~THE LAST IN LINE~Discussion

[Holymagica]

Released July 13, 1984
Cd Track Listing
We Rock
The Last In Line
Breathless
I Speed At Night
One Night In The City
Evil Eyes
Mystery
Eat Your Heart Out
Egypt (The Chains Are On)
Band
Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
Vivian Campbell – Guitar
Jimmy Bain – Bass
Claude Schnell - Keyboards
Vinny Appice – Drums

[powerslave]

My favourite Dio album,the first Dio album I bought.Not a bad track on this album.

[olivious the drummer]

Many bands fall short on their second album......but Dio made a monster of a second Album - I love I speed and Night and Evil Eyes of this one!
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[the last diver]

perhaps my favourite Dio album: masterpiece.

[Diommi]

One of the great classic metal albums of all time. One odd side note:
The creatures in the "The Last In Line" video bear an incredible likeness to The Borg of the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series.
I wonder if the video inspired them.

[richierich]

Was just listening to the album today, without having seen this thread!

Excellent album which keeps up the very high standard of "Holy Diver"
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[fiddlequeen07]

The first time I ever heard a DIO song on the radio, I was in Dallas (ironically, just the day before the Metal Masters show there!) and The Last in Line came on while my brother, cousin, friend, and I were in the car. Needless to say, I had to turn up the volume and mandate that there be no talking during the song.

Also, Eat Your Heart Out was one of the early songs I was able to teach myself to play on guitar just by listening.

Anyway, I have no complaints about this album. I can't say it "speaks" to me as much as a few of the others do, but it's on par with Holy Diver and of the same great quality of everything Ronnie ever did!

I thoroughly enjoy all these songs...least favorite would be Egypt. Favorites are One Night in the City, Mystery, and I Speed at Night.
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[DioInfinitum]

Such an excellent album.

'The Last in Line' I believe was the first song I was ever introduced to by Ronnie.

It's still one of my favorites.

The album as a whole is certainly a solid one.

Mystery is good.
Egypt is good
Evil Eyes is totally Dio
We Rock is a great song and concert opener.

Well worth the buy.

Last in Line is also perhaps the best video Ronnie ever did, especially if you imagine it's like a small movie.

I love the soft intro of Last in Line. I have listened to it 1 million times at least.

Sigh.

[PowerKnight]

The Last In Line title track has to be the most definitive Dio sound, a very good album but I have always felt a couple of fillers in here.
Still a very good Dio album, PowerKnight
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[dioesque]

Hi - does anyone have any idea why LIL has not been remastered like Holy D? Perhaps there is a possibility there for the new Niji label to do it - hint, hint!!

[PinkLedRushDio]

From start to finish, a brilliant album, great followup to HD. I think the Last in Line and Egypt are my favorite tunes from this album, although I love all of them.
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[dioesque]

Last in Line, Evil Eyes & Mystery do it for me. C'mon, where's the remaster!?