Sacred Heart (album)

"For the Shakespears Sister album of the same name, see Sacred Heart (Shakespears Sister album)"

Infobox Album |
Name = Sacred Heart
Type = Album
Artist = Dio


Released = August 1985
Recorded = Rumbo Studios,
Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 38:50
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Vertigo Records
Producer = Ronnie James Dio
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5fdsa9tgb23k link]
Last album = "The Last in Line"
(1984)
This album = "Sacred Heart"
(1985)
Next album = "The Dio E.P."
(1986)

"Sacred Heart" is Dio's third studio album. It was released in 1985 on Warner Bros. Records. This album peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200. The cover art is done by Robert Florczak.

The RIAA certified "Sacred Heart" Gold (500,000 units sold) on October 15 1985. It is, to date, the last Dio album to achieve this certification.

The accompanying stageshow was a spectacle involving a mechanised dragon and laser effects, as captured on video (and later DVD reissue).

Sacred Heart is one of Dio's most well-known albums, including hit singles such as "Sacred Heart, Rock N' Roll Children "and "Hungry For Heaven."

The inscription around the border of the cover is in Latin and reads "FINIS PER SOMNIVM REPERIO TIBI SACRA COR VENEFICVS OSTIVM AVRVM". Because of the lack of punctuation it is difficult to determine the precise meaning, but a possible rendering is "I learned of your goals through dreams: a sacred heart, a wizard, a golden door." But several other meanings are possible.

This was the last Dio album to include guitarist "Vivian Campbell", who went on to join several other bands, most notably Def Leppard and Whitesnake.

"Hungry for Heaven" appeared in the "Vision Quest" movie.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated
#"King of Rock and Roll" (Dio, Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice) – 3:49
#"Sacred Heart" (Dio, Campbell, Bain, Appice) – 6:27
#"Another Lie" (Dio) – 3:48
#"Rock 'N' Roll Children" (Dio) – 4:32
#"Hungry for Heaven" (Dio, Bain) – 4:10
#"Like the Beat of a Heart" (Dio, Bain) – 4:24
#"Just Another Day" (Dio, Campbell) – 3:23
#"Fallen Angels" (Dio, Campbell, Bain, Appice) – 3:57
#"Shoot Shoot" (Dio, Campbell, Bain, Appice) – 4:20

Charts

Album

Singles charts positions

Personnel

*Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
*Vivian Campbell – Guitar
*Jimmy Bain – Bass
*Claude Schnell – Keyboards
*Vinny Appice – Drums

* Recorded at Rumbo Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
* Produced by Ronnie James Dio
* Engineered by Angelo Arcuri
* Assistant engineered by Gary McGachan
* Originally mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, USA
* Mixed on Westlake Audio BBSM6 monitors
* Illustration by Robert Florczak