![]() ![]() "I Speed at Night" is signature Dio, too. He is doing more than keeping the tempo for "We Rock" and "I Speed at Night." He is the injection of energy to give these two quicker paced songs the flow they needed. ![]() "I Speed at Night" shows some of his slamming chops and he also fires off some outstanding little grooves and fills. He is thunderous all over the entire album. In fact, this album might be Vinny Appice's best overall drumming work in his entire career. Jimmy and Vinny are also both flying across this track, which adds a lot more depth to it. ![]() While I still think "We Rock" is a bit lacking, Dio's vocal melodies are really catchy, and the chorus is more explosive. Where I complained that "Stand Up and Shout" was a bit overrated, "We Rock" fixes the speedy Dio intro song formula to a large degree. Even though in my prior review I mentioned that the Vivian Campbell era lineup was one of the overall weakest in Dio's solo discography, I think "The Last in Line" is far and away the best album Dio's solo band ever made. Where "Holy Diver" was a quality record the whole way through, but never broke through that ceiling, "The Last in Line" has so many more memorable and consistent songs to it. Much as how I just don't understand how "Heaven and Hell" gets called better than "Mob Rules," I also just do not understand how people consider "Holy Diver" to be a better record than "The Last in Line." This record outstrips the debut in every single comparable way. After the massive success of Dio's debut solo album "Holy Diver," the same lineup would strike again with "The Last in Line" only a year after. ![]()
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