The Last In Line is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Dio, released on July 2, 1984. It is the first Dio album to feature keyboardist Claude Schnell as a band member. The album became the band's highest-charting album in both the UK and the U.S., reaching number 4 and number 23, respectively. It was certified gold by the RIAA on September 12, 1984, and was the first Dio album to be certified platinum, achieving the feat on February 3, 1987. In the UK, The Last in Line attained Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in January 1986, at the same time as Holy Diver. To date, these are the only two Dio albums to be certified at least platinum. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Las...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)