The Last in Line

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This article is about the album. For the band named after it, see Last in Line.
The Last In Line
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Studio album by Dio
Released July 2, 1984
Recorded Caribou Ranch, Colorado
Genre Heavy metal
Length 41:07
Label Warner Bros. (North America)
Vertigo (rest of the world)
Producer Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Holy Diver
(1983)Holy Diver1983		 The Last in Line
(1984)		 Sacred Heart
(1985)Sacred Heart1985
Singles from The Last in Line
  1. "Mystery" / "I Speed at Night"
    Released: July 1984
  2. "We Rock"
    Released: July 1984
  3. "The Last in Line"
    Released: 1984 (Europe only)

The Last In Line is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Dio, released on July 2, 1984. It is the first Dio album to feature former Rough Cutt keyboardist Claude Schnell.

Reissues

The album, along with Holy Diver and Sacred Heart, was released in a new 2-CD Deluxe Edition on March 19, 2012 through Universal for worldwide distribution outside the U.S.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Martin Popoff 10/10 stars[3]
Rock Hard (de) 9.5/10[4]

In 2005, The Last In Line was ranked number 372 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[5]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.

Side one
No. Title Music Length
1. "We Rock"   Dio 4:36
2. "The Last in Line"   Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell, Dio 5:40
3. "Breathless"   Campbell, Dio 4:04
4. "I Speed at Night"   Vinny Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 3:22
5. "One Night in the City"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 5:15
Side two
No. Title Music Length
6. "Evil Eyes"   Dio 3:38
7. "Mystery"   Bain, Dio 3:46
8. "Eat Your Heart Out"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 3:49
9. "Egypt (The Chains Are On)"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 6:57
2012 Deluxe Edition CD 2
No. Title Music Length
1. "Eat Your Heart Out" (live B-side of "Mystery" 12') Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 5:11
2. "Don’t Talk to Strangers" (live B-side of "Mystery" 12') Dio 6:03
3. "Holy Diver" (live B-side of "We Rock") Dio 4:23
4. "Rainbow in the Dark" (live B-side of "We Rock" 12') Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 4:43
5. "One Night in the City" (live at Pinkpop Festival, Geleen, Netherlands, 11 June 1984) Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 5:55
6. "We Rock" (live at Pinkpop Festival, Geleen, Netherlands, 11 June 1984) Dio 5:05
7. "Holy Diver" (live at Pinkpop Festival, Geleen, Netherlands, 11 June 1984) Dio 4:28
8. "Stargazer" (live at Pinkpop Festival, Geleen, Netherlands, 11 June 1984) Ritchie Blackmore, Dio 1:53
9. "Heaven and Hell" (live at Pinkpop Festival, Geleen, Netherlands, 11 June 1984) Geezer Butler, Dio, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward 13:03
10. "Rainbow in the Dark" (live at Pinkpop Festival, Geleen, Netherlands, 11 June 1984) Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 5:11
11. "Man on the Silver Mountain" (live at Pinkpop Festival, Geleen, Netherlands, 11 June 1984) Blackmore, Dio 8:14
12. "Don’t Talk to Strangers" (live at Pinkpop Festival, Geleen, Netherlands, 11 June 1984) Dio 5:38

Personnel

Dio
Production
  • Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Colorado, USA
  • Produced by Ronnie James Dio
  • Engineered by Angelo Arcuri
  • Assistant engineering by Rich Markowitz
  • Mixed on Westlake Audio BBSM6 monitors
  • Originally mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York, USA
  • Remastered by Andy Pearce (2012 Universal Deluxe Edition)
  • Remastered by Steve Hoffman (2012 Audio Fidelity 24K edition)
  • Illustration by Barry Jackson

Charts

Certifications

It was certified Gold (500,000 units sold) by the RIAA on September 12, 1984, and was the first Dio album to be certified Platinum, achieving the feat on February 3, 1987.[16]

In the UK, it attained Silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in January 1986, at the same time as Holy Diver.[17] To date, these are the only two Dio albums to be so certified.

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1987 Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[16]
UK BPI 1986 Silver (+ 60,000)[17]

References

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External links

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