Released: 1997 Recorded: 1975-1983 Lengh: 77:40 Label: Polydor |
Track List: 1. Man on the Silver Mountain (Dio, Blackmore) - 4:39 2. Catch the Rainbow (Dio, Blackmore) - 6:36 3. Starstruck (Dio, Blackmore) - 4:06 4. Stargazer (Dio, Blackmore) - 8:26 5. Kill the King (Blackmore, Glover, Powell) - 4:29 6. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (Dio, Blackmore) - 4:23 7. Gates of Babylon (Dio, Blackmore) - 6:49 8. Since You Been Gone (Ballard) - 3:20 9. All Night Long (Blackmore, Glover) - 3:53 10. I Surrender (Ballard) - 4:03 11. Can't Happen Here (Blackmore, Glover) - 4:59 12. Jealous Lover (Turner Blackmore) - 3:10 13. Stone Cold - 5:17 14. Power - 4:26 15. Can't Let You Go (Turner, Blackmore, Intro-Rosenthal) - 4:18 16. Street of Dreams - 4:23 |
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Line up: - Ronnie James Dio (vocals) - Graham Bonnet (vocals) - Joe Lynn Turner (vocals) - Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) - Micky Lee Soule (keyboards) - Tony Carey (keyboards) - David Stone (keyboards) - Don Airey (keyboards) - Craig Gruber (bass) - Roger Glover (bass) - Bob Daisley (bass) - Jimmy Bain (bass) - Cozy Powell (drums) - Gary Driscoll (drums) - Bobby Rondinelli (drums) |
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Man on the Silver Mountain: (Dio, Blackmore) Im a wheel, Im a wheel I can roll, I can feel And you can't stop me turning Cause I'm the sun, I'm the sun I can move, I can run But you'll never stop me burning Come down with fire Lift my spirit higher Someones screaming my name Come and make me holy again Im the man on the silver mountain Im the man on the silver mountain Im the day, Im the day I can show you the way And look Im right beside you Im the night, Im the night Im the dark and the light With eyes that see inside you Come down with fire Lift my spirit higher Someones screaming my name Come and make me holy again Im the man on the silver mountain Im the man on the silver mountain Just look at me and listen Im the man, the man, give you my hand Come down with fire Lift my spirit higher Im the man on the silver mountain Im the man on the silver mountain Im the night the light The black and the white The man on the silver mountain |
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Catch the Rainbow: (Dio, Blackmore) When evening falls She'll run to me Like whispered dreams Your eyes can't see Soft and warm She'll touch my face A bed of straw Against the lace We believed we'd catch the rainbow Ride the wind to the sun Sail away on ships of wonder But life's not a wheel With chains made of steel So bless me, come the dawn Come the dawn Come the dawn Come the dawn We believed we'd catch the rainbow Ride the wind to the sun Sail away on ships of wonder But life's not a wheel With chains made of steel So bless me, come the dawn Come the dawn Come the dawn Come the dawn |
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Starstruck: (Dio, Blackmore) If I'm high on a hill She will still be looking down at me What does she see That brings her closer every day to my heart If I'm away from home And think I'm all alone She's there, somewhere I look around to see And looking back at me She's there, beware Creeping like a hungry cat Seen it before And I know it can mean that The lady's starstruck she's nothing but bad luck The lady's starstruck running after me The lady's starstruck she's nothing but bad luck, yeah, yeah I could fly to the moon But she'd soon find a way to be there I never knew for a while That a smile made 'em really care She wants a souvenir To everyone it's clear She's hooked, one look She wants a photograph And everybody laughs But not me, 'cause I see She's creeping like a hungry cat Seen it before and I know it can mean that The lady's starstruck she's nothing but bad luck The lady's starstruck running after me The lady's starstruck she's nothing but bad luck, yeah, yeah It used to be a game Now I can't repeat my name at all She seems to believe that I never can refuse her call She wants a souvenir To everyone it's clear She's hooked, one look She wants a photograph And everybody laughs But not me, 'cause I see She's creeping like a hungry cat Seen it before and I know it can mean that The lady's starstruck she's nothing but bad luck The lady's starstruck running after me The lady's starstruck she's nothing but bad luck, yeah, yeah And back of a tree I'm looking back at me Blind and off my state I've just got to beware The lady's starstruck Yes, she's bad luck, bad luck |
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Stargazer: (Dio, Blackmore) High noon Oh I'd sell my soul for water Nine years' worth Of breakin' my back There's no sun in the shadow of the wizard See how he glides Why he's lighter than air Oh I see his face Where is your star Is it far, Is it far, is it far When do we leave I believe, yes, I believe In the heat and the rain With whips and chains Just to see him fly So many die We built a tower of stone With our flesh and bone Just to see him fly Don't know why Now where do we go Hot wind moving fast across the desert We feel that our time has arrived The world spins while we put his wing together A tower of stone to take him straight to the sky Oh I see his face Where is your star It is far, is it far, is it far When do we leave, yeah I believe, I believe In the heat and the rain With whips and chains Just to see him fly So many die All eyes see the figure of the wizard As he climbs to the top of the world No sound as he falls instead of rising Time standing still Then there's blood on the sand Oh I see his face Where was your star Was it far, was it far When did we leave We believe, we believe, we believe In the heat and rain With whips and chains To see him fly So many die We built a tower of stone With out flesh and bone To see him fly But why, it don't rain With all our chains, Did so many die Just to see him fly Look at my flesh and bone Now look, look, look, look Look at this tower of stone I see a rainbow rising Look there on the horizon And I'm coming home Coming home, I'm coming home Time is standing still He gave me back my will Oh, oh, oh, oh Going home I'm going home My eyes are bleeding And my heart is weeping We still hope, we still hope, oh Take me back He gave me back my will Oh, oh, oh, oh Going home I'm going home My eyes are bleeding And my heart is weeping We still hope, we still hope, oh Take me back, take me back Back to my home, oh, oh... |
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Kill the King: (Dio, Blackmore, Powell) Danger, danger the queen's about to kill There's a stranger, stranger and life about to spill Oh no, move me out of harm I need a spell and a charm Fly like the wind I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on Kill the king Tear him down Kill the king Strike him down Power, power it happens every day Power, devour all along the way Oh no, move me out of harm I need a spell and a charm Fly like the wind I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on Kill the king Treason, treason, the specter looms again Treason, treason, the realm is safe and then Oh no, move me out of harm I need a spell and a charm Fly like the rainbow I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on Kill the king Tear him down Kill the king Got to take his crown Kill the king He'll rule no more Strike him dead He'll rule no more Strike him dead The people roar Kill the king Take his head Down, down, down, down Oh, kill Oh, kill Oh, oh |
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Long Live Rock 'n' Roll: (Dio, Blackmore) All right Rock and roll, yeah At the end of a dream If you know what I mean When the mist just starts to clear In a similar way At the end of the day I can feel the sound of writing on the wall It cries for you It's the least that you can do Like a spiral on the wind I can hear it screamin' in my mind Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll Long live rock and roll Let it live In a different time When the words didn't rhyme You could never quite be sure Then on with the change It was simple but strange And you knew the feeling seemed to say it all It cries for you It's the least that you can do Like a spiral on the wind I can hear it screamin' in my mind Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll Long live rock and roll I'm losing control Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll, yeah Long live rock and roll Look you If you suddenly see What has happened to me You should spread the word around And tell everyone here That it is perfectly clear They can sail above it all on what they've found It cries for you It's the best that you can do Like a sound that's everywhere I can hear it screaming through the air Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll Long live rock and roll Let it live, let it live, let it live Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll, yeah Long live rock and roll Banners held high with a curse and cry and it's Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll Long live rock and roll You feel it around, spread it around, make you what just should Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll Long live rock and roll Live, live, live, live Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll Long live rock and roll Let it live, let it live, let it live, let it live Long live rock and roll Long live rock 'n' roll Long live rock and roll |
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Gates of Babylon: (Dio, Blackmore) Look away from the sea I can take you anywhere Spend a vision with me A chase with the wind Move closer to me I can make you anyone I think you're ready to see The gates to babylon The power of what has been before Rises to trap you within A magic carpet ride a genie maybe more A city of heavenly sin Sleep with the devil and then you must pay Sleep with the devil, the devil will take you away Oh gates of babylon You can see but you're blind Someone turned the sun around But you can see in your mind The gates of babylon You're riding the endless caravan Bonded and sold as a slave A saber dance removing all the veils Getting as good as you gave A saber dance removing all the veils Getting as good as you gave Sleep with the devil and then you must pay Sleep with the devil, the devil will take you away Look away from the sea I can take you anywhere Spend a vision with me A chase with the wind Move closer to me I can make you anyone I think you're ready to see The gates of babylon The power of what has been before Rises to trap you within A magic carpet ride a genie maybe more A city of heavenly sin Sleep with the devil and then you must pay Sleep with the devil, the devil will take you away Black gates of babylon The devil is me And I'm holding the key To the gates of sweet hell Babylon |
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Since You Been Gone: (Ballard) I get the same old dreams same time everynight Fall to the ground and I wake up So I get out of bed, put on my shoes and in my head Thoughts fly back to the breakup These four wall are closing in Look at the fix you put me in Since you been gone Since you been gone I'm out of my head can't take it Could I be wrong But since you been gone You cast your spell so break it Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Since you been gone So in the night I stand beneath the backstreet light I read the words that you sent to me I can take the afternoon, the night time comes around too soon You can't know what you mean to me Your poison letter, your telegram Just goes to show you don't give a damn Since you been gone Since you been gone I'm out of my head can't take it Could I be wrong But since you been gone You cast your spell so break it Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Since you been gone If you will come back Baby, you know you'll never do wrong Since you been gone Since you been gone I'm out of my head can't take it Could I be wrong But since you been gone You cast your spell so break it Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Ever since you been gone Since you been gone Since you been gone I'm out of my head can't take it Since you been gone Since you been gone I'm out of my head can't take it |
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All Night Long: (Blackmore, Glover) You're walking up with your eyes on me It's looking good but I just don't know I need a girl who can keep her head all night long You didn't come just to see the show I guess you know what you want to see The way you smile lets me know I can't go wrong I wanna touch you, wanna feel you I wanna make you mine I wanna love you all night long I wanna be with you all night long I wanna love you all night long I wanna be with you all night long I saw you standing there by the stage Your black stockings and your see-through dress You mouth is open but I don't want to hear you say good night You're sorta young but you;re overage I don't care cos I like you're style Don't know about your brain but you look alright I wanna touch you, wanna feel you I wanna make you mine Chorus You're mind is dirty but your hands are clean You're short of class but your legs are long I can't stand to spend another night on my own Hey girl would you like some wine? What's your name are you by yourself? Are you the one, what's your sign, can I take you home? I wanna touch you, wanna feel you Wanna make you mine |
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I Surrender: (Russ Ballard) I surrender to your heart BABE do anything that you want me to do please be tender I'm in your hands girl this is a feeling I never knew you know I tried to make it on my own that's not the way it was meant to be spend my time waiting by the phone oh darling come back to me I surrender, I surrender I'm giving up the role of pretender oh be tender, girl be tender can't you feel the love that I send you I surrender. I remember, seems like a lifetime can't believe it's a matter of days since you left me, I'M NEAR TO heartbreak I want you so bad don't turn away what does it take to stay by my side you know I'll do what you want me to don't take away this feeling inside I'm still in love with you I surrender, I surrender I'm giving up the role of pretender I remember, I remember can't you feel the love that I send you I surrender. I surrender, I surrender darling now won't you be tender surrender, oh surrender feel the love that I send you I surrender. |
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Can't Happen Here: (Blackmore, Glover) Come on, Come on Contaminated fish and micro chips Huge supertankers on Arabian trips Oily propaganda from the leaders' lips All about the future there's people over here, people over there everybody's looking for a little more air crossing others borders just to take their share heading for the future and we're so abused, and we're so confused it's easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse can't happen here, can't happen here all that you fear they're telling you, can't happen here Supersonic planes for a holiday boom Rio de Janeiro in an afternoon people out of work but there's people on the moon looking for the future concrete racetracks nationwide juggernauts all carving up the countryside cars by the million on a one way ride using up the future and we're so abused, and we're so confused it's easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse can't happen here, can't happen here all that you fear they're telling you, can't happen here Satellites spying for the CIA the KGB and the men in red wonder if I'm gonna see another day somewhere in the future We got everything we need for a peaceful time take what you want but you can't take mine everybody's living on the Siegfried Line worried 'bout the future and we're so abused, and we're so confused it's so easy to believe that someone's gonna light it easy to believe someone's gonna light the fuse can't happen here, can't happen here all that you fear they're telling you, can't happen here can it? |
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Jealous Lover: (Turner, Blackmore) Lost and lonely Clouds hide the sun Out on the highway It's all hit and run Cold empty nights Demons in my head It's something I did Or baby something you said And it's hard to discover That you're just another Jealous Lover And its so tough to take But you're making no mistake Jealous Lover Oh Yeah Don't want no other Shades of red Eyes of green Sees black and white And there's no in between Ask me no questions I'll tell you no lies Still you keep thinking That it's all alibis And it's hard to discover You're like any other Jealous Lover And you're saying I'm a fake But you're making a mistake Oh, no no Every day it's the same The faces and the names How long can I go on Playing this game So I live for the nights Soft candle lights Today they love you Then tomorrow they might And it's hard to face Someone else takes your place Jealous Lover And they're saying that's the brakes But I got what it takes Jealous Lover, ohh oh Jealous Lover Jealous Lover Don't need no, no no Don't need no other Jealous Lover, yeah Jealous Lover |
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Stone Cold: Every night I have the same old dream 'bout you and me and what's in between So many changes, so many lies Try to run, try to hick From everything that I feel inside But I can't escape you, or your frozen eyes... Searching in the darkness Fading out of sight Love was here and gone like a thief in the night... Stone Cold... And I knew you so well Stone Cold Can't break away from your spell Another dark and empty night It was wrong I wanna make it night But you are so distant, so far away Your words like ice fall on the ground breaking the silence without a sound Oh familiar strangers, with nothing to say Searching in the darkness Fading out of sight Love was here and gone like a thief in the night Stone Cold... And I thought I knew you so well... Stone Cold... I can't break away from your spell... You leave me Stone Cold Searching in the darkness Fading out of sight Love was here and like a thief in the night Stone Cold... And I thought I knew you so well You Stone Cold... yeah I can't break away from your spell You Stone Cold... baby I thought I knew you so well You're Stone cold... Ice cold... Can't break away from your spell (You put me in the deep freeze) (Oh baby don't you leave me) (Stone... Cold, your leavin' me cold) Stone Cold... I thought I knew you so well Stone Cold... Can't break away from your spell |
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Power: Everybody's sayin' that the times are getting rough You gotta stay loose baby and you gotta be tough...oh I get knocked down...get right back up again Cause I never give up and I never give in... Oh - so strong Got the power when I turn it on Yeah - I'm gonna get my fill Nothin's gonna stop me now and nothin' ever will I got the...power I got the power I feel the power... and don't forget it Make some, break some ain't no big surprise They're gonna wheel ya, deal ya, tell ya all the lies...(realize) But I'm a hot shot, shoot em down let me be (that's me) Cause I got nothin' for nothin' and nothin's ever free...no Oh - so strong All I gotta do is turn it on Yeah - I'm gonna get my fill Nothin's gonna stop me now and nothin' ever will I got the power Oh, I got the power I can feel the power I got the power Yeah yeah yeah...turn it on I can take anything that gets in my way I don't worry 'bout tomorrow I just live for today... Oh - so strong Got that feeling when I turn it on Yeah - I'm gonna get my fill Nothin's gonna stop me now and nothin' ever will I got the power I can feel the power power I can feel the power... Turn it on... Power (can you feel it) Power You can turn it on, turn it on, switch it on behind) Super charged...I can feel the power |
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Can't Let You Go: (Turner, Blackmore, Intro-Rosenthal) And I can't let you go, even though it's over I just can't let you go I know your love is growing colder One look in my eyes and you'll realize You got my heart in your hands Won't you let me know somethin' more Where did we go wrong, girl? I don't wanna fight All I wanna do is try and understand, yeah I'm reaching out for you, babe, what can I do? I've been holding on so long I don't wanna live a lie But I don't wanna say, "Goodbye" I can't let you go, even though it's over I just can't let you go I know your love is growing colder And I can't let you go, even though it's over I don't wanna live a lie But I don't wanna say, "Goodbye" I want you by my side And I can't let you go, even though it's over I just can't let you go I feel your love growing colder And I can't let you go, even though it's over I just can't let you go Feel your love is growing colder Don't go Though I know it's over I just can't let you go |
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Street of Dreams: I heard the sound of voices in the night Spellbound there was someone calling I looked around no one was in sight Pulled down I just kept on falling I've seen this place before You were standing by my side I've seen your face before tonight Maybe I just see what I want it to be I know it's a mystery Do you remember me on a street of dreams Running through my memory On the street of dreams There you stood a distant memory So good like we never parted Said to myself I knew you'd set me free And here we are right back where we started Something's come over me And I don't know what to feel Maybe this fantasy is real Now I know I see what I want it to be But it's still a mystery Do you remember me on the street of dreams Running through my memory On the street of dreams You are on every face I see On the street of dreams SOLO Tell me have you always been On the street of dreams Will we ever meet again my friend Do you know just what it meand to be On the street of dreams Never know just who you'll see do ya On the street of dreams You can be who you want to be oh yeah I can hear you calling me I can feel you haunting me Haunting me |