Sacred Heart (Dio album)

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Sacred Heart
Dio SacredHeart.jpg
Cover art by Robert Florczak
Studio album by Dio
Released August 15, 1985
Recorded Rumbo Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre Heavy metal
Length 38:50
Label Warner Bros. (North America)
Vertigo (rest of the world)
Producer Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
The Last in Line
(1984)The Last in Line1984		 Sacred Heart
(1985)		 The Dio E.P.
(1986)The Dio E.P.1986
Singles from Sacred Heart
  1. "Rock 'n' Roll Children" / "Sacred Heart"
    Released: August 1985
  2. "Hungry for Heaven" / "King of Rock and Roll"
    Released: October 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]
Martin Popoff 8/10 stars[2]

Sacred Heart is Dio's third studio album. It was released in August 15, 1985 on Warner Bros. Records. The record peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard 200 chart.[3] It is one of Dio's most well-known albums, and includes singles such as "Sacred Heart", "Rock 'n' Roll Children" and "Hungry for Heaven".

This was the last Dio album to include guitarist Vivian Campbell, who was fired midway through the album's tour. Campbell went on to join several other bands, most notably Def Leppard, Riverdogs, Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy. A rift occurred during the recording of this album between Dio and the guitarist - "...for me, he (Viv) wasn't even there for this record."[4] The album, along with Holy Diver and The Last in Line, was released in a new 2-CD Deluxe Edition on March 19, 2012 through Universal for worldwide distribution outside the U.S.[5]

Tour

The accompanying stageshow was a spectacle involving a mechanised dragon and laser effects, as captured on the VHS (and later DVD reissue) Sacred Heart "The Video". Ronnie James Dio and his band referred to the dragon as Denzil (although originally it was called Dean).[6]

Cover

The cover art is by Robert Florczak. The inscription around the border of the cover is in Latin and reads FINIS PER SOMNIVM REPERIO TIBI SACRA COR VENEFICVS OSTIVM AVRVM. A possible rendering is Along the borders of dreams I found for you the sacred poisonous heart and golden door. More data useful for the interpretation could be contained within the lyrics to the song "Sacred Heart".Since Latin relies on context for a translation the inscription could translate as follows, "comes the end by sleep I will prepare the sacred heart which is the magic that opens upon the alter"

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated

Side one
No. Title Music Length
1. "King of Rock and Roll"   Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell, Dio 3:49
2. "Sacred Heart"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 6:27
3. "Another Lie"   Dio 3:48
4. "Rock 'n' Roll Children"   Dio 4:32
Side two
No. Title Music Length
5. "Hungry for Heaven"   Bain, Dio 4:10
6. "Like the Beat of a Heart"   Bain, Dio 4:24
7. "Just Another Day"   Dio, Campbell 3:23
8. "Fallen Angels"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 3:57
9. "Shoot, Shoot"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio 4:20
2012 Deluxe Edition CD 2
No. Title Music Original release Length
1. "Hide in the Rainbow"   Dio Iron Eagle soundtrack 3:56
2. "We Rock"   Dio live B-Side of "Rock 'n' Roll Children" 12' 4:49
3. "The Last in Line"   Bain, Campbell, Dio live B-Side of "Rock 'n' Roll Children" 12' 5:17
4. "Like the Beat of a Heart"   Bain, Dio live B-Side of "Hungry for Heaven" 12' 5:14
5. "King of Rock and Roll"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio Intermission (1986) 3:41
6. "Rainbow in the Dark"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio Intermission 4:42
7. "Sacred Heart"   Appice, Bain, Campbell, Dio Intermission 6:27
8. "Time to Burn"   Appice, Bain, Dio, Craig Goldy, Claude Schnell Intermission 4:24
9. "Medley: "Rock 'n' Roll Children"
"Long Live Rock 'n' Roll"
"Man on the Silver Mountain"  		 Dio
Ritchie Blackmore, Dio
Blackmore, Dio		 Intermission 9:40
10. "We Rock"   Dio Intermission 4:58

Personnel

Dio
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Certifications

The RIAA certified Sacred Heart Gold (500,000 units sold) on October 15, 1985.[18] It was for a long time the last Dio album to receive this certification, until The Very Beast of Dio was certified gold on November 3, 2009.

References

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External links

es:Sagrado Corazón (desambiguación)#Sacred Heart

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