Lock Up the Wolves

Lock Up the Wolves is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Dio, released on May 15, 1990. It displayed a complete change of musician line-up over the previous Dream Evil album, including 18-year-old guitarist Rowan Robertson, and Simon Wright on drums who had played with AC/DC from 1983 to 1989. The song "Evil on Queen Street" takes its title from a deli in Toronto which had a sandwich with that name—per Dio on Much Music in 1990.

Lock Up the Wolves
Studio album by
Dio
ReleasedMay 15, 1990
RecordedGranny's House (Reno, Nevada)
GenreHeavy metal
Length60:43
LabelReprise (North America)
Vertigo (rest of the world)
ProducerTony Platt, Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Dream Evil
(1987)		 Lock Up the Wolves
(1990)		 Strange Highways
(1993)
Ronnie James Dio chronology
Dream Evil
(1987)		 Lock Up the Wolves
(1990)		 Dehumanizer
(1992)
Singles from Lock Up the Wolves
  1. "Hey Angel"
    Released: August 1990 (UK) [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[3]

Guitarist Rowan Robertson stated that two more songs were written and demoed for the album but left off at the decision of Wendy Dio: "Hell Wouldn't Take Her" and "The River Between Us".[4]

Track listing

All lyrics and melodies by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated

Side one
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Wild One"Dio, Rowan Robertson4:05
2."Born on the Sun" (track 8 between "Walk on Water" and "Twisted" on cassette and vinyl versions)Dio, Robertson, Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice5:36
3."Hey Angel"Dio, Robertson5:00
4."Between Two Hearts"Dio, Robertson6:30
5."Night Music"Dio, Robertson, Bain5:05
6."Lock Up the Wolves"Dio, Robertson, Bain8:33
Side two
No.TitleMusicLength
7."Evil on Queen Street"Dio, Robertson, Teddy Cook6:04
8."Walk on Water"Dio, Robertson, Jens Johansson3:44
9."Twisted"Dio, Robertson, Bain, Appice4:45
10."Why Are They Watching Me" (omitted from cassette and vinyl releases)Dio, Robertson5:04
11."My Eyes"Dio, Robertson, Johansson6:36

Personnel
Dio
Production
  • Executive producer - Ronnie James Dio
  • Arranged by Dio
  • Produced by Tony Platt and Ronnie James Dio
  • Recorded by Tony Platt (at Granny's House in Reno, Nevada); assisted by Don Evans
  • Mixed by Tony Platt and Nigel Green (at Battery Studios in London)
  • Originally mastered by George Marino

Charts

References
  1. "Dio discography".
  2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Lock up the Wolves - Dio". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  3. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. bravewords.com. "ROWAN ROBERTSON - "Unreleased RONNIE JAMES DIO Songs Might Not See The Light Of Day"". bravewords.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. "Album – DIO, Lock Up the Wolves". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  7. "Dio – Lock Up the Wolves (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  8. "Dio – Lock Up The Wolves". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  9. "Dio Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  10. "Lock Up the Wolves Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  11. ロニー・ジェームス・ディオのアルバム (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  12. "Dio – Lock Up the Wolves (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  13. "Dio – Hey Angel Chart Stats". Retrieved November 13, 2013.
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