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It's 1987, and the band "Dio" is about to release its latest effort: "Dream Evil".
This is their fourth album, and so far, they have never disappointed, producing masterpieces like "Holy Diver," "Last In Line," and "Sacred Heart." The lineup has changed compared to the past, and now we find Craig Goldie on guitar, who certainly does not disappoint expectations with this album.
The album cover fully reflects the record, dark, malevolent, but also fun (note the demonic hand making the horns under the bed). The dark satan figure is still present, and this time it will disturb a poor little girl, who sleeps peacefully in her bed unaware of the dangers.
So here we are at the album's tracklist:
- "Night people"
- "Dream evil"
- "Sunset superman"
- "All the fools is sailed away"
- "Naked in the rain"
- "Overlove"
- "I could have been a dreamer"
- "Faces in the windows"
- "When a woman cries"
The album opens with "Night people", which projects us into a neon-lit atmosphere right from the first three notes; Dio immediately makes it clear that his performance will be on par with the previous ones, technically impeccable, with aggressive cadences and timbre. Vinny Appice manages to give a boost to a song that would otherwise depend almost exclusively on the vocals, but ultimately turns out to be enjoyable.
We proceed with the Title Track, "Dream Evil", an excellent piece, perhaps musically more polished than the previous one, with a catchy refrain that, combined with a beautiful guitar riff, makes it one of the best tracks on the album.
The third track, "Sunset Superman", starts off great, resulting in a fast piece with an almost desperate energy, but then gets lost in a silly refrain repeated endlessly in the last minute of the song. Too bad.
And here we are at the piece that, in my opinion, represents the peak of the album: "All The Fools Sailed Away", a triumph of sensations ranging from anger to melancholy for all 7 minutes during which Dio and his companions keep us isolated from the world with their notes. There is great harmony among the musicians, and everyone, none more so than the others, contributes to making this track the masterpiece of "Dream Evil".
Following is "Naked In The Rain", a good, relatively slow track that once again surprises with a refrain and riff rarely found elsewhere. Yes, because Craig Goldie's riffs may be simple compared to those of other guitarists, but, I dare say, I prefer his a thousand times over the cold and purely technical ones of many others.
Yet another adrenaline rush is injected by "Overlove", fast and fierce in full Hard & Heavy style; once again, an excellent performance by the elf's lineup.
The three tracks that close the album, "I could have been a dreamer", "Faces At The Window", and "When A Woman Cries" are also good songs, although, with the exception of "Faces At The Window", they seemed to me a notch below the previous ones, a sort of filler for an album that would otherwise have bordered on the level of "Holy Diver."
Particularly noteworthy is the structure of the refrains, which is similar in many songs, as well as the inevitable middle-of-the-song riff and the decent use of Claude Schnell's keyboards, which contribute to the creation of excellent atmospheres.
Ultimately, "Dream Evil" is a very good album, slightly inferior to its predecessors, but it begins to bring to the surface the subsequent creative shortage that the band will face in composing "Lock Up The Wolves."
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Dream Evil (04:28)
All's well at the midnight hour
You're ready to fly
Don't think about the darkness
Or the rumbling in the sky
Somewhere on the morning road
Just waiting for you
Somethings that just could never be
Are calling up a spell so you can see, yeah!
Dream evil
The dark that you find in the back of your mind
Dream evil - Dream evil
Don't go to the edge of rainbows
Don't close your eyes
Like things that can't be real
The truth is really lies
Don't wish on a rising star you should
Open up the door
Where things that just should never be
Are calling up a spell so you can see, yeah!
Dream evil
The dark that you find
Can come out of your mind
Dream evil
Take you away
Oh no it's the midnight hour
Don't leave me alone
Those things that just should never be
Are calling up a spell so you can see
Dream evil
Dream evil
Dream evil
Dream evil
Dream evil
Oh no it's the midnight hour
Don't open the door
Don't go to the edge of rainbows
Don't sleep any more
You'll dream evil
You'll dream evil
You'll dream evil
Dream evil
03 Sunset Superman (05:47)
The night has a thousand eyes
But he moves in only places
Where the eyes can never be
The night tells a thousand lies
And when you wake up in the morning
Were you dreaming
Screaming
Tryin to hide your burnin' heart
Before somebody cuts it all away
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Somebody start the game
And the dark will just get louder
As it shouts away the light
A shadow without a name
But when he wakes up in the morning
He just won't know
Was he a hero
Trying to hide his burning heart
Before somebody cuts it all away
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Anybody can
Sunset superman
The night has a thousand eyes
But he moves in only places
Where the eyes can never be
The night tells a thousand lies
And when you wake up in the morning
Were you dreaming
Screaming
Tryin to hide your broken heart
Before somebody cuts it all away
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Superman - ooh
Sunset superman
Sunset superman
Sunset superman - ooh
Anybody can
Anybody can
Sunset superman - ooh
Sunset superman
...
04 All the Fools Sailed Away (07:12)
There's perfect harmony
In the rising and the falling of the sea
And as we sail along
I never fail to be astounded by
The things we'll do for promises
And a song
We are the innocent
We are the damned
We were caught in the middle of the madness
Hunted by the lion and the lamb
Ooh - Ooh
We bring you fantasy
We bring you pain
It's your one great chance for a miracle
Or we will disappear
Never to be seen again
And all the fools sailed away
All the fools sailed away
Sailed away
We bring you beautiful
We teach you sin
We can give you a piece of the universe
Or we will disappear
Never to return again
And all the fools sailed away
All the fools sailed away
All the fools sailed away
They sailed away
Sailed away
And as we drift along
I never fail to be astounded
By the things we'll do for promises
And a song
We are the innocent
We cut we bleed
We're your one great chance for a miracle
And a miracle is something you need
They'll take your diamonds
And then give you steel
You'll be caught in the middle of the madness
Just lost like them
And part of all the pain that they feel, yeah
And all the fools sailed away
All the fools sailed away
All the fools sailed away
Leaving nothing, nothing more to say
All the fools sailed away
They say you're beautiful
And they'll always let you in
But doors are never open
To the child without a trace of sin
Sail away
06 Overlove (03:49)
Seems like heard this song
At least a thousand times before
He just wanted her but she wants more
So build a wall
Keep it all to herself, ooh
Always never seemed to be too much
Reaching out became a spider's touch
Wrapped in chains
Sad remains
Another victim of
Overlove
Overlove
He was just the devil in a thing disquise
Jealousy behind the greenest eyes
Turn the page
Close the cage
On another victim of
Overlove
Overlove, yeah
Overlove
Overlove
Overlove
Overlove
Mamma never left her baby all alone
Baby never knew when she was grown
Now mamma's gone
And come the dawn
You got another victim of
Overlove
Overlove
Overlove
Overlove, love, love, love, love
Overlove
07 I Could Have Been a Dreamer (04:45)
Running with the wolf pack
Feel like I'm never coming back
And everytime there's sunshine
I'm blind, yeah
I am everybody
And everyone that I know is me
Everyone that I know won't see
I could have been a dreamer
I could have been a shooting star
I could have been a dreamer, yeah
I'm another number
And you know the numbers must agree
But everytime the wind blows
I can't fly - why?
We take away tomorrow
And never see the end of today
Lock it up and send it away - forever
I could have been a dreamer
I could have been a shooting star
I could have been a dreamer
Cause dreams are what we are
I could have been a dreamer
Running with the wolf pack
Feel like I'm never coming back
But maybe that was sunshine
That I saw
I've heard about a rainbow
I've heard it makes you crazy
I think I'm goin' crazy
Crazy cause I see
I could have been a dreamer
I could have been a shooting star
I could have been a dreamer
Cause dreams are what we are
I could have been a dreamer
I could have been the one to fly
I always could have been a dreamer
Cause dreamers never die, no!
I could have been a dreamer
Dreamer
I could have been a dreamer
Dreamer
I could have been a dreamer
Dreamer
I could have been a dreamer
08 Faces in the Window (03:52)
Give me - shelter - shelter
I can face the day
Then I'll just fade away
Give me shelter
Give me shelter
Sleep comes - slowly
The fire starts to die
You open up your eyes
Faces in the window
Noises in the night
Faces in the window
Hiding from the light
Faces in the window
We are - evil
And we are all divine
Creations of the mind
We are pleasure
I see - clearly
Who's behind the wall
Yes, I can see us all
We're faces in the window
Noises in the night
Faces in the window
Hiding from the light
Faces in the window
Give me shelter - shelter - shelter
Give me shelter - shelter - shelter
Faces in the window
Noices in the night
Faces in the window
Hiding from the light
Faces in the window
Faces in the window
Faces in the window
Faces in the window
When the fire starts to die
And you open up your eyes
There they are in the window
Faces in the window
We are evil and divine
Just creations of the mind
And faces in the window
Faces in the window
Faces in the window
Faces in the window
Faces in the window
Faces in the window
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