Dream Evil (album)

Dream Evil
Studio album by Dio
Released	July 21, 1987
Recorded	Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	43:20
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Intermission (1986) Dream Evil (1987) Lock Up the Wolves (1990)

Dream Evil is Dio's fourth album, released on July 21, 1987. It features former Rough Cutt members Craig Goldy and Claude Schnell, and includes the singles "All The Fools Sailed Away" and "I Could Have Been a Dreamer". Dream Evil was Dio's last album to feature drummer Vinny Appice until the 1994 album Strange Highways.

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Track listing

All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio.

1. "Night People" (Dio, Craig Goldy, Jimmy Bain, Claude Schnell, Vinny Appice) – 4:06
2. "Dream Evil" (Dio, Goldy) – 4:26
3. "Sunset Superman" (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) – 5:45
4. "All the Fools Sailed Away" (Dio, Goldy) – 7:10
5. "Naked in the Rain" (Dio) – 5:09
6. "Overlove" (Dio, Goldy, Appice) – 3:49
7. "I Could Have Been a Dreamer" (Dio, Goldy) – 4:42
8. "Faces in the Window" (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) – 3:53
9. "When a Woman Cries" (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) – 4:43

Charts

Album

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	UK Album Charts
1987	Dream Evil	#43	#8

Singles charts positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		US Mainstream Rock Tracks
1987	"I Could Have Been a Dreamer"	#33

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
• Craig Goldy – Guitar
• Jimmy Bain – Bass
• Claude Schnell – Keyboards
• Vinny Appice – Drums
• Mitchell Singing Boys – chorus on "All The Fools Sailed Away"
• Recorded at Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
• Produced by Ronnie James Dio
• Engineered by Angelo Arcuri
• Assistant engineered by Charlie Brocco, Tom Biener and Allen Abrahamson
• Mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
• Originally mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City, US
• Cover illustration by Steve Huston
• Cover Model: Amanda Schendel