The Devil You Know (Heaven & Hell album)

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All tracks are written by Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler, except where noted

The Devil You Know
The Devil You Know cover.jpg
Studio album by
Heaven & Hell
Released24 April 2009
RecordedNovember 2008 [1]
Studio Rockfield Studios (Wye Valley, Wales)
Genre Heavy metal
Length54:01 [2]
Label Rhino, Roadrunner (Europe)
Producer
Heaven & Hell chronology
Live from Radio City Music Hall
(2007)		The Devil You Know
(2009)		 Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell
(2010)
Ronnie James Dio chronology
Live from Radio City Music Hall
(2007)		The Devil You Know
(2009)		 Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987
(2010)
No.TitleLength
1."Atom and Evil"5:15
2."Fear"4:48
3."Bible Black"6:29
4."Double the Pain"5:25
5."Rock and Roll Angel"6:02
6."The Turn of the Screw"5:02
7."Eating the Cannibals"3:37
8."Follow the Tears"6:12
9."Neverwhere"4:35
10."Breaking into Heaven"6:53
Total length:54:01
iTunes exclusive bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."I" (live)6:30
12."Die Young" (Live) (Dio, Iommi, Butler, Bill Ward)6:46
Total length:67:17

Personnel

Heaven & Hell
Additional Personnel
Production

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [28] 76
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [29] 37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [30] 84
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [31] 24
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [32] 26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [33] 38
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [34] 5
French Albums (SNEP) [35] 53
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [36] 17
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [37] 14
Italian Albums (FIMI) [38] 45
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [39] 28
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [40] 15
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [41] 20
Scottish Albums (OCC) [42] 20
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [43] 95
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [44] 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [45] 31
UK Albums (OCC) [46] 21
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [47] 1
US Billboard 200 [48] 8
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [49] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [50] 3
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [51] 2

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