The Devil You Know - Song By Song

[Charger]

My rating of the songs would go:

1. Follow The Tears
2. Bible Black
3. Fear
4. Rock 'n Roll Angel
5. Neverwhere
6. The Turn Of The Screw
7. Eating The Cannibals
8. Breaking Into Heaven
9. Atom & Evil
10. Double The Pain

[Jack the Stripper]

The album finishes similarly to the way it starts, dragging its feet. The riff is a generic doom riff that’s been played a thousands of times over but it works well with the lyrics and vocal melody. This song was a slow burn for me, I didn’t think much of it initially and thought it was a rather disappointing way to finish the album but it’s really grown on me over the years. It has a certain feel about it that just ties in well with the overall atmosphere of the album.

I do agree with Charger though that the song could’ve benefited with a fast tempo change midway through before settling back into that slow doom riff, it would've really elevated the song into more of an epic.

[Charger]

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[Jack the Stripper]

Giving my order of songs from favourites to least favourite

Follow the Tears
Bible Black
Double the Pain

Fear
Rock and Roll Angel
Atom and Evil
Eating the Cannibals
Breaking Into Heaven

Neverwhere
Turn of the Screw

Still can’t get over how you’s don’t rate Double the Pain 

Overall album rating 7/10

Others
Heaven and Hell - 10/10
Mob Rules - 9.5/10
Dehumanizer - 9/10

[Typhon]

Heaven and Hell - 10/10
Mob Rules - 9.5/10
Dehumanizer - 9/10

Were you sober when you posted this?   

[Jack the Stripper]

Heaven and Hell - 10/10
Mob Rules - 9.5/10
Dehumanizer - 9/10

Were you sober when you posted this?   

Absolutely! I’ve always said the first 2 Dio era albums can stand shoulder to shoulder with the first 6 and Dehumanizer ain’t far behind. Most everything else sucks outside the Oz & Dio albums though.

[Typhon]

^^^^^^
I'd say shoulder to hip, but, okay. 

[Zzzptm]

I'm with Jack with those two albums being within a whisker of each other, but I'll put MR ahead of H&H. And, yes, D is not far behind.