The Last In Line
by Dio
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Dio bestography
The Last In Line is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by Dio on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dio is Holy Diver which is ranked number 1148 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,529.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Last In Line track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Last In Line rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 14 Music Albums of 1984 | 7/14 | 3 |
| 2026 |  identifer | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 16/50 | 14 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 301-400 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 72/100 | 29 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Masterpieces | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1984 | 2/50 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1984: Metal | 27/71 | - |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 94 Music Albums of the 1980s | 15/94 | 17 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 120 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 522 | |||
The Last In Line collection
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The Last In Line ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/06/2026 16:34 | identifer | 1,005 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 10:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,059 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2026 07:00 | heavensin | 84 | 94/100 |
Rating metrics:
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
The Last In Line favourites
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The Last In Line forum mentions
pedro1976 05/12/2023 08:46 in What album are you listening to right now?
neilgee 03/12/2023 17:39 in What music video are you watching right now?The Last In Line comments
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timtooky 04/10/2014 12:57 | #108927 | TOP COMMENT
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authentic and native heavy metal album. if you like this kind of music (pure heavy metal), you will adore this one quite likely. dio has a fantastic hardrock voice - maybe the best? imo much more intense than judas priest's shot.
A lot of people believe Dio's best solo work is Holy Diver, but I actually get a very slight nod to this.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/21/2013 19:17 | #82086 | TOP COMMENT
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Holy Diver it ain't. Another classic heavy metal album it is.
Jboy56 05/29/2024 11:18 | #303771 | TOP COMMENT
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Very solid but now very famous or played. but nevertheless (Edited)
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