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It is one of metal's best albums, and it spawned two of the greatest metal songs of the '80s: 'Holy Diver' and 'Rainbow in the Dark'. Featuring the underrated Vivian Campbell on guitar, this album showed that Dio could do it on his own." [16] In 2017, it was ranked 16th on Rolling Stone 's list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". [17]
The following is a list of best-selling albums by country. Depends on the measurement, record sales of albums are taken by estimations or certifications. Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available published data from a number of territories, unlike the United Kingdom and the United States with recognized national measurement firms and certifying bodies such as ...
Dio's first studio album, Holy Diver, from 1983, was the first to feature Murray on its cover. Murray appears to be a demon torturing a cleric, but Ronnie James Dio said that it is not necessarily clear which one is the monster and which one is the priest. [26]
Around the release of the band's debut Holy Diver in May 1983, Claude Schnell joined as Dio's first full-time keyboardist. [4] After two more studio albums – The Last in Line and Sacred Heart – as well as live release Intermission, Campbell left the band in March 1986. [5] He was replaced by former Giuffria guitarist Craig Goldy. [6]
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 14; AudioEnz (New Zealand) Top Ten - 15 [citation needed] - 16; The Jam (Italy) [citation needed] - 17; The All-TIME 100 Albums - 18; IGN: Top 25 Classic Rock Albums - 19; IGN: Top 14 Greatest Rock Operas/Concept Albums Of All Time - 20; Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time - 21
The album title is fitting, since there’s some good stuff offset by a healthy dose of filler. Skip past bland rockers such as “Big Fat Money” and “Take Me Back (Deja Vu),” and take this ...
The Last In Line is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Dio, released on July 2, 1984. It is the first Dio album to feature former Rough Cutt keyboardist Claude Schnell . It became the band's highest-charting album in both the UK and the U.S., reaching number 4 and number 23, respectively ( Sacred Heart would later reach number ...
Holy Diver – Live is a live album by American heavy metal band Dio, recorded on tour in 2005.On disc 1, the band performs Holy Diver in its entirety, while disc 2 contains live versions of other songs from Dio's back catalog.