Dio – The Complete Albums 1983-1993 7LP Box Set

Dio – The Complete Albums 1983-1993

DIO THE COMPLETE ALBUMS 1983-1993 is the new 7-LP boxset that collects for the first time all of the classic Mercury albums from the band formed by the legendary vocalist Ronnie James Dio. The set covers a decade of DIO records and features Holy Diver (1LP), The Last in Line (1LP), Sacred Heart (1LP), the live album Intermission (1LP), Dream Evil (1LP), Lock Up the Wolves (2LP) and Strange Highways (2LP).

Formed in 1982 after Ronnie James Dio’s first departure from Black Sabbath, the band would go on to sell over 50 million albums. Even though the line-up fluctuated over the years, Ronnie returned to the DIO name after reunions with Black Sabbath and working with the members of Sabbath under the name Heaven And Hell.

DIO finally ended in 2010 when he passed away at the age of 67, but his legacy lives on loud and proud through these first seven DIO albums.

Tracklist:

HOLY DIVER
Initially released in May of 1983, the album is often considered some of Ronnie’s best work. Featuring future Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell, Ronn’s Rainbow bandmate Jimmy Bain on bass along with Black Sabbath Drummer Vinnie Appice the albums is now seen as a classic and was voted as the 16th greatest metal album of all time by Rolling Stone in 2017

SIDE ONE
Stand Up and Shout
Holy Diver
Gypsy
Caught In the Middle
Don’t Talk to Strangers

SIDE TWO
Straight Through the Heart
Invisible
Rainbow In the Dark
Shame On the Night

LAST IN LINE
Following in July 1984, Last in Line reached #4 in the US album charts and was certified Platinum with over one million sales. In the fourth series of the phenomenally successful TV series Stranger Things, the character of Eddie Munson wears a Heavy Metal’ battle jacket’ featuring a large rendering of the artwork for Last In Line.

SIDE ONE
We Rock
The Last in Line
Breathless
I Speed at Night
One Night in The City

SIDE TWO
Evil Eyes
Mystery
Eat Your Heart Out
Egypt (The Chains Are On)

SACRED HEART
The last studio album to feature the classic line-up of Dio, Campbell, Bain & Appice, it featured the top 30 hit ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Children’, their biggest single to date. The album also featured the single ‘Hungry For Heaven’ which was also included in the film ‘Vision Quest’ and on the soundtrack alongside Madonna’s ‘Crazy for You’.

SIDE ONE
King Of Rock and Roll
Sacred Heart
Another Lie
Rock’ N’ Roll Children

SIDE TWO
Hungry For Heaven
Like The Beat of a Heart
Just Another Day
Fallen Angels
Shoot Shoot

INTERMISSION
This live album was recorded during the first leg of the Sacred Heart tour. However, Vivian Campbell left the band halfway through the tour and was replaced by Craig Goldy, who is represented on the album via a brand new studio track, ‘ Time To Burn’. The album also features a medley of two Dio-era Rainbow tracks, ‘Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and ‘The Man On The Silver Mountain,’ segued into Dio’s ‘Rock’ Roll Children’.

SIDE ONE
King Of Rock and Roll
Rainbow In the Dark
Sacred Heart

SIDE TWO
Time To Burn
Rock’ N’ Roll Children (Includes Medley of Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll and Man on The Silver Mountain)
We Rock

DREAM EVIL
Following in the Summer of 1987, Dream Evil was a top-ten hit for the band in the UK and was the last of their albums on Mercury to be solely produced by Ronnie. It also sees drummer Vinnie Appice taking a six-sabbatical from the band.

SIDE ONE
Night People
Dream Evil
Sunset Superman
All The Fools Sailed Away

SIDE TWO
Naked In the Rain
Overlove
I Could Have Been a Dreamer
Faces In the Window
When A Woman Cries

LOCK UP THE WOLVES
Released in the Spring of 1990, whilst some of the songs were written with ex-members of the band, Ronnie completely overhauled DIO and brought in 18-year-old guitarist Rowan Robertson, ex-AC/DC drummer Simon Wright, and bassist Teddy Cook. The album was co-produced by Tony Platt, who had worked on albums such as AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ and Foreigner’s ‘4’.

SIDE ONE
Wild One
Born On the Sun
Hey Angel

SIDE TWO
Between Two Hearts
Night Music

SIDE THREE
Lock Up the Wolves
Evil On Queen Street
Walk On Water

SIDE FOUR
Twisted
Why Are They Watching Me
My Eyes

STRANGE HIGHWAYS
After a short reunion with Black Sabbath to record the album ‘Dehumanizer’, Dio and drummer Appice put a new line-up together in 1993 and entered the studio with legendary producer/engineer Mike Fraser. The album would be DIO’s last for three years and their last for Mercury Records.

SIDE ONE
Jesus, Mary & The Holy Ghost
Firehead
Strange Highways

SIDE TWO
Hollywood Black
Evilution
Pain

SIDE THREE
One Foot in The Grave
Give Her the Gun

SIDE FOUR
Blood From a Stone
Here’s To You
Bring Down the Rain

Label: Mercury
Released: 2025