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DISCID=ef129f10
DTITLE=Black Sabbath / The Dio Years
DYEAR=2007
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Neon Knights
TTITLE1=Lady Evil
TTITLE2=Heaven And Hell
TTITLE3=Die Young
TTITLE4=Lonely Is The World
TTITLE5=The Mob Rules
TTITLE6=Turn Up The Night
TTITLE7=Voodoo
TTITLE8=Falling Off The Edge Of The World
TTITLE9=After All (The Dead)
TTITLE10=TV Crimes
TTITLE11=I
TTITLE12=Children Of The Sea (Live)
TTITLE13=The Devil Cried
TTITLE14=Shadow Of The Wind
TTITLE15=Ear In The Wall
EXTD=Originally Released April 2, 2007\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: The origi
EXTD=nal lineup of Black Sabbath possesses such a mythic quality that 
EXTD=it's easy to overlook how far they slid by the time Ozzy Osbourne
EXTD= up and left the band...or how far they rebounded after they hire
EXTD=d Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio as his replacement. Countless c
EXTD=ompilations over the years have preserved the initial part of the
EXTD= story line -- celebrating the innovations of the first four albu
EXTD=ms with a near fetishistic quality -- but there has never been a 
EXTD=good retrospective concerning the Dio years until Rhino released 
EXTD=the aptly titled The Dio Years in early 2007. True, the Dio years
EXTD= didn't last all that long -- the singer joined in 1980 for Heave
EXTD=n & Hell, then lasted through one more studio album, the followin
EXTD=g year's Mob Rules, before departing under a shroud of controvers
EXTD=y after 1982's botched live album Live Evil -- but Dio had a powe
EXTD=rful impact upon the band and its legacy; these were the last yea
EXTD=rs that Sabbath exerted pull as an active band, and after his dep
EXTD=arture they stumbled through various singers over the next decade
EXTD= before intermittently reuniting with Ozzy in the '90s. The Dio Y
EXTD=ears proves that during his brief time with the band, Dio did hel
EXTD=p Sabbath make music that could hold its own with some of the cla
EXTD=ssic lineup's finest moments. With Dio as a frontman, the band wa
EXTD=s harder, nastier, and a little faster than the slow sludge of th
EXTD=e early Sabbath records, but it fit in nicely with the New Wave o
EXTD=f British Heavy Metal at the beginning of the '80s and it's aged 
EXTD=very well. Some of it can sound silly -- Dio's lyrical obsessions
EXTD= always do -- but this is harder, heavier, better music than eith
EXTD=er Technical Ecstasy or Never Say Die! Anybody who's refused to g
EXTD=ive this latter-day incarnation of the band the time of day might
EXTD= find this compilation revelatory.  -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\n
EXTD=Amazon.com Editorial Review\nThe idea of Black Sabbath without Oz
EXTD=zy Osbourne was a form of metal sacrilege in 1980, at least until
EXTD= people heard Ronnie James Dio belt out "Oh no, here it comes aga
EXTD=in..." to open the reformed band's Heaven and Hell. Dio's low-gro
EXTD=wl had a yowl, squaring frightfully with Tony Iommi's more reined
EXTD=-in crunch. And Sabbath was reborn, playing faster than they had 
EXTD=with Ozzy and drawing crowds. Five tracks from Heaven make it to 
EXTD=this set, where four from successor, Mob Rules, show up. The winn
EXTD=ers from each: "Neon Nights" and "Turn Up the Night," both quick,
EXTD= hefty wailers, steamrolling on sheer riffing tonnage. Dehumanize
EXTD=r rekindled the Sabbath/Dio marriage in 1992, showing speed metal
EXTD='s intervening influence--and the band holds up well, racing atop
EXTD= Vinnie Appice's iron-armed drums and Iommi's relentless, intenti
EXTD=onally range-limited riffs. Then there are the three new tracks, 
EXTD=all benefiting from 2006's richer low-end production and metal's 
EXTD=return to a slower grind--where Iommi is more thrilling doling ou
EXTD=t sludge, as on "Shadow of the Wind," where chords sound slo-mo a
EXTD=nd blessedly narrow in range. Yes, "Ear on the Wall" closes the s
EXTD=et in a hurried, fast- (not speed-) metal vibe, but at best the b
EXTD=and is deliberately mid-tempo, making a raucous noise you're happ
EXTD=y for after all these years. --Andrew Bartlett \n\nAmazon.com Pro
EXTD=duct Description\nHonoring the time Ronnie Dio spent with the ban
EXTD=d, Black Sabbath's hits "Neon Knights," "Lady Evil," and "Die You
EXTD=ng" are featured on this compilation spanning 1980-2006. David Li
EXTD=ng contributes liner notes and live versions of "Children of the 
EXTD=Sea" and "Country Girl" are showcased. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER RE
EXTD=VIEW\nNot quite what I had hoped for, but..., May 12, 2007 \nBy  
EXTD=Justin Gaines "Corporate Rocker" (Atlanta, GA)\nI have mixed feel
EXTD=ings about this particular compilation. On one hand, it's long pa
EXTD=st time that the legendary Ronnie James Dio's groundbreaking tenu
EXTD=re with Black Sabbath was given some sort of retrospective. I mea
EXTD=n, let's give credit where credit is due. Heaven & Hell and Mob R
EXTD=ules are touchstones of the power metal genre. \n\nOn the other h
EXTD=and, all of the comments leading up to this release were in refer
EXTD=ence to a box set similar to the Ozzy-era Black Sabbath box. As n
EXTD=ice as it is, The Dio Years isn't what many of us were expecting.
EXTD= I own the Castle reissues of the Dio Sabbath albums (except for 
EXTD=Dehumanizer, which was not reissued), and while they have been re
EXTD=mastered to some extent, the sound quality pales in comparison to
EXTD= the remastered material on The Dio Years. These albums deserve a
EXTD= high quality remastering. I just hope it happens someday. \n\nTh
EXTD=at aside, The Dio Years is an (almost) perfect look back at Dio's
EXTD= time in Black Sabbath. Appropriately, most of the songs come fro
EXTD=m Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules (though the omission of "Sign of th
EXTD=e Southern Cross" is nearly unforgivable), with a pair of Dehuman
EXTD=izer tracks and a token song from Live Evil. The album is rounded
EXTD= out by a trio of brand new studio songs which, I think it's safe
EXTD= to say, are the reason so many of us coughed up our hard-earned 
EXTD=cash in the first place. All three are good doomy slabs of metal 
EXTD=(even the faster-paced "Ear in the Wall") that would have been ri
EXTD=ght at home on Dehumanizer. They're not on par with the classic m
EXTD=aterial (then again, what is?), but it's still worth the price of
EXTD= the disc just to hear some new Black Sabbath studio material. \n
EXTD=\nBlack Sabbath: the Dio Years may not be quite what I expected, 
EXTD=but it's still a nice overview of some of the most important, yet
EXTD= criminally overlooked, albums in metal. 
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