Erase the Slate

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Erase the Slate
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 15, 1999
Recorded1998–99
Studio710 Studio and Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach,
Rover Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre Hard rock [1]
Length47:52
Label CMC International (US)
SPV/Steamhammer (Europe)
Mercury (Japan)
Producer Dokken
Dokken chronology
Shadow Life
(1997)
Erase the Slate
(1999)
The Very Best of Dokken
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]

Erase the Slate is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1999. It is the only Dokken studio album to feature former Winger guitarist Reb Beach and the last one with long-time bassist Jeff Pilson.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Reb Beach, Mick Brown, Don Dokken, and Jeff Pilson except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Erase the Slate" 3:47
2."Change the World" 4:35
3."Maddest Hatter" 4:38
4."Drown" 4:53
5."Shattered" 4:40
6."One" Harry Nilsson 3:10
7."Who Believes" 4:23
8."Voice of the Soul" 4:12
9."Crazy Mary Goes Round" 3:00
10."Haunted Lullabye" 4:47
11."In Your Honor" 4:31
12."Little Brown Pill" (Hidden track) 1:16
Japanese CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Upon Your Lips"4:02
14."Sign of the Times"3:14

Personnel

Dokken
Production

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3] 51

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