Help and Hurt: Dio vs Dio!

[Tyr66]

1. Heaven and Hell - 8
2. Mob Rules - 2

Rising (Third Place)
Dehumanizer (Fourth Place)
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (Fifth Place)
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (Sixth Place)
Holy Diver (Seventh Place)
Last In Line (Eighth Place)
The Devil You Know (Ninth Place)
Sacred Heart  (Tenth Place)
Dream Evil (Eleventh Place)

[Jack the Stripper]

Heaven and Hell (First Place)
Mob Rules (2nd Place
Rising (Third Place)
Dehumanizer (Fourth Place)
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (Fifth Place)
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (Sixth Place)
Holy Diver (Seventh Place)
Last In Line (Eighth Place)
The Devil You Know (Ninth Place)
Sacred Heart  (Tenth Place)
Dream Evil (Eleventh Place)

[AnnoMundi]

This was a great game despite me entering into it late, and very happy to see H&H won with the classic Mob Rules right behind it and one of the all time best albums to succeed in third place “Rising”.

[Zzzptm]

While I agree that the top three are the top three, I'd still have them in a different order. But, hey, that's life in the big city, am I right?

[AnnoMundi]

While I agree that the top three are the top three, I'd still have them in a different order. But, hey, that's life in the big city, am I right?

As much as I like Rising, I think they finished in the right order, I started off as a Rainbow head like I’ve stated in the past, and only the Dio era, I cannot stomach the post Dio Rainbow, I have to admit that Sabbath has the better discography, even the Hughes and Martin eras are better then the garbage that came after Dio in Rainbow.

[Zzzptm]

I can take the first two JLT Rainbow albums as "hard pop", with "Eyes of Fire" being one of the best closers I've heard. That being said, the material really hasn't aged well. Bent Out of Shape I could listen to only a few times before I shelved it permanently. I tried hard with that one, but couldn't get past how much it was like Steve Perry-flavored Journey.

[AnnoMundi]

I can take the first two JLT Rainbow albums as "hard pop", with "Eyes of Fire" being one of the best closers I've heard. That being said, the material really hasn't aged well. Bent Out of Shape I could listen to only a few times before I shelved it permanently. I tried hard with that one, but couldn't get past how much it was like Steve Perry-flavored Journey.

The Graham Bonnet album is ok, but JLT, sorry but I can’t take him.

[Zzzptm]

No argument between us that Dio was the best Rainbow ever had...

[AnnoMundi]

No argument between us that Dio was the best Rainbow ever had...

And possibly Sabbath.  

[Typhon]

No argument between us that Dio was the best Rainbow ever had...

And possibly Sabbath.  

Yea, I mean nobody even heard of Sabbath until Dio came along.

 

[Zzzptm]

Wasn't the first Black Sabbath singer Adam Osbourne, the guy that later got famous for making the first portable computer?

[AnnoMundi]

No argument between us that Dio was the best Rainbow ever had...

And possibly Sabbath.  

Yea, I mean nobody even heard of Sabbath until Dio came along.

 

You Know that’s not what I meant.

[Zzzptm]

^ True, true, but I know that the "Which one rule? Why?" debate over Ozzy and Dio is up to each person to decide on their own. I do like Dio best, but I know at least one guy around here that prefers Ozzy to Dio... just sayin'...

[Typhon]

Without Ozzy, there would not have been any Dio-Sabbath... just sayin'... 

[AnnoMundi]

Without Ozzy, there would not have been any Dio-Sabbath... just sayin'... 

You are absolutely right and I love me some Ozzy/Sabbath.