Angry Machines is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. It was released first in Japan on October 4, 1996,[3] by Mercury Records with 11 tracks and in the US on October 15, 1996, by Mayhem Records but with only 10 tracks. It was the last studio album to feature original drummer Vinny Appice. The album was not commercially successful and vastly underperformed compared to earlier Dio albums.
| Angry Machines | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover art by Paul R. Gregory | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 4, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Total Access (Redondo Beach, California) | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 44:14 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Ronnie James Dio | |||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
Reissue
editIn 2019, Angry Machines was remastered and announced for reissue in 2020. While the first disc is identical to the original North American and European releases, the second disc contains live tracks recorded on various dates of the Angry Machines tour.[4] The track "God Hates Heavy Metal", exclusive to Japanese pressings of the album, was not included in the reissue. This song however, was released as a standalone 12 inch single for Record Store Day in 2021, featuring "This is Your Life" and a live version of "Hunter of the Heart" as B sides.
Track listing
editAll lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Institutional Man" | Vinny Appice, Dio, Tracy Grijalva | 5:08 |
| 2. | "Don't Tell the Kids" | Appice, Dio, Grijalva | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Black" | Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Jeff Pilson | 3:10 |
| 4. | "Hunter of the Heart" | Appice, Dio, Grijalva | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Stay Out of My Mind" | Pilson | 7:11 |
| 6. | "Big Sister" | Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson | 5:35 |
| 7. | "Double Monday" | Appice, Dio, Grijalva | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Golden Rules" | Appice, Dio, Grijalva | 4:54 |
| 9. | "Dying in America" | Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson | 4:38 |
| 10. | "This Is Your Life" | Dio, Grijalva | 3:25 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "God Hates Heavy Metal" | Appice, Jerry Best, Dio, Grijalva | 3:45 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jesus, Mary and the Holy Ghost / Straight Through the Heart" (Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997) | Jimmy Bain, Dio, Grijalva, Pilson | 10:18 |
| 2. | "Don't Talk to Strangers" (Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997) | Dio | 6:34 |
| 3. | "Double Monday / Stand Up and Shout" (Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997) | Bain, Dio, Grijalva, Appice | 7:17 |
| 4. | "Hunter of the Heart" (Live in Schaumburg, April 11, 1997) | Appice, Dio, Grijalva | 5:17 |
| 5. | "Holy Diver" (Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997) | Dio | 8:53 |
| 6. | "Heaven and Hell" (Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997) | Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | 7:37 |
| 7. | "Long Live Rock and Roll" | Ritchie Blackmore, Dio | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Man on the Silver Mountain" | Blackmore, Dio | 2:09 |
| 9. | "Rainbow in the Dark" | Appice, Bain, Vivian Campbell, Dio | 4:54 |
| 10. | "The Last in Line" (Live in Schaumburg, April 11, 1997) | Bain, Campbell, Dio | 6:35 |
| 11. | "The Mob Rules" | Butler, Dio, Iommi | 3:22 |
| 12. | "We Rock" | Dio | 5:40 |
Disc two of the deluxe version was recorded live on the Angry Machines tour in 1996/97. It contains the same recordings as the live album Inferno: Last in Live, omitting "Mistreated/Catch the Rainbow" and switching up the order of the tracks. Track 3 is incorrectly labeled as "Double Monday" only.
Personnel
editDio
- Ronnie James Dio – vocals
- Tracy Grijalva (a.k.a. Tracy G) – guitars
- Jeff Pilson – bass
- Vinny Appice – drums[5]
Additional musicians
- Scott Warren – keyboards
Production
- Recorded and mixed at Total Access Recording in Redondo Beach, California
- Produced by Ronnie James Dio
- Engineered by Wyn Davis
- Second engineered by Darian Rundall and Eddie Ashworth
- Originally mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering
- Cover illustration by Paul Gregory
Charts
edit| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 44 |
References
edit- ^ Huey, Steve. "Dio Angry Machines review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dio - Angry Machines".
- ^ "Dio's Final Albums to Be Expanded With Previously Unreleased Material". Rolling Stone. November 8, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ Saulnier, Jason (March 24, 2012). "Vinny Appice Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dio – Angry Machines" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 27, 2020.