Metal Hits (Dio album)

Metal Hits
Greatest hits album by Dio
Released October 4, 2005
Genre Hard Rock, Metal
Length 48:41
Label Flashback Records, Warner Bros. Records
Producer Dean Schachtel
Dio chronology

Evil or Divine – Live in New York City
(2005)		 Metal Hits
(2005)		 Holy Diver – Live
(2006)
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Allmusic [1]

Metal Hits is a compilation album by the heavy metal band Dio and was released in 2005 by Rhino Flashback Records.[2] Multi-instrumentalist and heavy-metal mainstay Ronnie James Dio built up a hefty back catalog over the decades, with a career that spans vocalizing for Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and of course, his own group, Dio. This best-of, which covers the Dio years exclusively, spans the period 1983's Holy Diver and 1990's Lock Up the Wolves, and is packed with the kind of high-octane performances Dio fans have come to treasure. Neo-Gothic masterpieces like "Sunset Superman" and "Dream Evil" share space with the metal mysticism of "Last in Line," while Dio's hell's-gate scream holds sway over all.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Rainbow in the Dark" (Dio/Appice/Bain/Campbell) - 4:15
  2. "Holy Diver" (Dio) - 5:52
  3. "Night People" (Dio/Goldy/Bain/Schnell/Appice) - 4:08
  4. "The Last in Line" (Dio/Bain/Campbell) - 5:46
  5. "Evil Eyes" (Dio) - 3:40
  6. "Sunset Superman" (Dio/Goldy/Bain/Schnell/Appice) - 5:47
  7. "Dream Evil" (Dio/Goldy) - 4:24
  8. "Hollywood Black" (Dio/G/Appice) - 5:11
  9. "Wild One" (Dio/Robertson) - 4:07
  10. "Evilution" (Dio/G/Pilson/Appice) - 5:36

Personnel

Dio

Production

References

  1. ↑ Metal Hits (Dio album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/dio-metal-hits
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3435129,00.html