Dream Evil

Dream Evil is Dio's fourth album, released on July 21, 1987.

Dream Evil features former Rough Cutt members Craig Goldy (spelled "Goldie" in the CD insert) and Claude Schnell.

Its singles were "All The Fools Sailed Away" / "Overlove" and "I Could Have Been a Dreamer".

Dream Evil was Dio's last album of the 1980s. By the time their next album was recorded in 1990, drummer Vinny Appice had left; he would be replaced by former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright.

The cover for the Dream Evil album was highly controversial due to the "altered" Dio logo on it. A logo that, as critics were quick to point out, when turned upside-down spells out "devil".

The Swedish heavy metal music group Dream Evil got their name from the title of this album.

Track listing
All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio

"Night People" (Dio, Craig Goldy, Jimmy Bain, Claude Schnell, Vinny Appice) – 4:06
"Dream Evil" (Dio, Goldy) – 4:26
"Sunset Superman" (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) – 5:45
"All the Fools Sailed Away" (Dio, Goldy) – 7:10
"Naked in the Rain" (Dio) – 5:09
"Overlove" (Dio, Goldy, Appice) – 3:26
"I Could Have Been a Dreamer" (Dio, Goldy) – 4:42
"Faces in the Window" (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) – 3:53
"When a Woman Cries" (Dio, Goldy, Bain, Schnell, Appice) – 4:43

Charts

Album
Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 UK Album Charts
1987 Dream Evil #43 #3

Singles charts positions
Year Song Chart positions
US Mainstream Rock Tracks
1987 "I Could Have Been a Dreamer" #33

Personnel
Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
Craig Goldy – Guitar
Jimmy Bain – Bass
Claude Schnell – Keyboards
Vinny Appice – Drums
Mitchell Singing Boys – chorus on "All The Fools Sailed Away"
Recorded at Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California, USA
Produced by Ronnie James Dio
Engineered by Angelo Arcuri
Assistant engineered by Charlie Brocco, Tom Biener, and Allen Abrahamson
Mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, USA
Originally mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City, USA
Cover illustration by Steve Huston