The best part of your video was hearing about how you were in high school when Dio's first two albums came out. In 1995 I was blasting them in tenth grade while all my classmates were into Collective Soul and Primus. It's also badass you got to wear Dio shirts to school because in 1995 all schools public and private were going to mandatory uniforms. I saw Dio once in concert in 1996, Motorhead opened.

Dream Evil is my favorite. Pretty excellent discography, Angry Machines aside. Strange Highways is another favorite because Dehumanizer is my favorite Sabbath album and they're basically sister albums.

I enjoy all of Dio's solo albums. 1. Holy Diver 2. Dream Evil 3. The Last in Line 4. Angry Machines 5. Killing the Dragon 6. Sacred Heart 7. Strange Highways 8. Magica 9. Master of the Moon 10. Lock Up the Wolves

DIO was a great singer for sure. Rainbow, Black Sabbath and DIO He was the best man for this jobs as a singer 1- Holy Diver 2- The Last In Line 3- Dream Evil 4- Sacred Heart My Fast List here

Caught in the middle!:) His voice on this... beautiful!

Really love your description. First two are perfect. The rest always some great songs. Dio was a great songwriter. So there are gems peppering all his albums. When Sacred Heart came out i was a teen. Huge fan. Then, so disappointed too pop. Now, that and all of it has something to love. Enjoy ya. Rock on.

Can't fault your ranking. Love Dio. My favourite are the Holy Diver and Last In Line .

I've never heard of Dio being called a Magnificent Butterfly.

"In the land of milk and honey, still the chains are on" could be such a great political statement. If politicians actually listened to cool shit. ...Great video, I need to put more money into getting Dio albums post Wolves, they sound decent.

I'd rank them almost the same. I like Magica more than most. But I'd still put Sacred Heart and Dream Evil above it. And yes, both Tracey G album on the bottom. They just don't sound like the Dio that I like.

Love your passion and insights! Thanks for mentioning Magica.. and HEARING AID! The later was a fundraiser for famine in Africa, Im pretty sure you couldn't tastefully constrruct a music video to illustrate the cause or need. So to all those artists credit; They parked their egos at the door and performed with other like minded Heavy Metal talents!!! Ive watched the video many times just to see if I can Identify the artists while they take turns to play or sing!! Very fun!

The Song from "Magica 2" is called "Elektra". It made it on a recent re-release of "Magica".

1. Holy Diver 2. The Last In Line 3. Strange Highways 4. Killing The Dragon 5. Lock Up The Wolves 6. Magica 7. Dream Evil 8. Master of The Moon 9. Sacred Heart 10. Angry Machines

this is the best Ranked i've seen, well Put and i agree too. Dio's first album should a Master piece among all heavy metal!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Master of the Moon is one of my favorites. When it came out was a time in my life that I was particularly affected by the lyrics. I especially like the song I Am which encourages us to be god of our own lives rather than submit to an authoritarian and possibly evil deity.

nice ranking. i would have swapped sacred heart with magica and master of the moon with strange highways but thats it.

First video of yours I've seen. I look forward to more. Here's my ranking: 10. Sacred Heart 9. Angry Machines 8. Dream Evil 7. Killing the Dragon 6. Master of the Moon 5. Magica 4. Strange Highways 3. Lock Up The Wolves 2. Holy diver 1. Last in Line DioSab>>rainbow >> Dio >> elf 3. RBR 2. LLRNR 1. Rising DioSab 4. The Devil You Know 3. Heaven and Hell 2. Mob Rules 1. Dehumanizer

The best thing with stars was the comment ".I like how he puts Yngwie "J" Malmsteen on his albums so you don't confuse him with all the OTHER. YNGWIE MALMSTEENs in the business:

My top 5 of Dio solo: 1. The Last in Line. (not a weak track) 2. Holy Diver (classic, but not as good as the followup) 3. Dream Evil (very strong) 4. Sacred Heart (underrated riff on Shoot, Shoot) 5. Strange Highways (to me, Dehumanizer II. Hollywood Black, Firehead, Title Track). Stronger albums earlier on. Really love all four albums Dio did with Sabbath. Really love those first three Rainbow albums, and the live album Rainbow On Stage. Great singer, great artist and sadly missed \m/ \m/

They're all incredibly good. Even Angry Machines, which I saw the tour for (and it was insane)

Interesting ranking, I don't agree with it but it is interesting.

Last in Line Holy Diver Lock up the wolves Killing the dragon Sacred Heart Angry Machines Dream Evil Strange Highways Magical Master of the Moon

Cold Feet is the worst Dio song by a mile. My Eyes is the most overlooked song. Great lyrics.

I agree with your ranking...but I always thought that DREAM EVIL should be number 2...IMHO

Stars was a much finer piece of work than We are the World.

The fact that you namedropped the Prophets and Redcaps shows me that you legitimately know your shit.

Locked up the wolves is an underrated masterpiece

Lol, the way you say Vinny Appice's name

I agree almost about anything you said. Not that it has any value, but i think that Angry Machines was much heavier than Strange Highways.

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Hi Sir, would be great to see you ranking Pentagram albums. 👍👍👍

My favorites are Magica and Lock up the Wolves....

Strange Highways smokes - Dio Doom Deluxe

Here’s my ranking. 10 Angry Machines 9 Strange Highways 8 Lock up the Wolves 7 Magica 6 Master of the Moon 5 Killing the Dragon 4 Sacred Heart 3 Dream Evil 2 Holy Diver 1 The Last in Line. (Sorry guys, it’s just better in every way than Holy Diver….although admittedly, not by much 😂😂).

Mike the Holy Diver!!!!😁

the writing fell off after the first one. Same thing happened to sabbath in the 90s. Not sure why.

The fast "Vinnie Appice" is annoying as hell.

Nah. It doesn't stand up. Prove me wrong!

Man, don't be putting down the ELF catalogue! That was some heavy duty heavy blues.