Strange Highways

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Strange Highways
Strange Highways cover
Studio album by Dio
Released 1993
Recorded Rumbo Studios,
Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre Heavy metal
Length 53:36
Label Reprise
Producer Mike Fraser
Professional reviews
Dio chronology
Diamonds – The Best of Dio
(1992)
Strange Highways
(1993)
Angry Machines
(1996)

Strange Highways is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. It's also their first album since Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice's reunion tour with Black Sabbath. First released in 1994 on Reprise Records.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics Ronnie James Dio, all music by Dio, Tracy G, Jeff Pilson and Vinny Appice

  1. "Jesus, Mary, & the Holy Ghost" (Dio, G, Pilson) – 4:13
  2. "Firehead" – 4:06
  3. "Strange Highways" – 6:54
  4. "Hollywood Black" (Dio, G, Appice) – 5:10
  5. "Evilution" – 5:37
  6. "Pain" (Dio, G) – 4:14
  7. "One Foot in the Grave" – 4:01
  8. "Give Her the Gun" (Dio, G, Pilson) – 5:58
  9. "Blood from a Stone" – 4:14
  10. "Here's to You" – 3:24
  11. "Bring Down the Rain" – 5:45

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album charts positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 UK Album Charts
1994 Strange Highways #142 #5

[edit] Personnel

  • Recorded at Rumbo Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Produced, engineered and mixed by Mike Fraser
  • Assistant engineered by Andy Udoff
  • Mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Originally mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City, USA
  • Cover illustration by Wil Rees