Angry Machines
Angry Machines is the seventh studio album by Dio, the American heavy metal band, and it follows Strange Highways from 1993. It came out on 4 October 1996 through Mercury Records in Japan, with a US release on Mayhem Records following on 15 October.
This was the last studio record to feature original drummer Vinny Appice and guitarist Tracy Grijalva, so it marks the end of a particular chapter in the band's line-up. It sold far below the level of the earlier Dio albums and was a commercial disappointment. That makes it a record for those who want to follow the band beyond the early-1980s run of Holy Diver and The Last in Line, and to hear where things stood in the mid-1990s before Magica arrived in 2000.
Angry Machines: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 45:33Tracklist
- 1Institutional ManAppice, Dio, G5:09
- 2Don't Tell the KidsAppice, Dio, G4:19
- 3BlackAppice, Dio, G, Pilson3:11
- 4Hunter of the HeartAppice, Dio, G4:14
- 5Stay Out of My MindJeff Pilson and Ronnie James Dio7:11
- 6Big SisterAppice, Dio, G, Pilson5:36
- 7Double MondayAppice, Dio, G2:56
- 8Golden RulesAppice, Dio, G4:54
- 9Dying in AmericaAppice, Dio, G, Pilson4:39
- 10This Is Your LifeRonnie James Dio and Tracy G3:24
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| German Albums · 2020 | 44 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 1996-09-23 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 23 September 1996 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 4 October 1996 | |
| Wikidata | 4 October 1996 | |
| US release | 1996 | earliest US date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | US | Mayhem | 090861110420 | other |
| 23 September 1996 | DE | CBH Records | 4001617182925 | original |
| 5 October 1996 | JP | Mercury Records | 4988011349478 | other |
| 2006 | DE | Steamhammer | 693723182988 | other |
| 17 April 2012 | XW | BMG Rights Management (US) LLC | 4050538438734 | other |
| 20 March 2020 | XW | BMG | 4050538489972 | other |
| 20 March 2020 | XW | BMG | 4050538488289 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 300×300 | upscaled |