they usually do evoke a reaction: "dur, its not ozzy or dio, screw it", which is retarded and wrong
They are easily better than, or at least on par with, NSD, TS, SS, Mob Rules, Born Again, and The Devil You Know. To some, that might not mean much.
And these days, they hold the most replay value for me.
Mob Rules is good and all but The Devil You Know is pretty throw away.
Exactly. Apparently the words "on par" are lost on some people.
Nah. Mob Rules isnt all that great. It's good, but the weakest Dio from his first three.
Headless Cross is the weakest Martin album, outside Forbidden
Mob Rules is pretty weak compared to Heaven and Hell, it's still Dio though.
I actually prefer Dehumanizer.
I heard Live Evil for the first time recently. Dio does great on those Ozzy tracks