Dio - The Last In Line

8.6 | 738 votes |

Release date:	13 July 1984
Style:	Heavy metal
Owners:	905 have it 58 want it 2 trade it

Disc I
01. We Rock
02. The Last In Line
03. Breathless
04. I Speed At Night
05. One Night In The City
06. Evil Eyes
07. Mystery
08. Eat Your Heart Out
09. Egypt (The Chains Are On)

Disc II [Deluxe edition]
01. Eat Your Heart Out [live]
02. Don't Talk To Strangers [live]
03. Holy Diver [live]
04. Rainbow In The Dark [live]
05. One Night In The City [Live At The Pinkpop Festival 1984]
06. We Rock [Live At The Pinkpop Festival 1984]
07. Holy Diver [Live At The Pinkpop Festival 1984]
08. Stargazer [Rainbow cover] [Live At The Pinkpop Festival 1984]
09. Heaven And Hell [Black Sabbath cover] [Live At The Pinkpop Festival 1984]
10. Rainbow In The Dark [Live At The Pinkpop Festival 1984]
11. Man On The Silver Mountain [Rainbow cover] [Live At The Pinkpop Festival 1984]
12. Don't Talk To Strangers [Live At The Pinkpop Festival 1984]

Top 20 albums of 1984: 6

Guest review

Lyrics (9)

Line-up
Ronnie James Dio - vocals
Claude Schnell - keyboards
Vivian Campbell - guitars
Vincent "Vinny" Appice - drums
Jimmy Bain - bass

Additional info
Management by Wendy Dio.
Photography by Neil Zlozower, Gene Kirkland.
Art direction by Steve Gerdes.
Original concept by Ronnie and Wendy Dio.

Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Colorado.
Originally mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.
Album mixed on Westlake Audio BBSM6 Monitors.

Guest review by
nicaZe

Rating:
9.3

Dio shows his devil's horns to the universe once again with his second solo album The Last In Line. His unique sounding vocals dominating each and every song. There are a lot of similarities to Holy Diver, but there are some subtle differences, too. The end result is almost equally as impressive though, and The Last In Line stands as one of the highlights of Dio's career.

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published 17.02.2013 | Comments (7)

Staff pick by
BitterCOld

18.05.2010

so RJD had already cemented his place as an iconic front man by the early 80's for his work in Rainbow and Black Sabbath. Holy Diver showed how successful he could be on his own. and by his own, i mean as "first among equals." i'm sure RJD would be the first to agree and give 75% credit to the rest of the band.

The Last In Line is a worthy successor to his landmark initial offering, with blistering tracks like "We Rock" and "I Speed At Night", epic tunes such as "The Last In Line" and "Egypt", his sophomore effort was proof positive that Holy Diver was not just a one-hit wonder.

Considering you can find this cd new in the States for under $10, if you live in an industrialized nation you should stop reading right here, run to the local record store and buy this. pronto.

And if my word ain't enough, no less a metal aficionado than Fenriz listed this (and Sabbath's Mob Rules, which also features Dio on vocals) in the liner notes of Circle The Wagons in (another) installment of his "must have" metal albums.

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Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9158	Permalink 29.12.2010 - 21:30 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9158 At my local used cd store they had a vinyl editon of this, in the package, for 19.99, should have bought just to hang it on my wall... damn... ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
I_Die_Often Posts: 697	Permalink 30.12.2010 - 14:35 Rating: 8 I_Die_Often Posts: 697 Written by Boxcar Willy on 29.12.2010 at 21:30 At my local used cd store they had a vinyl editon of this, in the package, for 19.99, should have bought just to hang it on my wall... damn... I have the vinyl! Had it since 1984! Only have Holy Diver on CD ---- Old enough to be your Daddy... speaking of which... you look familiar... do I know your mother??? Loading...
Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9158	Permalink 30.12.2010 - 17:34 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9158 Yeah i might go back and buy it havent decideed, i bought holy diver at another used cd store... god im cheap... ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 31.12.2010 - 11:22 Rating: 9 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 Written by Irritable Ted on 30.12.2010 at 22:31 Every bit as good as Holy Diver. Agreed. There are so many classics on this album! xD Loading...
John Shock Posts: 500	Permalink 07.07.2011 - 02:10 John Shock Posts: 500 So very good this album...almost good as Holy Diver...still a classic to remember! Dio R.I.P. we miss you! Loading...
JohnDoe Account deleted	Permalink 26.02.2012 - 22:48 JohnDoe Account deleted Written by RetardedByMetal on 26.02.2012 at 21:47 Written by Irritable Ted on 30.12.2010 at 22:31 Every bit as good as Holy Diver. This album became so Out-dated now...hate it very much. I just voted it out of The Best 200 Chart. Cool... (Can someone vote up Bloodbath's Nightmare Made Flesh....this album is nearly out of the chart) By the way, Holy Diver is a true Classic. 1 means you think this album is "pure shit". Really? Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 26.02.2012 - 22:49 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by RetardedByMetal on 26.02.2012 at 21:47 This album became so Out-dated now...hate it very much. I just voted it out of The Best 200 Chart. Cool... (Can someone vote up Bloodbath's Nightmare Made Flesh....this album is nearly out of the chart) I just voted Nightmare Made Flesh a 1 and this record a 10. Loading...
InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2686	Permalink 26.02.2012 - 23:12 InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2686 Written by [user id=4365] on 26.02.2012 at 22:49 Written by RetardedByMetal on 26.02.2012 at 21:47 This album became so Out-dated now...hate it very much. I just voted it out of The Best 200 Chart. Cool... (Can someone vote up Bloodbath's Nightmare Made Flesh....this album is nearly out of the chart) I just voted Nightmare Made Flesh a 1 and this record a 10. Sounds fun ---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself. Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374	Permalink 26.02.2012 - 23:19 X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 Written by [user id=4365] on 26.02.2012 at 22:49 I just voted Nightmare Made Flesh a 1 and this record a 10. Who's awesome? You're awesome! ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Cuca Beludo Account deleted	Permalink 14.04.2012 - 19:20 Cuca Beludo Account deleted I Speed At Night reminds me a lot of bathory demo stuff, especially for Die In Fire. Loading...
Lit. Account deleted	Permalink 19.05.2012 - 03:13 Lit. Account deleted Mystery holds a special place in my heart. Loading...
bblitz Posts: 227	Permalink 28.12.2012 - 21:43 Rating: 10 bblitz Posts: 227 Amazing magical album! Loading...
Aristarchos Posts: 817	Permalink 02.03.2013 - 13:56 Rating: 8 Aristarchos Posts: 817 The title track is brilliant, otherwise quite far from equally good as Holy Diver. Loading...
Metropolis_Dream Account deleted	Permalink 03.04.2013 - 19:42 Metropolis_Dream Account deleted Good Dio album, but overrated. It just fails to follow up "Holy Diver". The title track and "We rock" are great songs, though. Loading...
HellriderRising Posts: 82	Permalink +1 05.08.2013 - 01:28 Rating: 9 HellriderRising Posts: 82 Underrated. A true diamond of heavy metal music. Loading...
pkillerjp Posts: 122	Permalink 17.02.2014 - 02:26 Rating: 9 pkillerjp Posts: 122 Under rated and just a smidge worse than Holy Diver, great album, unquestionably his 2nd best. Loading...
musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506	Permalink 28.04.2014 - 14:35 Rating: 8 musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 Simply another excellent Dio album. I really like how the title track moves from the soft beginning to a harder-hitting sound. Loading...
kruemelmonsterxD Posts: 1	Permalink 12.02.2016 - 18:51 Rating: 3 kruemelmonsterxD Posts: 1 Ive buyed the new Deluxe Version and all of the live Tracks have a beeping sound that make the tracks unhearable!!! Loading...
slim pickings Account deleted	Permalink 12.02.2016 - 20:38 slim pickings Account deleted Written by kruemelmonsterxD on 12.02.2016 at 18:51 Ive buyed the new Deluxe Version and all of the live Tracks have a beeping sound that make the tracks unhearable!!! why do you rate the album a 3? what's wrong with it. Loading...
Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62022	Permalink 24.03.2016 - 23:01 Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62022 Nice album ... Last in line has classic ballad tune as opening riff, maybe Egypt musically is not best song , it has some emotions, nice one, speed in a night are great to ---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing Loading...
BennyMetGer Posts: 141	Permalink 06.07.2021 - 14:58 Rating: 9 BennyMetGer Posts: 141 This is soooo legendary good. RIP Dio., one of the best, Loading...
Metal Diogenes Posts: 1262	Permalink 17.07.2021 - 00:49 Rating: 10 Metal Diogenes Posts: 1262 Yes, this album is indeed legendary. Holy Diver and The Last In Line are must-own for anyone even remotely into metal music. ---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like! Loading...
JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333	Permalink 18.07.2021 - 00:55 Rating: 9 JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333 Dunno if it's a little bit weaker or if nostalgia gets the best of me; it doesn't impress me quite as much as the 1st. Musically the albums are very similar and the songs are definitely strong on both albums. I can't use the same line as with the debut, however; rate it high or leave the hall. ---- My vision is augmented Loading...
majormalfunction Posts: 1507	Permalink 05.01.2022 - 07:22 Rating: 8 majormalfunction Posts: 1507 At times equally iconic as the debut (The Last in Line, We Rock, Evil Eyes, Egypt are great great songs) but at times it feels a bit too lightweight to be on the same level as the debut. Still an impressive record with again some great muscianship from the band. ---- Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands Loading...
Majesty1911 Posts: 194	Permalink 30.05.2024 - 09:42 Rating: 9 Majesty1911 Posts: 194 1976 - Rising 1978 - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll 1980 - Heaven And Hell 1981 - Mob Rules 1983 - Holy Diver 1984 - this one... Six masterpieces straight in a row with three legendary bands over just 9 years. It's a greatest Heavy Metal album streak or what?! ---- Glory to the Nation! Loading...
Aleditor059 Posts: 10	Permalink 01.06.2024 - 09:39 Rating: 10 Aleditor059 Posts: 10 I love Egypt so much... Loading...