Breaking the Chains (album)

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All tracks are written by Don Dokken and George Lynch, except where noted

Breaking the Chains
Dokken - 1981 - Breakin' the Chains (original).jpg
First edition cover art
Studio album by
Dokken
Released1981 (Europe)
May 1982 (UK) [1]
September 1983 (US)
Studio Dierks Studios, Cologne
Genre
Length
  • 34:37 (1981 version)
  • 36:24 (1983 version)
Label Carrere
Producer Michael Wagener, Dokken
Dokken chronology
Back in the Streets
(1979)		Breaking the Chains
(1981)		 Tooth and Nail
(1984)
Singles from Breaking the Chains
  1. "I Can't See You"
    Released: 1981 (Germany) [4]
  2. "Young Girls"
    Released: 1981 (Germany) [5]
  3. "We're Illegal"
    Released: April 1982 (UK) [6]
  4. "Breaking the Chains"
    Released: November 1983 (US) [7]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Breakin' the Chains" 3:50
2."Seven Thunders"Dokken, Lynch, Mick Brown 3:50
3."I Can't See You"Dokken, Juan Croucier 3:30
4."In the Middle" 3:45
5."We're Illegal"Dokken, Lynch, Croucier3:37
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Paris" 3:42
7."Stick to Your Guns" 3:30
8."Young Girls" 3:15
9."Felony" 3:07
10."Nightrider"Dokken, Lynch, Brown3:11
Total length:34:37

1983 Breaking the Chains (Elektra Records)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Breaking the Chains" 3:43
2."In the Middle" 3:43
3."Felony" 3:08
4."I Can't See You"Dokken, Juan Croucier3:12
5."Live to Rock (Rock to Live)"Dokken, Lynch, Croucier3:39
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Nightrider"Dokken, Lynch, Mick Brown 3:13
7."Seven Thunders"Dokken, Lynch, Brown3:55
8."Young Girls" 3:14
9."Stick to Your Guns" 3:25
10."Paris Is Burning" (live in Berlin, December 1982) 5:07
Total length:36:24

Personnel

1981 Album

Tracks 6, 7 and 8 were recorded at Dierks Studios as demos for Carrere. Don Dokken, Peter Baltes, and Bobby Blotzer were involved. [14] Later, the main album sessions commenced with Dokken and Baltes as well as George Lynch and Mick Brown. Lynch overdubbed a guitar solo on track 6. The band soon returned to Germany with Juan Croucier, their regular bassist, to record tracks 5 and 9.

1983 Album

Production

Notes

On the original Breakin' the Chains Carrere Records version, released under the name Don Dokken, several song titles are misspelled on the back cover. Namely "I Can't See You" ("I Can See You"), "Stick to Your Guns" ("Still to Your Guns"), and "Young Girls" ("Young Girl"). On the French Carrere vinyl release, the songs are spelled correctly, but George Lynch's name is misspelled as "Georges Lynch".

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [15] 75
US Billboard 200 [16]
136

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