Dream Evil

Dream Evil is the fourth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Dio, 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 Murray on the cover and also the last to feature drummer Vinny Appice until the 1993 album Strange Highways. It was also the last album to feature bassist Jimmy Bain until the release of 2000’s Magica.

At one time I hardly cared for [Dream Evil] and we hardly did anything from that album. I think maybe it was because of the circumstances. It was kind of difficult for Craig [Goldy] to come in and replace [Vivian Campbell], who everybody was so used to and wanted to still be in the band, so I think at times it made it difficult for me, and I always look back at those times as that album not being a very good album, but it was. It was a great album. Nowadays I think about how many good songs are on that album and just how well it was done, so no, I don’t think it fell short of any expectations at all.

-Ronnie James Dio

This album was also the inspiration for the heavy metal band of the same name.