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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Dio's fourth solo effort is markedly a departure from the last three in style. Although the format largely follows the same pattern of its predecessors (opening out and out rocker followed by the title track and with the keyboard layered single sitting roughly where Rainbow did on Holy Diver and Mystery did on Last In Line) the sound is a lot more seventies, almost Rainbow esque in places, and a lot more bluesy - this may simply be down to the introduction of Craig Goldie on guitar duties. However, the result is an album that is streets ahead of the stodgy and rather lacklustre Sacred Heart, but not at the stratospheric level of the magnificent 'The Last in Line'. Highlights are the pulsating and jabbing opener 'Night People', the reflective and emotionally tinged `All the Fools Sailed Away' and the manadatory melodic single `I Could Have Been A Dreamer'. 'Sunset Superman' also has a peculiar charm, despite it's baffling title, and 'Naked in the Rain' comes closest to the grander style of The Last In Line'. On the down side the production is a little stiff and unfocussed, the keyboards sound as if they are being played with Nichol's fist and the drumming is surprisingly pedestrian (by Appice standards). Unfortunately the whole piece fizzles out on the two weakest songs at the end.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ronnie James Dio may be small in stature but the guy can sing with the best of them! This is a polished eighties metal album, crunching guitar riffs backed by full synth sounds and a solid rhythm section and little RJD's booming voice. You know the sort of stuff you're going to get here; castles and magic etc. but it's done well. Night People and the title track are my personal favourites, although All The Fools Sailed Away might appeal to any Led Zep fans as it has a real Plant/Page quality to it. If you like 80's rock but want a change of subject matter from sex, drugs and rock n' roll then give this a go.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is more like it, after the disappointment that was "Intermission". Definitely back on form. Great vocals, strong guitars from newbie, Craig Goldie. The whole band have lifted their game for this superb offering. This does not stray from the good vs. evil template that served Dio so well over the years. The lyrics aside, the tunes stand up well nearly 25 years later and have aged far better than many of the "metal" bands that were Dio's contemporaries. One of 1987's better rock records that deserves it's place in any rock collection. Contains everything that made Dio great.
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