band albums until I heard ‘Jesus Mary..’ and a little later Doug Aldrich’s guitar sound and fiery playing on ‘Killing The Dragon’ ‘…Spider’ & ‘Push’. I agree with Pete about ‘Magica’. Loved Craig’s doffing of the cap to Ritchie on that album though.’Fever Dreams’ & especially ‘As Long As It’s Not About Love’, the latter being an all time Dio band classic.RJD was happiest working with Iommi,Butler & Appice and they left us some great music.Fantastic chemistry. ‘The Devil Cried’ & ‘Bible Black’ to name but a few. I wonder what Ronnie would have brought to the table if Blackmore,Powell & Dio had reunited. All in all a great musical legacy.
Great show guys. Here's my ranking... 1. Last in line 2. Dream Evil 3. Holy Diver 4.Sacred Heart 5. Lock Up the Wolves 6. Strange Highways 7. Killing The Dragon 8. Master of the Moon 9. Magica 10. Angry Machines 👍
Great show again Hack, always like the shows with Pete and Martin and I'm a big Dio fan so this was great. I also liked your pics on Guitar Corner on Pete's channel.
(1) Holy Diver (2) Dream Evil (3) Last in Line (4) Lock up the Wolves (5) Killing the Dragon (6) magica (7) Sacred Heart (8) Strange Highways (9) Master of the Moon (10) Angry Machines
1. Strange Highways 2. Holy Diver 3. Last In Line 4. Magica 5. Dream Evil 6. Angry Machines 7. Lock Up The Wolves 8. Sacred Heart 9. Killing The Dragon 10. Master of the Moon
My favorite Dio work is his work with Sabbath, then Rainbow, then his solo stuff, and finally with Elf. Since I collect Sabbath like a nutnut, I've got every Dio fronted album, from each group, in every format it was released in. Purely Dio related grails, I've got OP's of Magica, Killing the Dragon, Master of the Moon and that unofficial Angry Machines(of course i picked up those recent reissues with the lenticular covers).
My ranking of Dio would be 1. Last in Line 2. Holy Diver 3. Dream Evil 4. Strange Highways 5. Lock up the Wolves 6. Sacred Heart 7. Killing the Dragon 8. Master of the Moon 9. Angry Machines 10. Magica
Ranking them is very hard. But this is my list: 10 Angry Machines 9 Master of the moon 8 Lock Up The Wolves 7 Magica 6 Strange Highways 5 Dream Evil 4 Sacred Heart 3 Killing the Dragon 2 Last in Line 1 Holy Diver All albums have great songs in them, but the top 5 are the ones I come back to the most.
I've seen you on Petes channel, i think this is the first vid I've seen on your channel. I'm very much looking forward to this. Oh hell, there's Pete, and Martin!! Martin, I need to buy your Dio book. I got the email, I'll have to do it today.
For me: 1. Holy Diver 2. Sacred Heart 3. The Last in Line 4. Dream Evil 5. Killing the Dragon 6. Magica 7. Angry Machines 8 Strange Highways 9. Master of The Moon 10. Lock up The Wolves
1 holy diver 2 the last in line 3 sacred heart 4 lock up the wolves 5 dream evil 6 magica 7 killing the dragon 8 master of the moon 9 strange highways 10 angry machines
I have always viewed Strange Highways as the natural evolution from Dehumanizer for Ronnie. I actual really dig the Tracy G stuff because to me, he’s the closest thing in the solo catalog to Tony Iommi. As far as my top spot, it’s a tie for me between Holy Diver and Dream Evil (the first Dio album I ever bought, and I’m sure that plays a part in its ranking)
Tremendous show / especially this “ trio” LAST in LINE by a hair over Holy DIVER for me. ( today anyway) saw DIO 7x in the New Jersey/ NYC area over the years . Master of the MOON 🌙 is probably my no 10 selection. 👍💯
1) Holy Diver 2) The Last in Line 3) Lock Up the Wolves 4) Dream Evil 5) Killing the Dragon 6) Strange Highways 7) Sacred Heart 8) Master of the Moon 9) Magica (just for Fever Dreams) 10) Angry Machines
my list would be: 10. Master of the Moon 9. Lock Up The Wolves 8. Sacred heart 7. Killing The Dragon 6. Strange Highways 5. Magica 4. Angry Machine 3. Dream Evil 2. The Last in Line 1. Holy Diver
The Bottom 5 were harder to pick for me because i can barely get through them... lol but my top 5 have been set in stone!!! 10. Magica 9. Master Of The Moon 8. Angry Machines 7. Killing The Dragon 6. Sacred Heart 5. Strange Highways 4. Lock Up The Wolves 3. Last In Line 2. Dream Evil 1. Holy Diver
I love Dio as a singer and I like the band. I wish though that he had dared go in different directions. My favorite Dio-material is Rainbow. Mostly because there are plenty of varied material on the records. While "Holy Diver" is just as good or maybe even better than "Long Live Rock N' Roll"... I think Long Live is the more interesting record. After "Dream Evil" I wished Dio had reached around more and perhaps gone a different route somehow. It got too much of the same thing without really being as good (a part from maybe a few songs here and there).
1. Magica (Waiting for my number to climb up on the cross, maybe they'll forget about me. Must avoid detection) \m/ 2. Angry Machines 3. Strange Highways
I have to rank the albums that I don't own or haven't listened to a lot @ the bottom: Magica, Angry Machines, Strange Highways. #7.(just soft) Sacred Heart #6. Master of the Moon.... the top 5.... #5. Killing the Dragon - Doug Aldridge always delivers #4. The Last in Line - Sacrilege to some #3. Dream Evil #2. Lock Up the Wolves -wished we'd got more from Rowan Robertson & of course.... #1. Holy Diver!!!
DIO; man, love'em all. My least favorite would be "Angry Machines" but it's still a good album and I listen to it a lot. My absolute favorite is "Dream Evil", without doubt. 🍺🤘
This is my ranking order 1. Holy Diver 2. Lock up the Wolves 3. Strange Highways 4. Dream Evil 5. Master of the Moon 6. Last in Line 7. Killing the Dragon 8. Magica 9. Angry Machines 10. Sacred Heart I LOVE all of Ronnie's music. I thought Sacred Heart was a solid album but it is a bit of a disappointment for me. I lovecthe 2nd half of it but for me the songs were too short and Shoot Shoot could have been left off the album for me. Don't care too much for Hungry for Heaven & Rock N Roll Children. I was just starting high school when Lock up the Wolves came out. I really love this album. This is such an underrated album to me. I love the tone of Ronnie's vocals here, I think it's one of his best. His voice has this rich tone that I love. His voice wad stellar his whole career but I really love his tone from Lock Up the Wolves, Dehumanizer/Sabbath & Strange Highways. Rowan was I think Ronnie's best or 2nd best guitarist tied with of course Vivian. Not many people will agree with me, I know. Just my opinion. The last 3 on my list I thought could have most substance, Magica was good but the first 2 songs are instrumentals and I don't listen to Dio for instrumentals.
1. The Last In Line (1984) 2. Holy Diver (1983) 3. Strange Highways (1993) - Criminally underrated (along with Dehumanizer) 4. Angry Machine (1996) - Also very underrated 5. Lock Up The Wolves (1990) 6. Master Of The Moon (2004) 7. Dream Evil (1987) 8. Sacred Heart (1985) 9. Killing The Dragon (2002) 10. Magica (2000)
DIO man who don`t like DIO the little man with the great vice. Rainbow, Black Sabbath and DIO Band. I have must of his works. DVD DIO live from England 1993 i have that one. I have seen DIO twice as DIO his band is just Great. MY top list for DIO 1 Holy Diver, 2 The Last In Line, 3 Dream Evil, 4 Sacred Heart osv.. We all like DIO here We can just listen too his work Great SHOW
Omg, I'm right there with you Pete. Strange Highways works for me whereas Angry Machines doesn't. Dream Evil got ignored by me because of my dislike for Sacred Heart. I've since played it and like it, but I don't feel I've played it enough to feel solid in ranking it. I know I want to play it more(not enough hours
Doctor Eddie Ganja here I first got into Ronnie James Dio with Rainbow The Rainbow On Stage live album he does a great Job on that live album is my all time favorite vocalist saw The Black and Blue Tour 1980 Saw The Mob Rules saw first 4 Tours with Dio Holy Diver is The best Dio album
Pete, one thing you said nailed it for me, 'when it's too commercial it's not good.' For me, Dio is not meant to make 'commercial' music. To that end, I didn't like Sacred Heart, and that had me ignore him for a while. I don't like the Angry Machines tone, vibe very much. I like Master Of the Moon a bit more than you guys seem to, as well as Magica. The first two are my favs, probably the same as just about everyone.
1 - Sacred Heart - 'Shoot Shoot's the only song I don't care for on it other wise it's a fantastic album. 2 - The Last in Line. 3 - Holy Diver. 4 - Lock Up the Wolves. 5 - Dream Evil. 6 - Killing the Dragon. 7 - Strange Highways. 8 - Master of the Moon. 9 - Magica. 10 - Angry Machines.
I believe I have somewhat of a contrarian view on Dio's discography as I prefer the middle part (Lock Up the Wolves, Strange Highways, Angry Machines), followed by the First 4, then the latter period. Cheers.
Those 80's synths diminish Sacred Heart, Headless Cross and Bark at the Moon for me. For some reason I can overlook it on Bark more than the other two.
Master of the moon...my fave...I think a lot of people don't like it because in 2004 metal was almost death and the supposed metal heads were too lazy to take time to listen the album..
Pete is correct when saying the DIO albums are such a mixed bag. I loved all of the differences in opinions when it comes to these records. I feel as if it's mostly a foregone conclusion with most people's first two choices, but 3-10 could be a bit of a surprise. 10. Magica: This is the one album I just have NEVER been able to get into. I'm super hit or miss on concept records, and I find this to be a huge miss! It doesn't matter a bit that Craig Goldy is back for this one, as I find this to be an absolute snooze fest. I really like "Fever Dreams" and "Chalis" and slog through the rest of the album 09. Strange Highways: I use to hate the Tracy G years, now I'm a bit more acceptable to these albums. This is the only album that I don't own from DIO. I'm a completist, so I will eventually get this, but I'm not in a hurry. 08. Master of the Moon: This quite possibly might be the coolest album cover of the DIO albums. This is an album I want to like more than I do. I almost had this at #9. I find a lot of the songs on this album to be just meh. Not bad, but not particularly good. It just doesn't have a lot of hooks/memorable riffs. 07. Angry Machines: It's sort of weird to see this album this high for me, as I've always slagged on the Tracy G stuff. I love Dying In America and always have! 06. Sacred Heart: It kills me not to have this in my Top 5, as it seems a bit sacrilege, since Vivian is on this album. The title track might be my favorite DIO song of all time. I also love "Fallen Angels" and "King of Rock and Roll", but I struggle quite a bit with everything else on this record. The song Shoot, Shoot is easily the worst DIO song of all time. What a shitter! 05. Killing the Dragon: Like the guys said, this is a record with a bit more of a gallop. It breaks away from that slow/doomy sound which I appreciate from a DIO record. I love Doug Aldrich on this record. He's one of my favorite guitarists. 04. Dream Evil: This album has the history of flip-flopping with my #3 selection. I feel like my Top 4 have always been my Top 4 DIO picks. There's really nothing wrong with this record, outside of the fact that Vivian isn't on it. I think Craig Goldy does a pretty admirable job, but Vivian is missed. There are still some great moments, most notably, the title track, "Sunset Superman" and "All the Fools Sailed Away" 03. Lock Up the Wolves: I've always championed this album. It's always been an underdog and I love that an 18-year-old guitarist got his chance to play with one of the greats. I don't mind that this album more than others is dominated by slower songs, because I like most of those slower songs. Like Pete stated, I wish we could have seen another album from this lineup. 02. The Last In Line: This album will always be in my Top 2 and will probably never move from the two spot. The difference between Holy Diver and The Last In Line, is the second side. There are a couple of songs that I skip on this album. "We Rock" and "The Last In Line" are brilliant songs. 01 Holy Diver: If not a 10/10, it's pretty damn close with this album. What an amazing debut!
I love "Dream Evil", too, but at the time it came out I had been so disappointed in "Sacred Heart" and "Intermission" (introducing a new guitarist with a song like "Time to Burn"?) that I didn't even bother trying to hear it. Even though there were a few songs I liked on "Sacred Heart", each time I managed to slog through the title track only to hit "Rock 'n' Roll Children" at the end of side 1, the album would just put its head down and expire. It's not even a long album, but I still can't sit through it all. It was 20 years until I gave "Dream Evil" a chance.
Had to laugh at the end when Martin showed the Dream Evil tour booklet, saying it was much better than the Holy Diver one. First time I saw Dio was on the Last in Line tour and we got the leftover Holy Diver books and, yeah, they sucked
It seems to me that while Dio is an incredible vocalist, he was not great at being leader (dictator) of the band. When he combined with a good / great band with people who actually had a say in the music, he was as good as they get. As often as he changed band members, I wonder if he was difficult to work with?
Angry Machines is criminally underrated and it would be in my top 5 DIO albums easily. Tracy G kicks @ss. In my opinion Sacred Heart is OVERRATED. It is such a weak album I don't get the praise for it. It has like 3 strong tracks. The rest are forgettable
1. The Last in Line 2. Dream Evil 3. Strange Highways 4. Master of the Moon 5. Sacred Heart 6. Holy Diver 7. Killing the Dragon 8. Lock Up the Wolves 9. Angry Machines 10. Magica
For me
1. Lock up the wolves
2. Last in line
3. Sacred heart
4. Holy diver.
But with that being said I love everything Ronnie's he's my rock and roll Messiah even named my son after him draven Dio.
He's taught me so much in life just threw music you never really know what he's singing about but it's so fun to listen to him and try and figure it out it's great
"Lock Up the Wolves " and "Strange Highways" are the best of "the path not taken" albums for Dio, but the chemstry with Dio and the boys on the first two albums is incredible. Like they had been together for 10 years.
I thought those albums were super weak
@@willd4731 the first two? Or "Wolves" and "Highways"?
I’m with Martin my favourite Dio band album is also Dream Evil and it’s also the first time I heard Dio… well I thought it was until many years later I heard butterfly ball and realised I’d heard that as a kid
1- The Last in Line
2- Strange Highways
3- Holy Diver
4 - Sacred Heart
5 - Dream Evil
6 - Killing the Dragon
7 - Angry Machines
8 - Lock Up the Wolves
9 - Magica
10 - Master of the Moon
Great show! Here is my ranking.
1. Holy Diver
2. Dream Evil
3. The Last in Line
4. Angry Machines
5. Strange Highways
6. Killing the Dragon
7. Sacred Heart
8. Magica
9. Master of the Moon
10. Lock Up the Wolves
1.Holy Diver
2.The Last in Line
3.Strange Highways
4.Dream Evil
5.Lock up the Wolves
6.Angry Machines
7.Killing the Dragon
8.Sacred Heart
9.Master of the Moon
10.Magica
Cool episode; generally agree with Martin's perspective. Mine would be:
1. Last In Line
2. Holy Diver
3. Dream Evil
4. Killing the Dragon
5. Strange Highways
6. Sacred Heart
7. Angry Machines
8. Master of the Moon
9. Lock Up the Wolves
10. Magica
It took me a while to really discover the Magica album but I would now say that it's my favourite Dio album: but then I prefer slow numbers
Mine are
1. Holy Diver
2. Dream Evil
3. Last In Line
4. Strange Highways
5. Killing The Dragon
6. Lock Up The Wolves
7. Sacred Heart
8. Master Of The Moon
9. Angry Machines
10. Magica
My ranking for the Dio albums would be🤘
10. Magica
9. Angry Machines
8. Master Of The Moon
7. Lock Up The Wolves
6. Killing The Dragon
5. Strange Highways
4. Sacred Heart
3. The Last In Line
2. Holy Diver
1. Dream Evil
I actually really like Hungry for Heaven...that song pumps me up and is inspiring.
My top 5.
Last in Line
Holy Diver
Dream Evil
Sacred Heart
Lock Up The Wolves.
Good evening, i really enjoyed this ranking from you and this is my list from one of my absolute favourite Band of all time :
1) Holy diver
2) Dream evil
3) The last in line
4) Lock up the wolves
5) Magica
6) Killing the dragon
7) Sacred heart
8) Angry machines
9) Strange Highways
10) Master of the moon
🤘🤘
1. Last In Line
2. Holy Diver
3. Dream Evil
4. Angry Machines (never understood the hate for it)
5. Lock Up The Wolves
I like the rankings! Knew it was Canada right away. Hahaha. Thanks dudes!
The outro for Like the Beat of a Heart could (should) have gone on forever!
You could not have chosen two more knowledgable people to join you on this ranking video than Martin and Pete. What they don’t know about Dio, isn’t worth knowing. I enjoyed this and was surprised at how different everyone’s list was.
I saw Ronnie over 20 times between 1987 and 2008 and even met him on many occasions courtesy of Wendy and the backstage passes she was always able to arrange for us. A nicer guy never walked this earth.
Here’s my ranking:
10. Angry Machines
9. Strange Highways
8. Lock up the Wolves
7. Magica, (although the concept was totally lost on me, the tracks are bitchin’)
6. Master of the Moon
5. Sacred Heart
4. Killing the Dragon
3. Dream Evil
2. Holy Diver
1. The Last in Line
It’ll be totally different tomorrow and different still a week from now.
I’d love to see someone do a ranking video one day of ALL albums in the RJD cannon, from Elf to Heaven and Hell.
Vinnie Appice really should get a ton more credit than he gets! He has come to the rescue so many times for Ronnie… Tommi… he’s got a kind and very humorous personality!! And try to find a live version of “Falling off the Edge of the World!!” He’s a beast! And just a likable kind man.
I ordered Martin's book and I can't wait till it comes in.
Good to see ‘Master Of The Moon’ getting some praise. ‘Shivers’ ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ & ‘The Eyes’ , the latter’s lyrics sounding still very relevant,with the internet being used for good and very very bad..My favourite track from ‘Lock Up The Wolves’ is ‘Between To Hearts’ . It has that ‘Don’t Talk To Strangers’ feel initially, but the discordant guitar, helps to signpost the darkness that can exist in some human relationships. ‘Wild One’ is that classic fast and fluid opener,and I’ve always loved the way Ronnie works in that old saying from my Grandparents time, “A Bird in the bush,is worth two in the hand”.. From Angry Machines ‘Dying In America’,still has some mileage today. ‘This Is Your Life’ remains poignant. Always enjoyed a lot of ‘Strange Highways’. Of course the Viv Campbell era is where sparks flew. I do believe that because Viv didn’t get a more ‘’equitable’’ financial deal that was allegedly promised to the band by Ronnie ,Viv didn’t want to submit his best ideas to the band come the ‘Sacred Heart’ album. I remember seeing the ‘Rock’n’Roll Children’ promo, and felt the band had sold out. The all for one,one for all band vibe of the first two albums had rapidly dissipated. I stopped listening to Dio band albums until I heard ‘Jesus Mary..’ and a little later Doug Aldrich’s guitar sound and fiery playing on ‘Killing The Dragon’ ‘…Spider’ & ‘Push’. I agree with Pete about ‘Magica’. Loved Craig’s doffing of the cap to Ritchie on that album though.’Fever Dreams’ & especially ‘As Long As It’s Not About Love’, the latter being an all time Dio band classic.RJD was happiest working with Iommi,Butler & Appice and they left us some great music.Fantastic chemistry. ‘The Devil Cried’ & ‘Bible Black’ to name but a few. I wonder what Ronnie would have brought to the table if Blackmore,Powell & Dio had reunited. All in all a great musical legacy.
Great show guys. Here's my ranking...
1. Last in line
2. Dream Evil
3. Holy Diver
4.Sacred Heart
5. Lock Up the Wolves
6. Strange Highways
7. Killing The Dragon
8. Master of the Moon
9. Magica
10. Angry Machines
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1. Holy Diver (1983)
2. The Last In Line (1984)
3. Strange Highways (1993)
4. Killing The Dragon (2002)
5. Lock Up The Wolves (1990)
6. Magica (2000)
7. Dream Evil (1987)
8. Master of The Moon (2004)
9. Sacred Heart (1985)
10. Angry Machines (1996)
My favorite Ronnie James Dio album weather rainbow Black Sabbath or DIO.
Is the one I got playing at that time
Great show again Hack, always like the shows with Pete and Martin and I'm a big Dio fan so this was great. I also liked your pics on Guitar Corner on Pete's channel.
I appreciate it. Cheers
Great show... enjoyed it 👍👍
Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. Cheers
Alright Martin, I just ordered your book. I think I'm up over 15 now!!
Hey Hack! Great show as always! For Dio I like most but anymore I just reach for the first two and a half albums.
(1) Holy Diver
(2) Dream Evil
(3) Last in Line
(4) Lock up the Wolves
(5) Killing the Dragon
(6) magica
(7) Sacred Heart
(8) Strange Highways
(9) Master of the Moon
(10) Angry Machines
1. Strange Highways
2. Holy Diver
3. Last In Line
4. Magica
5. Dream Evil
6. Angry Machines
7. Lock Up The Wolves
8. Sacred Heart
9. Killing The Dragon
10. Master of the Moon
My favorite Dio work is his work with Sabbath, then Rainbow, then his solo stuff, and finally with Elf.
Since I collect Sabbath like a nutnut, I've got every Dio fronted album, from each group, in every format it was released in.
Purely Dio related grails, I've got OP's of Magica, Killing the Dragon, Master of the Moon and that unofficial Angry Machines(of course i picked up those recent reissues with the lenticular covers).
My ranking of Dio would be
1. Last in Line
2. Holy Diver
3. Dream Evil
4. Strange Highways
5. Lock up the Wolves
6. Sacred Heart
7. Killing the Dragon
8. Master of the Moon
9. Angry Machines
10. Magica
Ranking them is very hard. But this is my list:
10 Angry Machines
9 Master of the moon
8 Lock Up The Wolves
7 Magica
6 Strange Highways
5 Dream Evil
4 Sacred Heart
3 Killing the Dragon
2 Last in Line
1 Holy Diver
All albums have great songs in them, but the top 5 are the ones I come back to the most.
I've seen you on Petes channel, i think this is the first vid I've seen on your channel. I'm very much looking forward to this.
Oh hell, there's Pete, and Martin!!
Martin, I need to buy your Dio book. I got the email, I'll have to do it today.
Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. Cheers
Ronnie James Dio........................................... Rules
For me:
1. Holy Diver
2. Sacred Heart
3. The Last in Line
4. Dream Evil
5. Killing the Dragon
6. Magica
7. Angry Machines
8 Strange Highways
9. Master of The Moon
10. Lock up The Wolves
Ronnie James Dio is my heavy metal God
3ft tall 100% vocals rock and roll Messiah
1 holy diver
2 the last in line
3 sacred heart
4 lock up the wolves
5 dream evil
6 magica
7 killing the dragon
8 master of the moon
9 strange highways
10 angry machines
I have always viewed Strange Highways as the natural evolution from Dehumanizer for Ronnie. I actual really dig the Tracy G stuff because to me, he’s the closest thing in the solo catalog to Tony Iommi.
As far as my top spot, it’s a tie for me between Holy Diver and Dream Evil (the first Dio album I ever bought, and I’m sure that plays a part in its ranking)
Tremendous show / especially this “ trio” LAST in LINE by a hair over Holy DIVER for me. ( today anyway) saw DIO 7x in the New Jersey/ NYC area over the years . Master of the MOON 🌙 is probably my no 10 selection. 👍💯
Thanks for watching! Cheers
I agree...found their sound.
1) Holy Diver 2) The Last in Line 3) Lock Up the Wolves 4) Dream Evil 5) Killing the Dragon 6) Strange Highways 7) Sacred Heart 8) Master of the Moon 9) Magica (just for Fever Dreams) 10) Angry Machines
Rock and Roll Children is kind of a cool anthem.
my list would be:
10. Master of the Moon
9. Lock Up The Wolves
8. Sacred heart
7. Killing The Dragon
6. Strange Highways
5. Magica
4. Angry Machine
3. Dream Evil
2. The Last in Line
1. Holy Diver
The Bottom 5 were harder to pick for me because i can barely get through them... lol
but my top 5 have been set in stone!!!
10. Magica
9. Master Of The Moon
8. Angry Machines
7. Killing The Dragon
6. Sacred Heart
5. Strange Highways
4. Lock Up The Wolves
3. Last In Line
2. Dream Evil
1. Holy Diver
I love Dio as a singer and I like the band. I wish though that he had dared go in different directions. My favorite Dio-material is Rainbow. Mostly because there are plenty of varied material on the records. While "Holy Diver" is just as good or maybe even better than "Long Live Rock N' Roll"... I think Long Live is the more interesting record. After "Dream Evil" I wished Dio had reached around more and perhaps gone a different route somehow. It got too much of the same thing without really being as good (a part from maybe a few songs here and there).
1. Magica (Waiting for my number to climb up on the cross, maybe they'll forget about me. Must avoid detection) \m/
2. Angry Machines
3. Strange Highways
I have to rank the albums that I don't own or haven't listened to a lot @ the bottom: Magica, Angry Machines, Strange Highways. #7.(just soft) Sacred Heart #6. Master of the Moon.... the top 5.... #5. Killing the Dragon - Doug Aldridge always delivers #4. The Last in Line - Sacrilege to some #3. Dream Evil #2. Lock Up the Wolves -wished we'd got more from Rowan Robertson & of course.... #1. Holy Diver!!!
DIO; man, love'em all. My least favorite would be "Angry Machines" but it's still a good album and I listen to it a lot. My absolute favorite is "Dream Evil", without doubt. 🍺🤘
Lock up the wolves is a masterpiece.
This is my ranking order
1. Holy Diver
2. Lock up the Wolves
3. Strange Highways
4. Dream Evil
5. Master of the Moon
6. Last in Line
7. Killing the Dragon
8. Magica
9. Angry Machines
10. Sacred Heart
I LOVE all of Ronnie's music. I thought Sacred Heart was a solid album but it is a bit of a disappointment for me. I lovecthe 2nd half of it but for me the songs were too short and Shoot Shoot could have been left off the album for me. Don't care too much for Hungry for Heaven & Rock N Roll Children. I was just starting high school when Lock up the Wolves came out. I really love this album. This is such an underrated album to me. I love the tone of Ronnie's vocals here, I think it's one of his best. His voice has this rich tone that I love. His voice wad stellar his whole career but I really love his tone from Lock Up the Wolves, Dehumanizer/Sabbath & Strange Highways. Rowan was I think Ronnie's best or 2nd best guitarist tied with of course Vivian. Not many people will agree with me, I know. Just my opinion. The last 3 on my list I thought could have most substance, Magica was good but the first 2 songs are instrumentals and I don't listen to Dio for instrumentals.
1. The Last In Line (1984)
2. Holy Diver (1983)
3. Strange Highways (1993) - Criminally underrated (along with Dehumanizer)
4. Angry Machine (1996) - Also very underrated
5. Lock Up The Wolves (1990)
6. Master Of The Moon (2004)
7. Dream Evil (1987)
8. Sacred Heart (1985)
9. Killing The Dragon (2002)
10. Magica (2000)
On the biggest contrarian of them all. My favorites are sacred heart, killing the dragon, and Master of the Moon. In that order.
Love Master of the Moon
DIO man who don`t like DIO the little man with the great vice. Rainbow, Black Sabbath and DIO Band. I have must of his works. DVD DIO live from England 1993 i have that one.
I have seen DIO twice as DIO his band is just Great. MY top list for DIO 1 Holy Diver, 2 The Last In Line, 3 Dream Evil, 4 Sacred Heart osv.. We all like DIO here
We can just listen too his work
Great SHOW
Omg, I'm right there with you Pete. Strange Highways works for me whereas Angry Machines doesn't.
Dream Evil got ignored by me because of my dislike for Sacred Heart. I've since played it and like it, but I don't feel I've played it enough to feel solid in ranking it. I know I want to play it more(not enough hours
Doctor Eddie Ganja here I first got into Ronnie James Dio with Rainbow The Rainbow On Stage live album he does a great Job on that live album is my all time favorite vocalist saw The Black and Blue Tour 1980 Saw The Mob Rules saw first 4 Tours with Dio Holy Diver is The best Dio album
Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. Cheers
Pete, one thing you said nailed it for me, 'when it's too commercial it's not good.'
For me, Dio is not meant to make 'commercial' music. To that end, I didn't like Sacred Heart, and that had me ignore him for a while.
I don't like the Angry Machines tone, vibe very much. I like Master Of the Moon a bit more than you guys seem to, as well as Magica.
The first two are my favs, probably the same as just about everyone.
1 - Sacred Heart - 'Shoot Shoot's the only song I don't care for on it other wise it's a fantastic album.
2 - The Last in Line.
3 - Holy Diver.
4 - Lock Up the Wolves.
5 - Dream Evil.
6 - Killing the Dragon.
7 - Strange Highways.
8 - Master of the Moon.
9 - Magica.
10 - Angry Machines.
I believe I have somewhat of a contrarian view on Dio's discography as I prefer the middle part (Lock Up the Wolves, Strange Highways, Angry Machines), followed by the First 4, then the latter period. Cheers.
Those 80's synths diminish Sacred Heart, Headless Cross and Bark at the Moon for me. For some reason I can overlook it on Bark more than the other two.
Master of the moon...my fave...I think a lot of people don't like it because in 2004 metal was almost death and the supposed metal heads were too lazy to take time to listen the album..
Right through the heart?
Pete is correct when saying the DIO albums are such a mixed bag. I loved all of the differences in opinions when it comes to these records. I feel as if it's mostly a foregone conclusion with most people's first two choices, but 3-10 could be a bit of a surprise.
10. Magica: This is the one album I just have NEVER been able to get into. I'm super hit or miss on concept records, and I find this to be a huge miss! It doesn't matter a bit that Craig Goldy is back for this one, as I find this to be an absolute snooze fest. I really like "Fever Dreams" and "Chalis" and slog through the rest of the album
09. Strange Highways: I use to hate the Tracy G years, now I'm a bit more acceptable to these albums. This is the only album that I don't own from DIO. I'm a completist, so I will eventually get this, but I'm not in a hurry.
08. Master of the Moon: This quite possibly might be the coolest album cover of the DIO albums. This is an album I want to like more than I do. I almost had this at #9. I find a lot of the songs on this album to be just meh. Not bad, but not particularly good. It just doesn't have a lot of hooks/memorable riffs.
07. Angry Machines: It's sort of weird to see this album this high for me, as I've always slagged on the Tracy G stuff. I love Dying In America and always have!
06. Sacred Heart: It kills me not to have this in my Top 5, as it seems a bit sacrilege, since Vivian is on this album. The title track might be my favorite DIO song of all time. I also love "Fallen Angels" and "King of Rock and Roll", but I struggle quite a bit with everything else on this record. The song Shoot, Shoot is easily the worst DIO song of all time. What a shitter!
05. Killing the Dragon: Like the guys said, this is a record with a bit more of a gallop. It breaks away from that slow/doomy sound which I appreciate from a DIO record. I love Doug Aldrich on this record. He's one of my favorite guitarists.
04. Dream Evil: This album has the history of flip-flopping with my #3 selection. I feel like my Top 4 have always been my Top 4 DIO picks. There's really nothing wrong with this record, outside of the fact that Vivian isn't on it. I think Craig Goldy does a pretty admirable job, but Vivian is missed. There are still some great moments, most notably, the title track, "Sunset Superman" and "All the Fools Sailed Away"
03. Lock Up the Wolves: I've always championed this album. It's always been an underdog and I love that an 18-year-old guitarist got his chance to play with one of the greats. I don't mind that this album more than others is dominated by slower songs, because I like most of those slower songs. Like Pete stated, I wish we could have seen another album from this lineup.
02. The Last In Line: This album will always be in my Top 2 and will probably never move from the two spot. The difference between Holy Diver and The Last In Line, is the second side. There are a couple of songs that I skip on this album. "We Rock" and "The Last In Line" are brilliant songs.
01 Holy Diver: If not a 10/10, it's pretty damn close with this album. What an amazing debut!
DiO ToP TeN
1. Last in Line
2. Dream Evil
3. Holy Diver
4. Magica
5. Lock up the Wolves
I love "Dream Evil", too, but at the time it came out I had been so disappointed in "Sacred Heart" and "Intermission" (introducing a new guitarist with a song like "Time to Burn"?) that I didn't even bother trying to hear it. Even though there were a few songs I liked on "Sacred Heart", each time I managed to slog through the title track only to hit "Rock 'n' Roll Children" at the end of side 1, the album would just put its head down and expire. It's not even a long album, but I still can't sit through it all. It was 20 years until I gave "Dream Evil" a chance.
Lock up the wolves and Strange highways are my 2 faves. I am in the minority for sure.
i will go with dios diamonds the best of dio
I kinda like shoot shoot
Had to laugh at the end when Martin showed the Dream Evil tour booklet, saying it was much better than the Holy Diver one. First time I saw Dio was on the Last in Line tour and we got the leftover Holy Diver books and, yeah, they sucked
It seems to me that while Dio is an incredible vocalist, he was not great at being leader (dictator) of the band. When he combined with a good / great band with people who actually had a say in the music, he was as good as they get. As often as he changed band members, I wonder if he was difficult to work with?
Not sure but he definitely had a vision of what he wanted to do.
Strange Highways best album after the first two!
1. Holy Diver
2. The Last in Line
3. Dream Evil
4. Sacred Heart
5. Angry Machines
Well Martin fucked that up. It was supposed to be one at a time for albums 5 to 1.
Not a problem. We got through it fine.
Ha ha, I totally missed that instruction - this is the first i'm hearing of it!
@@MartinPopoff No worries Martin. 👍
Clearly he was off his meds this day. Is he and Goldy related or something?
Dream Evil Dio's best???????????
Angry Machines is criminally underrated and it would be in my top 5 DIO albums easily. Tracy G kicks @ss. In my opinion Sacred Heart is OVERRATED. It is such a weak album I don't get the praise for it. It has like 3 strong tracks. The rest are forgettable
All music Ronnie James Dio put out is scripture
Loving my insanity? No.
1. The Last in Line
2. Dream Evil
3. Strange Highways
4. Master of the Moon
5. Sacred Heart
6. Holy Diver
7. Killing the Dragon
8. Lock Up the Wolves
9. Angry Machines
10. Magica