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Dio - Diamonds: Best Of Dio (Germany) Audio CD

A fair review of the Dio "Diamonds: Best Of Dio (Germany)" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Dio reviews here, or go back to the Dio tabs.

Dio Band: Dio
Title: Diamonds: Best Of Dio (Germany)
Rating:
Release Date: 1992-06-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Holy Diver 2: Rainbow In The Dark 3: Don't Talk To Strangers 4: We Rock 5: The Last In Line 6: Evil Eyes 7: Rock 'N' Roll Children 8: Sacred Children 9: Hungry For Heaven 10: Hide In The Rainbow 11: Dream Evil 12: Wild One 13: Lock Up The Wolves

DIAMONDS
Great Metal Diamonds from one of hard rocks best singers. Great Best of CD, If you have not heard so much of DIO this is a great start.


Dio's early years on vertigo
This cd covers the years 1983-1990 (Holy Diver through Lock up the wolves) and it is a good place to start if you are unfamiliar with Dio's solo work. I have owned this 2 or 3 times now The first time I bought it in 1993 I purchased it to get a taste of the music before I went out to buy any of the albums. There is only one non album track on here and its Hide in the Rainbow (great song) I think it was exclusively recorded for the film Iron Eagle and before this compilation was released the soundtrack was the only other place to find the song (The song Hide in the rainbow has not appeared on any other Dio compilation to my knowledge at least. ) I really like the song All the fools sailed away from the album Dream Evil and its not included on this complation but I'm not too worried because I have the song on the cd. As I previously mentioned this a good place to start if you don't know too much about Dio's solo work (I have seen the double disc best of that was released recently but it covered too much for my liking) shop around though I have seen this elsewhere cheaper.


precursor of 'fantasy metal'...
classic heavy metal excellence done by arguably the leader of the genre. These are the highlights of a time when Ronnie James Dio could not go wrong. I cannot say that this is an exhaustive 'best of' compilation because Dio's best cannot be reunited on less then a 4 (fully loaded) cd's compilation. if you cast aside the horribly done imagery and just focus on the music and Dio's very own trippy and abstract lyrics, you will be more than satisfied with this man's music. enjoy!.


Worth the price for one reason
The first one is "Diamonds: The Best of Dio" and the second is "The Very Beast Of Dio". As most of you know, there are two versions of a Dio's "Greatest Hits" album available. If your a casual Dio fan, I would recommend going for "The Very Beast Of Dio" over "Diamonds" because it contains more tracks (16 to "Diamonds" 13) and a better selection of his classic tunes. "Diamonds" however would be a better selection for the Die-Hard Dio fan for one reason, Hide in the Rainbow. Yes "Diamonds" contains the ultra rare track Hide in the Rainbow that was previously only available on the Iron Eagle soundtrack, and who really wants to own the Iron Eagle soundtrack? The movie was bad and having the soundtrack in you collection would make you a laughing stock. Now here is your chance to owning "Hide in the Rainbow" without being laughed at. The song is worth the price of this CD and plus you'll add another cool Dio CD cover to your collection. So die-hard Dio fans, pick this CD up today!.


Cool Cover Art
While any Dio "Greatest Hits" album can never include everything, I think this is a good introduction for someone who has never heard Ronnie's music before, as well as die hards(like me) because it includes "Hide In The Rainbow" which was previously unavailable except on the Iron Eagle Soundtrack. This is great. Track 8 is Sacred Heart not Sacred Children, and it is nice to see that they have included my all time favorite song from the solo-era : "Don't Talk To Strangers". There are three songs from Holy Diver, three from The Last In Line, Three From Sacred Heart, and two from Lock Up The Wolves.

If I could change one thing about this CD I would have dropped "wild one" and replaced it with "My Eyes" or "Born On The Sun". So. . . If you have come to this page and have never heard Ronnie's music before then there is only three things I can say to you: I AM SO SORRY, YOUR FRIENDS NEED SMACKED FOR NOT LISTENING TO DIO(and if they do know who he is then they need hit twice as hard for not sharing), and DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND BUY THIS ALBUM RIGHT NOW.


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