Dream Evil (Album)
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July 21, 1987 |
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9 |
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43 min 20s |
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Village Recorder , Los Angeles |
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Dream Evil is the fourth studio album by the band Dio . It was released on July 21, 1987. After three albums with Vivian Campbell , Craig Goldy played guitar for the first time .
backgrounds
After the predecessor Sacred Heart was a bit more commercial, Dio returned to the heavier sound of the first two albums with the Dream Evil album. The album was recorded in Los Angeles at the Village Recorder Studio. It was produced by Ronnie James Dio himself. As singles were All the Fools Sailed Away / Over Love and I Could Have Been a Dreamer decoupled.
The album cover was illustrated by Steve Huston. It shows a sleeping child with a kind of troll standing on the blanket . Tentacles, plant tendrils, snakes, a lizard, beetles and a black cat with bright red eyes peek out from under the bed. Next to the bed is an open book and a crystal ball. The same, dark figure that was seen on the previous albums looks into the window.
composition
Since the keyboard sound on Sacred Heart seemed a bit more commercial, the keyboard here creates a rather darker undertone. The song material is similar to the first couple of albums. You can find speed metal songs like Night People , mid-tempo pieces like Naked in the Rain and numbers that are based on the blues , such as B. Overlove . A ballad-like title can also be found atypically , namely All the Fools Sailed Away . The guitar riff of the title track also bears a certain resemblance to that of Man on the Silver Mountain by Dio's former band Rainbow .
reception
In Rock Hard , the album was rated as a disappointment when it was released. Reviewer Frank Trojan criticized Dream Evil for offering too little new and differing only slightly from its predecessor. In the review, which was closed with a rating of 6/10 points, the editor stated that Dio had "reached a dangerous point, namely just copying himself and thus inevitably ending in a dead end."
Retrospective considerations, on the other hand, present the work as an expression of constancy. Chris Doran of the Metal Observer states that the album “neither adds anything new to the whole thing nor does it harm [...] the band”.
The single I Could Have Been a Dreamer reached number 33 in the US Mainstream Rock Tracks Charts.
Trivia
The Swedish metal band Dream Evil refers to this album with their name.
Track list
All lyrics on the album were written by Ronnie James Dio .
- Night People (Dio, Craig Goldy , Jimmy Bain , Claude Schnell , Vinny Appice ) - 4:06
- Dream Evil (Dio, Goldy) - 4:26
- Sunset Superman (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) - 5:45
- All the Fools Sailed Away (Dio, Goldy) - 7:10
- Naked in the Rain (Dio) - 5:09
- Overlove (Dio, Goldy, Appice) - 3:49
- I Could Have Been a Dreamer (Dio, Goldy) - 4:42
- Faces in the Window (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) - 3:53
- When a Woman Cries (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) - 4:43
occupation
- Ronnie James Dio - vocals
- Craig Goldy - guitar
- Jimmy Bain - bass
- Claude Schnell - Keyboards
- Vinny Appice - Drums
- Mitchell Singing Boys - Refrain on All the Fools Sailed Away
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=1317
- ↑ Frank Trojan: Review of Dream Evil in Rock Hard No. 23
- ↑ Chris Doran: Review of Dream Evil on metal-observer.com
- ↑ Dream Evil at laut.de
Web links
- Dream Evil at Allmusic (English)
- Dream Evil on MusicBrainz