Inferno: Last in Live

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Inferno: Last in Live
Dio InfernoLastInLive.jpg
Live album by
Dio
ReleasedFebruary 24, 1998
RecordedChicago/Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
New York City, USA
Bremen, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
1996–1997
Genre Heavy metal
Length87:27
Label Mercury (Japan)
Mayhem Records (US)
SPV/Steamhammer (Europe)
Producer Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Angry Machines
(1996)
Inferno: Last in Live
(1998)
Magica
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Inferno: Last in Live (released as Dio's Inferno - The Last In Live in Europe with a different cover photo) is a live album released by the American heavy metal band Dio. It was recorded on their Angry Machines tour in 1996/97. Released in 1998 on Mayhem Records, it consists of tracks from the Ronnie James Dio eras of Rainbow and Black Sabbath, as well as Dio's own material plus a cover of the Deep Purple track "Mistreated".

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ronnie James Dio (except Mistreated written by David Coverdale), music as stated

Disc one
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Intro" 1:36
2."Jesus, Mary & the Holy Ghost" Ronnie James Dio, Tracy G, Jeff Pilson 3:27
3."Straight Through the Heart"Dio, Jimmy Bain 5:48
4."Don't Talk to Strangers"Dio6:03
5."Holy Diver"Dio4:59
6."Drum Solo" 4:02
7."Heaven and Hell"Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward 7:29
8."Double Monday"Dio, G, Vinny Appice 3:18
9."Stand Up and Shout"Dio, Bain4:08
10."Hunter of the Heart"Dio, G, Appice5:15
Disc two
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Mistreated/Catch the Rainbow" Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale/Dio,Blackmore10:11
2."Guitar Solo" 3:39
3."The Last in Line"Dio, Vivian Campbell, Bain6:54
4."Rainbow in the Dark"Dio, Campbell, Bain, Appice4:56
5."The Mob Rules"Dio, Butler, Iommi3:37
6."Man on the Silver Mountain"Dio, Blackmore2:11
7."Long Live Rock 'n' Roll"Dio, Blackmore4:14
8."We Rock"Dio5:40
Disc two, bonus tracks on Japanese pressings
No.TitleMusicLength
9."After All (The Dead)"Dio, Iommi, Butler6:20
10."I"Dio, Iommi, Butler5:26

Personnel

Dio

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 40

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