Sacred Heart

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Sacred Heart is Dio's third studio album. It was released in 1985 on Warner Bro. Record. 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 was for a long time the last album to receive this certification, until The Very Beast of Dio was certified gold on November 3, 2009. The accompanying stageshow was a spectacle involving a mechanised dragon and laser effect, as captured on video (and later DVD reissue). Ronnie James Dio and his band referred to the Dragon as "Dean". Sacred Heart is one of Dio's most well-known album, 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 band, 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 Album Year Album Chart positions Billboard 200 UK Album Charts 1985 Sacred Heart #29 #4 Year Song Chart positions US Mainstream Rock Tracks 1985 "Hungry for Heaven" #30 "Rock 'N' Roll Children" #26 Personnel Ronnie James Dio – Vocals Vivian Campbell – Guitar Jimmy Bain – Bass Claude Schnell – Keyboards Vinny Appice – Drums Recorded at Rumbo Studio, Los Angele, California, USA Produced by Ronnie James Dio Engineered by Angelo Arcuri Assistant engineered by Gary McGachan Originally mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorder, Hollywood, USA Mixed on Westlake Audio BBSM6 monitors Illustration by Robert Florczak .

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