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Lightning Strikes Again | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 8, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
Studio | Chop Shop, Hollywood and Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 54:44 | |||
Label | Rhino (US) Frontiers (Europe) King (Japan) | |||
Producer | Don Dokken, Tim David Kelly [1] | |||
Dokken chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Imperiumi | (Unrated) [3] |
Lightning Strikes Again is the tenth studio album by the American heavy metal band Dokken. It was originally scheduled for release on October 24, 2007, in Japan and on October 29 worldwide, but was postponed until 2008. The album was eventually released in the UK on April 8, 2008, and in the US on May 13. [4] [5] The album entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 133, the band's best chart performance since 2004. [6] It received some of the best reviews since the band's classic era in the 1980s. The album title comes from a track from their 1985 album Under Lock and Key . The album is also the last to feature bassist Barry Sparks and drummer Mick Brown.
All tracks are written by Don Dokken and Jon Levin, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Standing on the Outside" | 3:52 | |
2. | "Give Me a Reason" | 3:50 | |
3. | "Heart to Stone" | 3:56 | |
4. | "Disease" | Mick Brown, Dokken | 3:30 |
5. | "How I Miss Your Smile" | Dokken | 4:01 |
6. | "Oasis" | 3:40 | |
7. | "Point of No Return" | 4:23 | |
8. | "I Remember" | Dokken | 4:48 |
9. | "Judgement Day" | 4:02 | |
10. | "It Means" | 4:42 | |
11. | "Release Me" | 5:45 | |
12. | "This Fire" | 4:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Sunset Superstar" | Dokken, Levin, Brown | 3:38 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Leave Me Alone" | 4:18 |
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200 [7] | 133 |
US Hard Rock Albums [8] | 18 |
US Independent Albums [9] | 39 |
Dokken is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1976. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band has had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as "Alone Again", "In My Dreams", and "Burning Like a Flame", and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. The live album Beast from the East was nominated for the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1989.
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