Intermission (Dio album)

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Intermission
Dio Intermission.jpg
Live album by
Dio
ReleasedJune 1986
RecordedDecember 6, 1985
Venue San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California
studio track at Amigo Studios and Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre Heavy metal
Length34:20
Label Warner Bros. (North America)
Vertigo (rest of the world)
Producer Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Sacred Heart
(1985)		Intermission
(1986)		 Dream Evil
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Intermission is the first live album released by the American heavy metal band Dio in 1986 on the label Vertigo Records in Europe and Warner Bros. Records in North America. The live songs were recorded with guitarist Vivian Campbell during the first leg of the Sacred Heart tour. Craig Goldy replaced Campbell in mid-tour, and the band wanted something to represent the new line-up, so they recorded the song "Time to Burn" in the studio with him, which was added to this album.

Contents

The band was featured on many radio-broadcasts but fans who had hoped for a double live album were somewhat disappointed with this release, especially as the guitar parts of the now-departed Campbell seemed low in the mix.[ citation needed ]

The original UK release came with a postcard-pack.

In 2012, the album was included as bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of Sacred Heart .

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated

Side one
No.TitleMusicLength
1."King of Rock and Roll"Dio, Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell 3:41
2."Rainbow in the Dark"Dio, Appice, Bain, Campbell4:42
3."Sacred Heart"Dio, Appice, Bain, Campbell6:23
Side two
No.TitleMusicLength
4."Time to Burn"Dio, Appice, Bain, Craig Goldy, Claude Schnell 4:26
5."Rock 'n' Roll Children" / "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" / "Man on the Silver Mountain"Dio / Ritchie Blackmore, Dio / Blackmore, Dio9:40
6."We Rock"Dio4:54

Personnel

Dio

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] 57
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6] 85
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [7] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 63
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 22
US Billboard 200 [10] 70

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References

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