Intermission (Dio album)

Intermission is the first live album released by the American heavy metal band Dio in 1986 on the label Vertigo Records in Europe and Warner Bros. Records in North America. The live songs were recorded with guitarist Vivian Campbell during the first leg of the Sacred Heart tour. Craig Goldy replaced Campbell in mid-tour, and the band wanted something to represent the new line-up, so they recorded the song "Time to Burn" in the studio with him, which was added to this album.

Intermission
Live album by Dio
Released	June 1986
Recorded	December 6, 1985
Venue	San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California studio track at Amigo Studios and Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	34:20
Label	Warner Bros. (North America) Vertigo (rest of the world)
Producer	Ronnie James Dio
Dio chronology
Sacred Heart (1985) Intermission (1986) Dream Evil (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[2]
Kerrang!	[3]

The band was featured on many radio-broadcasts but fans who had hoped for a double live album were somewhat disappointed with this release, especially as the guitar parts of the now-departed Campbell seemed low in the mix.^{[citation needed]}

The original UK release came with a postcard-pack.

In 2012, the album was included as bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of Sacred Heart.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ronnie James Dio, music as stated.

Side one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"King of Rock and Roll"	Dio, Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell	3:41
2.	"Rainbow in the Dark"	Dio, Appice, Bain, Campbell	4:42
3.	"Sacred Heart"	Dio, Appice, Bain, Campbell	6:23

Side two

No.	Title	Music	Length
4.	"Time to Burn"	Dio, Appice, Bain, Craig Goldy, Claude Schnell	4:26
5.	"Rock 'n' Roll Children" / "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" / "Man on the Silver Mountain"	Dio / Ritchie Blackmore, Dio / Blackmore, Dio	9:40
6.	"We Rock"	Dio	4:54

Personnel

Dio

• Ronnie James Dio – vocals
• Vivian Campbell – guitar solos
• Craig Goldy – guitar on "Time to Burn", over-dubbed rhythm guitar on the live tracks
• Jimmy Bain – bass
• Claude Schnell – keyboards
• Vinny Appice – drums^[4]

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5]	57
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6]	85
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[7]	23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	63
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	22
US Billboard 200[10]	70