Magica - Dio

Dio puts out a concept album. And totally confuses everyone with it (or at least me and some folks I've spoken to). I was very pleased because Tracy G was gone, and a guitarist I did like (Craig Goldie) returned. However the album confused me. That's because I tried to make sense of the story/concept. Once I forgot about that, and just listened to the music, it worked great. I totally cannot comprehend the concept here. There is also a 15 minute spoken word track at the end spoken by Dio about the "Magica Concept". It's unlistenable. I tried twice, and the second time I forced myself to try and get through it, and I couldn't. The song "Fever Dreams" is one of Dio's all time great ones. The music is great. The concept is not. In addition to the regular version, I also have a promo copy autographed by the band (see image).