Dio Studio Albums Ranked

[@georgegsroomofrock9868]

Great ranking Sir! First two albums every metal fan should own! I did a ranking a year ago maybe, but of course a little different! Cheers!

[@mrboulder9714]

Cheers George. I'll be checking your ranking out shortly

[@kevinbrown1893]

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

[@mrboulder9714]

Excellent ranking right there. Cheers for watching fella

[@jimmycampbell78]

Excellent ranking! My own personal ranking of Dio is very similar to yours, same top 3 and bottom pick. I just like Strange Highways and Wolves a bit more than you do, and as you referenced, I am one of those people who does not like Sacred Heart as much. 1.Holy Diver 2. Last in Line 3. Dream Evil 4. Strange Highways 5. Killing the Dragon 6. Lock up the Wolves 7. Angry Machines 8. Master of the Moon 9. Sacred Heart 10. Magica

[@mrboulder9714]

Killer ranking fella. Cheers for watching and commenting on the video. Much appreciated

[@BIGD-gj1vb]

Great list. I would actually take Last in Line over Holy Diver as my #1. Love me some Dio.

[@mrboulder9714]

Last In Line only just lost out in first place to Holy Diver in this ranking. Cheers for watching fella 👍

[@metalandbeersnob]

Great video man 🍻! I watched it not because of the top 3 (I have the same ranking), but because of the rest of the albums! I appreciate your praise of Angry Machines especially! Great album which benefits from a heavier 90s guitar tone

[@mrboulder9714]

Yeah, I really enjoy Angry Machines. Its a bit of underrated album. Cheers

[@GRockVC]

Cool ranking the James and good to hear your thoughts on the albums. Agree with the top 3 then it could be any order for the rest as like you say no bad albums.

[@mrboulder9714]

Cheers Grant. Not a bad album amongst them mate

[@jefferysteen1041]

Good ranking!For me it's a battle between Holy Diver and The last in Line..either could be #1..I like Magica but you're right about that computer voice!

[@mrboulder9714]

Yeah, for me Holy Diver,only,just beat The Last In Line to the number 1 spot. Cheers fella

[@MetalGildarts]

Great ranking! I haven't jammed to the last 3 albums but I'll get to them eventually! Love the vinyls like always.

[@mrboulder9714]

The last few are definitely worth checking out. Their whole discography is very strong. Cheers fella

[@piripi40]

Dream Evil - I used to flog that thing as a teenager! Also enjoyed Sacred Heart and I liked listening out for rainbow references on each new album.

[@mrboulder9714]

Both excellent albums. Thanks for watching and commenting. Much appreciated

[@VampireJack10]

I think there is no doubt with his catalogue with Rainbow, Sabbath and Dio that Ronnie left behind one of THE greatest metal back catalogues of all time. I truly cannot think of one BAD album in the entire collection. A couple of his solo records aren't as strong as others, but they're still serviceable.

[@mrboulder9714]

I 100% agree fella. Everything he was involved in is very stellar. Cheers for watching

[@This-Is-Music]

Excellent video. I agree that "Killing the Dragon" should ranks highly (I might even bump it up to a second place).

[@mrboulder9714]

Killing The Dragon was definitely a case of a man not relying on past glories, excellent album. Cheers Kim

[@sixstringmetal8559]

Great list fella! I've been looking forward to this one.

[@mrboulder9714]

A tough ranking to do, but great to listen to all these albums again. Hope you enjoyed it fella. Cheers

[@kenankustura8595]

Great video James! Pretty much spot on with the top 3. "Holy Diver" is a absolute classic, firing on all cylinders there. I never listened to Magica or Lock up the Wolves I think, so I'll definitely need to give them a listen. Cheers buddy! 🙂🤘

[@mrboulder9714]

Cheers Kenan. Lock Up The Wolves and Magica are at the bottom but still decent albums

[@tfort66633]

Ive been waiting to see if/when you where going to do a Dio ranking i agree my friend very tough to rank not a single bad album i am surprised you have Magica at #10 but i see your point. Heres mine 10. Lock up the Wolves 9. Strange Highways 8. Angry Machines 7. Master of the Moon 6.Magica 5. Killing the Dragon 4. Sacred Heart 3. Last in Line 2. Holy Diver 1. Dream Evil Keep it up brother 🤘

[@mrboulder9714]

Great ranking. Not a single bad album in the Dio discography. Not many artists/bands can claim that. Cheers for watching fella

[@darcysixstringsninelives3493]

Perfect spots for Dream Evil & Killing The Dragon, both awesome albums. Great job James 🤘

[@mrboulder9714]

They are indeed both excellent mate. A flawless discography. Cheers mate 👍

[@tainted_lord87]

Awesome Dio ranking there, James!

[@mrboulder9714]

Thanks Tony

[@cristianosorio2517]

Hi James!!! Well done and cool Dio ranking, i think the first four studio releases are the best the band ver released, not a big fan of "Strange Highway" the guitar tone of Tracy G didn't sound appropiate for the band (imo). From the later era i only have "Magica" and it's an ok album, need to check "Killing the Dragon" and revisit all the others. cheers and be well

[@mrboulder9714]

First 4 Dio albums are absolutely essential Cristian. Killing The Dragon is certainly worth checking out mate. Cheers

[@ronniejames3681]

Perfect list! When Ronnie sings" We're off to the witch." I get goosebumps everytime.

[@mrboulder9714]

Amazing vocalist. Thanks for watching

[@ronniejames3681]

Perfect list. When Ronnie sings "We're off to the witch.. I get goosebumps everytime.

[@mrboulder9714]

Amazing vocalist and a flawless discography. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

Great video James. The first two albums are flawless. Cheers mate

[@mrboulder9714]

Agreed Mark. The first 2 are bangers from start to finish. Cheers mate as always

[@stevesekora]

Solid ranking James. So many great albums that it would be a difficult to rank these haha.

[@mrboulder9714]

Mate, it was genuinely one of the hardest discographies to rank. Not a single bad album. Flawless albums mate

[@stevesekora]

@@mrboulder9714 absolutely agree

[@robertmorris8371]

Good ranking mate I think holy diver would have been how the next black sabbath album would have sounded had ronnie stayed with them and strange highways could have been the follow up to dehumaniser fantastic singer really nice bloke as well so down to earth sadly missed

[@mrboulder9714]

Strange Highways to me, definitely sounds like a natural follow up to Dehumanizer. Cheers for watching Robert as always

[@lucasjankowski7117]

Glad to see your take on Dio's discography. I have always said that Dio is a Freddie Mercury of metal music. Definitely my no. 1 among metal singers. Since you wear a Pearl Jam t-shirt...it would be nice to watch your ranking of some legends of grunge like PJ, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains. Cheers James!

[@mrboulder9714]

Dio definitely had a bit of Freddie Mercury about him. Soundgarden and Pearl Jam rankings will he coming one day. I have already done Alice In Chains though. Cheers Lucas

[@lucasjankowski7117]

@@mrboulder9714 I obviously must have missed AiC ranking. Will check this one soon.

[@blackleathereyes3673]

Sweet DIO ranking mate! Lock Up...would be higher up for me here James. I find it hard to get through Magica, so it would be at the bottom for me too. The man could really belt it out up until the end. Hope alls good mate, cheers!

[@mrboulder9714]

Lock up The Wolves is a good album mate, has a bit of filler on it for me though. Magica is decent but does drag its feet a little. Cheers Jason

[@neilbower9052]

dammit janet, now you got me wanting to play them all through again. LOL. I'm absolutely hopeless with rankings as when i play them through i forget about ranking after a while and just enjoy them. Great video me ode.

[@mrboulder9714]

An amazing discography that is always good to revisit. Cheers Neil

[@dinovanjak345]

I love his music nice video my friend take care man.

[@mrboulder9714]

Cheers fella and thanks for watching. Much appreciated

[@hsmetalhb2036]

NIce Ranking, and nice to see some love for Angry Machines... although the TOP 2 are a bit predictable, but those Albums are Classics for a reason, but to call these Albums just classic is a bit underwhelming.... When I was 15 and I listened to Holy Diver for the first time, I rewinded this cassette so many times, just to hear those two Songs in the beginning over and over again. Took me days to discover how great the rest of the Album is. Good job on the Ranking, stay heavy🤘

[@mrboulder9714]

It might be a Cliché to have Holy Diver at number 1 but that album 100% lives up to its classic reputation. Thanks for watching and commenting fella

[@prosperoeaton8201]

I enjoyed this episode. Dio is one of my favorite metal bands. Like you, I don't feel there is a bad album in the bunch. Here is my ranking: 1. Holy Diver 2. Dream Evil 3. The Last in Line 4. Angry Machines 5. Strange Highways 6. Killing the Dragon 7. Sacred Heart 8. Magica 9. Master of the Moon 10. Lock Up the Wolves

[@mrboulder9714]

Not a single bad album in this discography. Not many people can make that claim. Great ranking. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@mr.intamin1081]

Lock up the wolves my #1

[@salamwati9281]

Holy Diver is the mother of all Metal albums.. through my pick personally will have been Last In Line..but all good.

[@mrboulder9714]

Holy Diver only just beat The Last In Line to the number 1 spot here. Cheers for watching and commenting. Much appreciated

[@vovindequasahi]

I love Lock Up the Wolves! It's Dio's doom album, basically. So many doomy heavy tracks on it, and the guitarist smashes it out of the park. All his albums are great though. Hungry For Heaven, the Sister to Rainbow In the Dark basically, with that thematic synth line perfectly synched to the guitar riff! Love that sound... feels so fresh and energetic, even though both these songs could be called somewhat commercial. Thanks for putting "Killing the Dragon" up there in the rankings, cause I sort of missed this album and never listened to it... Time to give a whirl!

[@mrboulder9714]

Killing The Dragon was proof that Ronnie wasn't relying on past glories and still putting out great music. Cheers for watching fella 👍

[@vovindequasahi]

@@mrboulder9714 Thanks bro loved this!

[@holspa]

Nice ranking. Great albums.

[@mrboulder9714]

Cheers fella. Thanks for watching

[@Shelby8371]

Let’s not forget Viv on guitar. Every solo and riff he wrote was absolutely incredible. Last in line solo, invisible solo just another day riff- just a few.

[@mrboulder9714]

Viv was on fire during his time with Dio. His talent has been wasted over the years in Def Leppard. Cheers for watching fella

[@agro2612]

Iv'e put RonnieJames Dio in my top three best metal singers. I first saw Ronnie with Rainbow when there Long Live Rock and Roll album came out. Ticket cost me $7.50 to see them at Swing Autotorium in San Bernardino, CA. They were the headliner at this show and i can still remember why my friends and me went to the show in San Bernardino. Reo Speedwagon was the headliner on most of the tour that year and we did want to see them. Talk about a miss match. Long live Rock and Roll is my favorite album which Dio sang on.

[@mrboulder9714]

He's got to be right near the top of the tree when it comes to quality vocalists. Rainbow and REO Speedwagon is definitely a gig I would go too. And that concert ticket price is insanely cheap Cheers for watching and commenting. Much appreciated

[@petegreenfield3645]

Good ranking, no arguments over the #1. I didn't care that much for Sacred Heart but the follow up was one of their best. I rate Lock Up The Wolves highly too. in summary I'd say Dio had 6 good albums and 4 great albums, the bottom six are quite interchangeable from a ranking point of view.. 1. Holy Diver 2. Dream Evil 3. Lock Up The Wolves 4. The Last In Line 5. Strange Highways 6. Magica 7. Angry Machines 8. Killing The Dragon 9. Sacred Heart 10.Master Of The Moon

[@mrboulder9714]

Excellent ranking fella. Thanks for watching and sharing your ranking.

[@frodofraggins]

The Last in Line is #1 for me with Holy Diver #2. I really find all of the albums after Dream Evil to be disappointing and mostly forgettable. I was so excited to get Lock Up the Wolves on releaseand was just so bummed after listening to it. His run from Rainbow up to The Last In Line is truly amazing though.

[@mrboulder9714]

Last In Line only just lost out the number 1 spot here to Holy Diver. Lock Up The Wolves is a disappointing compared to what came before it. Cheers for watching and commenting

[@frodofraggins]

@@mrboulder9714 oh and I agree that vivian has been wasted since leaving Dio, but Dio didn't keep his promises to eventually actually pay the band well so I don't blame him.

[@fjuczer667]

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

[@mrboulder9714]

Killer ranking fella. Your Top 2 are flawless. Cheers mate 👍

[@wallofrock6725]

Great ranking Mr. B. Like you said, a solid discography:

[@mrboulder9714]

Cheers fella. Yep, no bad albums in this discography at all.

[@DiRicher]

Nice one Mr. B. I agree about the weather. But apparently this June has been the warmest January since records began.🤪 Hungry for Heaven outro = Baba O'Riley. What do you reckon?

[@mrboulder9714]

This June has barley been warm 😂 Good spot on the outro of Hungry For Heaven, just had a listen and it's very Baba O Riley. Cheers for watching fella 👍

[@Metla666]

On my own personal list I'd swap Magica with Sacred Heart, maintain the top three as they are, and all the rest could move around depending on the day. Dio has an incredible catalogue. And now that his name has been invoked I have to listen to Dio for the rest of the evening. Good Times.

[@mrboulder9714]

This discography is excellent. Not a single bad album amongst them. Cheers for watching

[@LEMOnBRaINn]

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

[@mrboulder9714]

Excellent ranking. Thanks for watching

[@torarauland7145]

My Fast DIO List 1_ Holy Diver 2-_The Last In Line 3_ Dream Evil 4_ Sacred Heart osv....

[@mrboulder9714]

Great list. Thanks for watching

[@torarauland7145]

@@mrboulder9714 I saw DIO live in Norway April 1986 Sacred Heart Tour

[@torarauland7145]

@@mrboulder9714 I saw DIO live in Norway April 1986 Sacred Heart Tour

[@mrboulder9714]

@torarauland7145 That's amazing. Unfortunately, I never got to see.him live

[@jimmyjambhere]

My least favorite is Master of the Moon but it’s one of my favorite album covers. I love the first 4 albums a lot. I’d probably put Last in Line first, then Holy Diver, Dream Evil, Sacred Heart.

[@mrboulder9714]

You definitely can't go wrong with the first 4 Dio albums. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@tuomopukkila505]

Nice ranking James.Dio is one of the Greatest singers ever. I think the 5 best are: 1.SACRED HEART 2.HOLY DIVER 3.LAST IN LINE 4.DREAM EVIL 5.KILLING THE DRAGON. But as far as quality of his csreer after Dream Evil he has made not so great albums. I tjhink he was Better in Heaven and Hell's last record.TUOMO FROM FINLAND

[@mrboulder9714]

That last Heaven and Hell album is indeed a banger. I think his latter output is really strong personally. Cheers for watching fella 👍

[@jefferysteen1041]

Yes!Caught in the middle!Ronnie's vocals are off the chart!

[@mrboulder9714]

My favourite song on the album

[@sergiopaulino859]

Vivian Campbell found in Def Lepard a good safe job in a Top band and $$$$

[@mrboulder9714]

It was definitely a smart decision money wise for Viv to join Def Leppard, no doubt about it. Cheers

[@holydiver73]

Here’s my list. 10. Angry Machines 9. Strange Highways 8. Master of the Moon 7. Lock up the Wolves 6. Killing the Dragon 5. Magica 4. Sacred Heart 3. Dream Evil 2. Holy Diver 1. Last in Line 1 & 2 are Damm close though.

[@mrboulder9714]

Great ranking. Holy Diver only just beat Last In Line in my list to the #1 spot. Cheers for watching and commenting

[@sixzerothreeonesevensixnine]

I was very late to Dio. Around 2010 i think it was. I love the first few, I'd put Holy Diver at number 1 as well. The latter half of his discography sounded a bit ploddy for me and he seemed to bring up a few too many old ideas lyrically.

[@mrboulder9714]

Lyrically he definitely wasn't moving out of his comfort zone, I guess it was a case of it wasn't broken, so he wasn't fixing it. Cheers mate 👍

[@marksantucci4230]

My list keeps changing but i'm pretty sure I have Dio in the top 10?.!! yep , Def Leppard , Iron Maiden you did. isn't soda suppose to be cold? so do you have all of these albums on Cd when at work during your lunch break after your done eating you can put them on your walkman and enjoy the weather and the music in the evening you can watch videos or tv? I think you told me about the cd/walk man situation but I forgot what you said? Magica? Lock up the Wolves? Master of the moon Strange Highways Angry Machines Sacred Heart ? Killing the Dragon? / Hilling the Dragon? Dream Evil? Last in line Holy Diver if you haven't done an Ac/dc ranking are you going to do one if you did let me know I would like to check it out? will we be seeing a Kiss Ranking of all of their albums?

[@mrboulder9714]

I have.an.AC/DC ranking on the channel already Mark. There will be a Kiss ranking one day but not anytime soon. And the Coke had just come out of the fridge. Cheers fella 👍

[@jimmyr204]

Strange Highways and Angry Machines are at the bottom of my list. Rarely listen to them. Holy Diver though is my favorite, let alone one of the best metal masterpieces in my collection. Not a bad track on the album. I agree with you on Vivian Campbell's guitar work. How do you top Holy Diver later in your career?

[@mrboulder9714]

Holy Diver is definitely an album that lives up to it's classic reputation. Rightfully deserving of the number 1 spot. Cheers fella

[@marcdiego1]

Interesting ranking. My top 5 Dio albums would be 1. Holy Diver, 2. Last in Line, 3. Dream Evil, 4. Killing the Dragon, 5. Lock up the Wolves. '85s Sacred Heart would be more near the bottom. I've never been a big fan of that album

[@mrboulder9714]

Great ranking. All excellent albums too. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@ldogin]

I think you were a bit off on Craig first coming back on master of the moon. He was on magica before that.

[@mrboulder9714]

Cheers for the correction. I forgot he came back for Magica. Thanks for watching

[@mr.intamin1081]

Wow lock up the wolves is my #1….guess I’m the only one

[@mrboulder9714]

We're all different fella. It would.ve a dull world if we all had the same opinion. Cheers for watching and commenting

[@LuisGarcia-ee2tr]

Excellent show. For me the ranking studio best albums is: 1 Holy Diver; 2 The Last in Line 3 Dream Evil

[@mrboulder9714]

Great ranking fella. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@jimthar17]

It's amazing that as revered as DIO is, only ONE of his albums has gone platinum which is Holy Diver. I've been saying the same thing about Viv in DL for years. Listening to ANYTHING DL has released since he joined makes you wonder, "this is the guy that wrote Holy Diver"? Though I think a lot of it also has to do with the fact that their drummer only has one arm so he probably can't play anything too heavy, but yeah, Viv is terribly wasted in DL and everything after Hysteria is crap. (his era)

[@mrboulder9714]

Yeah it's strange to think he only had one platinum album. Viv's talents are definitely wasted in Leppard. Cheers fella

[@iancocks9408]

Viv didn’t play on adrenalize.

[@heavymetal6910]

I loved the first two albums and then sacred heart was released, what a turd that was and I jumped ship

[@mrboulder9714]

There's plenty of good stuff through out their discography. Cheers for watching

[@oronniejames9300]

Killing the dragon n6?😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrboulder9714]

N6?

[@martymartin2894]

After the first 2 the rest are very samey and boring and should be better. Dios best work was with rainbow in my opinion.

[@mrboulder9714]

They did all follow a certain formula, but there was never a bad album. His work with Rainbow.and.Saabath was excellent. Cheers

[@LEMOnBRaINn]

Not strange highways very experimental