DIO – Dream Evil (Release Year – 1987)
Dream Evil is the 4th studio disc by DIO. On this disc, former Rough Cutt, and Giuffria guitarist Craig Goldy replaced fan favorite Vivian Campbell on guitar. Did Goldy live up to everyone’s expectations? If anything, he exceeded them quite a bit. This disc is heavy and melodic. The sound is quite similar to DIO’s past efforts.
Night People is a high speed rocker that starts off Dream Evil right. Great guitars by Goldy and heavy bass strumming by Jimmy Bain.
Dream Evil is always the track that I remember best from this disc. I remember wearing the cassette version of this song out in my car stereo many years ago. It still sounds cool today. The keyboards give this song a Holy Diver, Last in Line kind of feel. Great stuff!
Back when this cassette first came out, I didn’t care for Sunset Superman very much. The lyric was too silly for me at the time. I have grown to like this track a lot more over the years. The guitar work on this song is stellar.
All the Fools Sailed Away is one of my favorites on this disc. This is one of the more melodic songs on Dream Evil, and one of two tracks released as a single. Killer stuff!
Naked In the Rain is a pretty good song, but the image of Ronnie James Dio being Naked In the Rain makes me want to run out of my house screaming.
Overlove is a exceptional high speed rocker. Vinnie Appice sounds like he is beating the hell out of his drums on this one. Great Stuff!
I Could Have Been A Dreamer is another great track that was released as a single off of Dream Evil. This is another classic DIO track, and one of my favorites.
Faces In the Window is a pretty good headbanger. This song is a stand out on Dream Evil that never really got the attention it deserved. I think this would have been a better track to close out Dream Evil with but they didn’t ask me to mix it…lol.
When A Woman Cries is a solid Dio track. It isn’t one of my favorites on this disc, but its a good track.
Dream Evil is still one of my overall favorite solo discs from DIO. Plenty of great tracks on this one that I still play and enjoy today! If you haven’t picked this one up yet, you can pick this up for $10.00 off of Amazon.com. Dream Evil is a bargain at this price!
Wait……you aren’t done….yet! See what the other the Metal Madness Knights are saying about Dream Evil at the links below: Heavy Metal Time Machine, Heavy Metal Addiction, and Pulses, Verses and other Flotsam!
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
- Night People
- Dream Evil
- Sunset Superman
- All the Fools Sailed Away
- Naked in The Rain
- Overlove
- I Could Have Been A Dreamer
- Faces In The Window
- When A Woman Cries
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Craig Goldie is turd guitar player period. Im the hugest Dio fan and have always loathed craig “the butcher” goldie. Dont get me wrong, this is a good album, but doesnt even come close to the previous 3 albums. One deciding factor….you guessed it Craig Goldie. Choppy uninspired solo’s followed by well, just no tallent. This the last album of a great run by Dio from the 80’s.If you like Dio, Get Killing the Dragon . Doug Aldrich plays guitar on this one which makes it RIPPER!!! I LOVE Ronnie James, But HATE Craig goldie the no talent hack.
Great Review and a very nice read.
Whoa! RJD naked in the rain? That’s something I don’t want to think about!
Nice to hear someone else having the cassette back in the day. I used to have this tape in the car too.
um, yeah, I respect the guy a hell of a lot and I was honored beyond words to interview him, but I just don’t want that visual either…it is funny how time smooths certain things over, isn’t it?
Please don’t make me imagine Ronnie James Dio singing Naked in the rain. It’s a good album.