Shadowlife

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Shadowlife
Dokken - Shadowlife.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 1997
Recorded1996–97
Studio
  • Vintage Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona
  • 710 Studios, Redondo Beach, California
  • Albacore Studios, Cave Creek, Arizona
Genre Alternative rock
Length52:03
Label CMC International
Victor (Japan)
Producer Kelly Gray
Dokken chronology
One Live Night
(1995)
Shadowlife
(1997)
Erase the Slate
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [2]

Shadowlife is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1997. It marks a change in the band's musical style, moving towards alternative rock. However, critics and fans alike were not pleased with the change, and dismiss the album as one of Dokken's weakest. It is also the last studio album with original lead guitarist George Lynch.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mick Brown, Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson, and George Lynch except "Here I Stand" and "I Don't Mind" which were co-written by Kelly Gray

No.TitleLength
1."Puppet on a String"4:22
2."Cracks in the Ground"5:01
3."Sky Beneath My Feet"4:36
4."Until I Know"2:18
5."Hello"3:13
6."Convenience Store Messiah"4:28
7."I Feel"4:24
8."Here I Stand"4:43
9."Hard to Believe"4:29
10."Sweet Life"4:23
11."Bitter Regret"3:59
12."I Don't Mind"3:18
13."Until I Know (Slight Return)"2:41
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."How Many Lives"4:48
15."Deep Waters"6:06

Personnel

Dokken

Production

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3] 28
US Billboard 200 [4]
146

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