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First-pressing-only paper sleeve, comes in SHM-CD format. Reissue of the 1984 album by the metal band, and 2009 remastered. 10(+1 bonus) tracks are included.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This record has everything. George Lynch shredding for all he's worth. From the opening chords of without warning to the searing riffs of Turn up the Action, there are no fillers here whatsoever.
How it never sold 20 million records we will never know. Maybe a touch too much blusher?
This is definitive Dokken, as they used to say back then . . . . buy or die.
How it never sold 20 million records we will never know. Maybe a touch too much blusher?
This is definitive Dokken, as they used to say back then . . . . buy or die.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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this album is one of the best that Dokken have ever released. The album released in 1984 holds the best gutar solo track "without warning" by Goerge Lynch and the theme to "Nightmare on elm street 3 the dream warriors" track "into the fire" which is the opening track on the "one live night" album from 1998. out of all the Dokken albums i give this 2nd place to "one live night".
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The title of my review wasn't meant to sound as derogtary as it probably did, but George Lynch was the shining star of this band no two ways about it. Mick Brown was alright at bashing the skins, and Don Dokken has a great falsetto (believe the rumours, his voice aint what it used to be these days), but when all is said and done George Lynch is Dokken. When he left that band, Dokken were just average, to the point where you might as well have been buying a Great White record. The guitars are blazing on this record, not quite face melting as this is still glam metal, but for a soft band Dokken could play heavy when they felt like it. George Lynch has a great guitar tone, but what must be said is that he is quite well known for the unexpected. When you listen to cats like Ynwgie Malmsteen or Michael Angelo Batio, you know what you're getting. With George Lynch you don't and that's the beauty of it! There are moments when he is finger-tapping, but you'd be forgiven for thinking he was noodling expertly at the bottom of the neck. I don't even think Eddie Van Halen makes me "think" when I hear his playing, sure it blows my socks off but I don't say to myself: "Is Eddie tapping there? Because I'm just not sure!"
The songs have become classics of the genre, and although Dokken weren't as sleazy or as shocking as Motley Crue, or perhaps as crude and as Ratt or Poison, they really do set themselves apart. You wont find boots ablaze or bubble gum anthems, what you get here put simply is Dokken...the band full of surprises (Mainly thanks to Lynch.) I find there is one too many acoustic passages in the album, some really could have just have gone in the "save for the next album" pile, but like I say George is full of surprises. The vocals are great, but Don Dokken has a very soft approach. They may not have been writing soppy songs, but Don never ever goes rough and rugged, like Vince Neil or Kip Winger. Having said that he has charisma in abundance, again setting him apart from other frontmen of the day.
"Into the fire" is my favourite track on the album. It's probably up there with Mr Scary in terms of memorability and infectiousness. And who can resist singing along to the chorus? "Alone again" is a ballad which did the band quite well back in the day, but despite the dreamy sighs from the ladies this really is a good song, executed with conviction. On tracks like "Tooth and nail" and "Bullet to spare" the band tap into more of a melodic speed metal onslaught, displaying a great level of versatility and one reason crops of rockers are still talking about this band today. A lot has changed since 1984 but with this album, what we have left is a band at their zenith, playing great songs, timeless songs may I add, which we can all look back on with joy and nostalgia.
The songs have become classics of the genre, and although Dokken weren't as sleazy or as shocking as Motley Crue, or perhaps as crude and as Ratt or Poison, they really do set themselves apart. You wont find boots ablaze or bubble gum anthems, what you get here put simply is Dokken...the band full of surprises (Mainly thanks to Lynch.) I find there is one too many acoustic passages in the album, some really could have just have gone in the "save for the next album" pile, but like I say George is full of surprises. The vocals are great, but Don Dokken has a very soft approach. They may not have been writing soppy songs, but Don never ever goes rough and rugged, like Vince Neil or Kip Winger. Having said that he has charisma in abundance, again setting him apart from other frontmen of the day.
"Into the fire" is my favourite track on the album. It's probably up there with Mr Scary in terms of memorability and infectiousness. And who can resist singing along to the chorus? "Alone again" is a ballad which did the band quite well back in the day, but despite the dreamy sighs from the ladies this really is a good song, executed with conviction. On tracks like "Tooth and nail" and "Bullet to spare" the band tap into more of a melodic speed metal onslaught, displaying a great level of versatility and one reason crops of rockers are still talking about this band today. A lot has changed since 1984 but with this album, what we have left is a band at their zenith, playing great songs, timeless songs may I add, which we can all look back on with joy and nostalgia.
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