Angry Machines
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{{Infobox album
| name = Angry Machines
| type = studio
| artist = Dio
| cover = Angry Machines.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover art by Paul R. Gregory
| released = {{start date|1996|10|4}}
| recorded =
| studio = Total Access (Redondo Beach, California)
| genre = Heavy metal
| length = 44:14
| label = {{hlist|Mercury|Mayhem|}}
| producer = Ronnie James Dio
| prev_title = Strange Highways
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Inferno: Last in Live
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/angry-machines-mw0000613393 | title = Dio Angry Machines review | accessdate = November 10, 2013 | last = Huey | first = Steve | publisher = AllMusic}}
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2score = 7/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | page=121 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}
| noprose=yes
}}
Angry Machines is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Dio, released on October 4, 1996, through Mercury Records in Japan,{{Cite web|title=Dio - Angry Machines|url=https://en.faceoffrockshow.com/post/dio-angry-machines-1}} and on October 15, 1996, through Mayhem Records in the U.S. It was the last studio album to feature original drummer Vinny Appice, and guitarist Tracy Grijalva. The album was not commercially successful and vastly underperformed compared to earlier Dio albums.
Reissue
In 2019, Angry Machines was remastered and announced for reissue in 2020. While the first disc is identical to the original North American and European releases, the second disc contains live tracks recorded on various dates of the Angry Machines tour.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dio-angry-machines-reissues-909378/ | title = Dio's Final Albums to Be Expanded With Previously Unreleased Material | accessdate = April 3, 2020 | date = November 8, 2019 | magazine = Rolling Stone}} The track "God Hates Heavy Metal", exclusive to Japanese pressings of the album, was not included in the reissue. This song however, was released as a standalone 12 inch single for Record Store Day in 2021, featuring "This is Your Life" and a live version of "Hunter of the Heart" as B sides.
Track listing
All lyrics by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.
{{track listing
| headline = Angry Machines track listing
| title1 = Institutional Man
| music1 = Vinny Appice, Dio, Tracy Grijalva
| length1 = 5:08
| title2 = Don't Tell the Kids
| music2 = Appice, Dio, Grijalva
| length2 = 4:19
| title3 = Black
| music3 = Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Jeff Pilson
| length3 = 3:10
| title4 = Hunter of the Heart
| length4 = 4:13
| music4 = Appice, Dio, Grijalva
| title5 = Stay Out of My Mind
| music5 = Pilson
| length5 = 7:11
| title6 = Big Sister
| music6 = Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson
| length6 = 5:35
| title7 = Double Monday
| music7 = Appice, Dio, Grijalva
| length7 = 2:55
| title8 = Golden Rules
| music8 = Appice, Dio, Grijalva
| length8 = 4:54
| title9 = Dying in America
| music9 = Dio, Grijalva, Appice, Pilson
| length9 = 4:38
| title10 = This Is Your Life
| music10 = Dio, Grijalva
| length10 = 3:25
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title11 = God Hates Heavy Metal
| music11 = Appice, Jerry Best, Dio, Grijalva
| length11 = 3:45
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition disc two (2019 remaster)
| title1 = Jesus, Mary and the Holy Ghost / Straight Through the Heart
| length1 = 10:18
| note1 = Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997
| music1 = Jimmy Bain, Dio, Grijalva, Pilson
| title2 = Don't Talk to Strangers
| length2 = 6:34
| note2 = Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997
| music2 = Dio
| title3 = Double Monday / Stand Up and Shout
| length3 = 7:17
| note3 = Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997
| music3 = Bain, Dio, Grijalva, Appice
| title4 = Hunter of the Heart
| length4 = 5:17
| note4 = Live in Schaumburg, April 11, 1997
| music4 = Appice, Dio, Grijalva
| title5 = Holy Diver
| length5 = 8:53
| note5 = Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997
| music5 = Dio
| title6 = Heaven and Hell
| length6 = 7:37
| note6 = Live in Chicago, May 31, 1997
| music6 = Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward
| title7 = Long Live Rock and Roll
| length7 = 3:46
| music7 = Ritchie Blackmore, Dio
| title8 = Man on the Silver Mountain
| length8 = 2:09
| music8 = Blackmore, Dio
| title9 = Rainbow in the Dark
| length9 = 4:54
| music9 = Appice, Bain, Vivian Campbell, Dio
| title10 = The Last in Line
| length10 = 6:35
| note10 = Live in Schaumburg, April 11, 1997
| music10 = Bain, Campbell, Dio
| title11 = The Mob Rules
| length11 = 3:22
| music11 = Butler, Dio, Iommi
| title12 = We Rock
| length12 = 5:40
| music12 = Dio
}}
Disc two of the deluxe version was recorded live on the Angry Machines tour in 1996/97. It contains the same recordings as the live album Inferno: Last in Live, omitting "Mistreated/Catch the Rainbow" and switching up the order of the tracks. Track 3 is incorrectly labeled as "Double Monday" only.
Personnel
Dio
- Ronnie James Dio – vocals
- Tracy Grijalva (a.k.a. Tracy G) – guitars
- Jeff Pilson – bass
- Vinny Appice – drums{{cite web |publisher=Music Legends| url=http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/vinny-appice-interview-black-sabbath/|title=Vinny Appice Interview| accessdate=May 6, 2013|date=March 24, 2012|last=Saulnier|first=Jason}}
Additional musicians
- Scott Warren – keyboards
Production
- Recorded and mixed at Total Access Recording in Redondo Beach, California
- Produced by Ronnie James Dio
- Engineered by Wyn Davis
- Second engineered by Darian Rundall and Eddie Ashworth
- Originally mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering
- Cover illustration by Paul Gregory
Charts
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|+Chart performance for Angry Machines ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Germany4|44|id=61442|artist=Dio|album=Angry Machines|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 27, 2020}} |
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