Up from the Ashes (Don Dokken album)

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Up from the Ashes
Don Dokken - Up from the Ashes.jpg
Studio album by
Don Dokken
ReleasedAugust 28, 1990 (1990-08-28) [1]
Studio Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre
Length54:02
Label Geffen
Producer Don Dokken, Wyn Davis, Tom Zutaut
Don Dokken chronology
Breakin' the Chains
(1981)		Up from the Ashes
(1990)		 Solitary
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [4]
Rock Hard 8/10 [2]

Up from the Ashes is the first [nb 1] [5] solo studio album by Don Dokken, best known as the lead singer of American glam metal band Dokken. The sound of the album continues the more commercial sound that Dokken began to incorporate into their music with Under Lock and Key . [6] Whilst working on the album, it was originally intended to be a new Dokken album as a band with a new lineup rather than a solo album, but due to the lawsuit between Don Dokken and his former bandmates, it was released under Don Dokken's name. [7]

Contents

The album did not quite achieve the commercial success achieved by Dokken, but it did reach the Top 50 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US. [8] The line-up for this album consisted of Don Dokken performing vocals, John Norum formerly of Europe on lead guitar, Billy White formerly of Watchtower on lead guitar, Peter Baltes formerly of Accept on bass, and Mikkey Dee formerly of King Diamond and subsequently of Motörhead on drums. The original drummer for the Don Dokken band was Hempo Hildén, formerly in John Norum's band but he was replaced after a few photo sessions and does not play on the album. [9] The music videos for the songs "Stay" and "Mirror Mirror" received airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball . "When Love Finds a Fool" was co-written with former Deep Purple and Black Sabbath singer Glenn Hughes, who also provided backing vocals for the song.

For the album, Don Dokken "[had] a rule", that all the band members must live in the same house. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Crash 'N Burn" Don Dokken, Billy White5:30
2."1000 Miles Away"Dokken, John Norum 5:00
3."When Some Nights"Dokken, Norum, White4:27
4."Forever"Dokken, Wyn Davis5:16
5."Living a Lie"Dokken, Norum4:38
6."When Love Finds a Fool"Dokken, Glenn Hughes 5:34
7."Give It Up"Dokken, White4:11
8."Mirror Mirror"Dokken, White, Mark Spiro 4:36
9."Stay"Dokken, Mick Brown 4:28
10."Down in Flames"Dokken, White5:11
11."The Hunger"Dokken, White5:03

Personnel

Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [11] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 38
US Billboard 200 [14] 50

Notes

  1. ↑ Second solo album overall if one counts Breakin' The Chains in 1981 under Don Dokken's moniker name instead of Dokken name in the 1983 reissue/remix.

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". CMJ New Music Report. August 17, 1990. p. 70.
  2. 1 2 "DOKKEN - Up From The Ashes". Rock Hard. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ Jeffries, Vincent. "Don Dokken Up from the Ashes". AllMusic . Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 126. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  5. ↑ "“Dokken, the hard rock band that tore itself apart". Louder Sound. Retrieved 30 September 2024
  6. ↑ Call, SCOTT KERBER, The Morning (December 28, 1990). "NEW DOKKEN BAND IS NOT A MIRROR IMAGE OF ORIGINAL". mcall.com. Retrieved June 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "DON DOKKEN On 1990's Up From The Ashes "Solo" Record". bravewords.com. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Don Dokken - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Lite information om Hempo Hildén, grundare till greenrock.nu" (in Swedish). Greenrock.nu. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ Herrmann, Brenda (November 19, 1990). "NAME OF THE GAME". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  11. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
  12. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Don Dokken – Up from the Ashes". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Don Dokken – Up from the Ashes". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Don Dokken Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
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