Album · Dio
Lock Up the Wolves by Dio
Lock Up the Wolves is an album by Dio, released in 1990. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Wild One”, on 1 list with a best position of #598.
Lock Up the Wolves, the fifth studio album from Dio, arrived on May 15, 1990, through Reprise in North America and Vertigo elsewhere. Ronnie James Dio produced it himself and was the only one left from Dream Evil: around him stood a brand-new band of 18-year-old guitarist Rowan Robertson, bassist Teddy Cook, keyboard player Jens Johansson and drummer Simon Wright.
Dio's voice is still a battering ram, all thunder and high drama, and the new guys give him heavy, stormy metal to stand on. "Wild One" and "Hey Angel" were the tracks that reached the countdowns. But the timing was rough. The album sold and reviewed worse than the four before it, it faded from the charts fast, and the tour played to plenty of half-empty halls, marking a real dip in the fortunes of the band he had formed after leaving Black Sabbath.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lock Up the Wolves on radio countdowns
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.