---
title: "Best Ballads by Dio"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/247fc5bc-b6e0-4bde-8ee0-53f62c7d810c"
artist: "Dio"
year: 1996
---

# Best Ballads

**Best Ballads** is a compilation by Dio, released in 1996.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Best Ballads |
| Artist | Dio |
| Type | Compilation |
| Year | 1996 |
| Tracks | 12 |
| Place in discography | 16 of 69 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | All the Fools Sailed Away | 7:13 |
| 2 | Shame on the Night | 5:19 |
| 3 | Between Two Hearts | 6:31 |
| 4 | Give Her the Gun | 6:00 |
| 5 | Egypt (The Chains Are on) | 6:57 |
| 6 | Invisible | 5:26 |
| 7 | Lock Up the Wolves | 8:32 |
| 8 | Strange Highways | 6:54 |
| 9 | Evil on Queen Street | 6:04 |
| 10 | Happy | 5:29 |
| 11 | Sitting in a Dream | 3:41 |
| 12 | Homeward | 4:18 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Angry Machines (1996)](https://themetalnet.com/album/f29a000b-67f8-3803-bb82-f6f5eaee5b52)
- Next release: [Holy Evil (1996)](https://themetalnet.com/album/d0789f13-b903-475e-b858-f3d4428d9b9f)

## Artist

- [Dio](https://themetalnet.com/band/dio)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/247fc5bc-b6e0-4bde-8ee0-53f62c7d810c](https://themetalnet.com/album/247fc5bc-b6e0-4bde-8ee0-53f62c7d810c). Catalog compiled from open music-metadata sources. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt