Inferno: Last in Live (released as Dio's Inferno - The Last In Live in Europe with a different cover photo) is a live album released by the American heavy metal band Dio. It was recorded on their Angry Machines tour in 1996/97. Released in 1998 on Mayhem Records, it consists of tracks from the Ronnie James Dio eras of Rainbow and Black Sabbath, as well as Dio's own material plus a cover of the Deep Purple track "Mistreated".
| Inferno: Last in Live | ||||
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| Released | February 24, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | Chicago/Schaumburg, Illinois, USA New York City, USA Bremen, Germany Tokyo, Japan 1996-1997 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 87:27 | |||
| Label | Mercury (Japan) Mayhem Records (US) SPV/Steamhammer (Europe) | |||
| Producer | Ronnie James Dio | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Track listing edit
All lyrics are written by Ronnie James Dio (except Mistreated written by David Coverdale), music as stated
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | 1:36 | |
| 2. | "Jesus, Mary & the Holy Ghost" | Ronnie James Dio, Tracy G, Jeff Pilson | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Straight Through the Heart" | Dio, Jimmy Bain | 5:48 |
| 4. | "Don't Talk to Strangers" | Dio | 6:03 |
| 5. | "Holy Diver" | Dio | 4:59 |
| 6. | "Drum Solo" | 4:02 | |
| 7. | "Heaven and Hell" | Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | 7:29 |
| 8. | "Double Monday" | Dio, G, Vinny Appice | 3:18 |
| 9. | "Stand Up and Shout" | Dio, Bain | 4:08 |
| 10. | "Hunter of the Heart" | Dio, G, Appice | 5:15 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mistreated/Catch the Rainbow" | Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale/Dio,Blackmore | 10:11 |
| 2. | "Guitar Solo" | 3:39 | |
| 3. | "The Last in Line" | Dio, Vivian Campbell, Bain | 6:54 |
| 4. | "Rainbow in the Dark" | Dio, Campbell, Bain, Appice | 4:56 |
| 5. | "The Mob Rules" | Dio, Butler, Iommi | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Man on the Silver Mountain" | Dio, Blackmore | 2:11 |
| 7. | "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" | Dio, Blackmore | 4:14 |
| 8. | "We Rock" | Dio | 5:40 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "After All (The Dead)" | Dio, Iommi, Butler | 6:20 |
| 10. | "I" | Dio, Iommi, Butler | 5:26 |
Personnel edit
- Dio
- Ronnie James Dio – vocals, producer, mixing
- Tracy G – guitars
- Larry Dennison – bass
- Vinny Appice – drums[4]
Additional musicians
- Scott Warren – keyboards
- Production
- Moray McMillian, Martin "Ferrit" Rowe – engineers
- Wyn Davies – mixing
- Eddie Schreyer – mastering
- Timothy S. Wright - Guitar Tech
Charts edit
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] | 40 |
References edit
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Inferno: Last in Live - Dio". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
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- ^ Saulnier, Jason (24 March 2012). "Vinny Appice Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Dio: DIO's Inferno - The Last In Live" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved October 30, 2023.