Sacred Heart (Dio album)

Sacred Heart
Cover art by Robert Florczak
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 12, 1985 (1985-08-12)[1]
StudioRumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
GenreHeavy metal
Length38:50
LabelWarner Bros. (North America)
Vertigo (rest of the world)
ProducerRonnie James Dio
Dio chronology
The Last in Line
(1984)
Sacred Heart
(1985)
Intermission
(1986)
Singles from Sacred Heart
  1. "Rock 'n' Roll Children"
    Released: July 1985
  2. "Hungry for Heaven"
    Released: October 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Sacred Heart is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dio and the last to feature guitarist Vivian Campbell. It was released on August 12, 1985,[1] on Warner Bros. Records in North America, and Vertigo elsewhere. The record peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard 200 chart.[5] It includes the singles "Rock 'n' Roll Children" and "Hungry for Heaven".

  1. ^ a b "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. August 2, 1985. p. 32. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Dio Sacred Heart review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 198.
  5. ^ "Sacred Heart Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2013.

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