Dio - The Last In Line (1984)

The second studio album by Dio is a little more upbeat than Holy Diver. You can debate Ronnie James Dio was the best singer in metal, even at his later years I saw him I was blown away that at his age he could sing that good. I don't know if his voice can ever be duplicated but, that dude was truly gifted as if he were born to sing. At this time, Dio could do no wrong after singing on the Black Sabbath records such as Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules and previously before that run he was in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Holy Diver his solo debut is a heavy metal classic too which you can say he ruled heavy metal in the eighties. The hot topic was always Ozzy vs Dio after Sabbath dropped Ozzy for him while Dio would excel even though it was probably seen as an impossible mission to replace Ozzy for some of the older fans of Black Sabbath. I think that some forget that Dio represented America in heavy metal a genre that was dominated by European acts in the early eighties. This is pure as metal gets, nothing generic just heavy fucking metal. Rest in peace Dio.. Songs to check out "Last in Line", "Mystery" and "Egypt(The Chains Are on)".

1. "We Rock" – 4:33
2. "The Last in Line" – 5:46
3. "Breathless" – 4:09
4. "I Speed at Night" – 3:26
5. "One Night in the City" – 5:14
6. "Evil Eyes" – 3:38
7. "Mystery" – 3:55
8. "Eat Your Heart Out" – 3:50
9. "Egypt (The Chains Are On)" – 7:01