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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{More citations needed|date=November 2010}}
Name = Lightning Strikes Again |
{{Infobox album
Type = studio |
Artist = [[Dokken]] |
| name = Lightning Strikes Again
| type = studio
Cover = Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again.jpg|
Released = [[May 13]], [[2008]] |
| artist = [[Dokken]]
| cover = Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again.jpg
Recorded = 2007 |
| alt =
Genre = [[heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<br>[[Hard rock]] |
| released = April 8, 2008
Length = 54:44 |
| recorded = 2007
Label = [[Atco Records|Atco]], [[Rhino Records|Rhino]],, [[Frontiers Records|Frontiers]] |
Reviews =
| venue =
| studio = Chop Shop, Hollywood and [[Total Access Recording]], Redondo Beach, California
*[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k9ftxzlhldfe link] |
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
Last album = ''[[From Conception: Live 1981]]''<br />(2007) |
| length = 54:44
This album = '''''Lightning Strikes Again'''''<br />(2008) |
| label = [[Rhino Records|Rhino]] <small>(US)</small><br />[[Frontiers Records|Frontiers]] <small>(Europe)</small><br />[[King Records (Japan)|King]] <small>(Japan)</small>
| producer = [[Don Dokken]], [[Tim David Kelly]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lightning Strikes Again Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lightning-strikes-again-r1211856/credits| work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |accessdate=June 24, 2011}}</ref>
| prev_title = [[From Conception: Live 1981]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Greatest Hits (Dokken album)|Greatest Hits]]
| next_year = 2010
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
'''''Lightning Strikes Again''''' is the tenth studio album by [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Dokken]], following up the ''[[Hell to Pay (Dokken album)|Hell to Pay]]'' album. It was originally scheduled for release on [[October 24]], [[2007]] in Japan and [[October 29]]th worldwide, but was postponed until 2008. The album was eventually released [[May 13]]th in the US.<ref name="Release Date">{{cite web | title = LSA release dates: LSA release dates | url = http://www.cdinzane.com/Catalog.cfm?Action=RunSearch&SearchType=SearchKeyword&SearchText=dokken&StartRow=11 | accessdate = 2008-02-04}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
The album had a strong debut at #133 on the Billboard Top 200, the band's best chart performance since 1995.<ref name="LSA Billboard position">{{cite web | title = LSA Billboard position: LSA Billboard position | url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4479&model.vnuAlbumId=895976 | accessdate = 2008-05-28}}</ref> It was also met by some of the best reviews since the band's classic era in the 1980s.
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lightning-strikes-again-mw0000785710/releases |title=Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again review |last=Prato |first=Greg |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=October 17, 2015 }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Imperiumi''
| rev2Score = (Unrated)<ref name="Levyarviot: Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again">{{cite web|url=http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=7510|publisher=Imperiumi|author=Mika Penttinen|title=Levyarviot: Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again|date=May 4, 2008|accessdate=October 7, 2012| language=Finnish}}</ref>
| noprose=yes
}}

'''''Lightning Strikes Again''''' is the tenth studio album by the American [[Heavy metal music|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/dokken-lightning-strikes-again-2496148481.html |title=Dokken: Lightning Strikes Again |work=PopMatters |date=June 10, 2008 |accessdate=July 28, 2019 |author=Begrand, Adrien}}</ref><ref name="Release Date">{{cite web | title = LSA release dates: LSA release dates | url = http://www.cdinzane.com/Catalog.cfm?Action=RunSearch&SearchType=SearchKeyword&SearchText=dokken&StartRow=11 | accessdate = February 4, 2008}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
The album entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 133, the band's best chart performance since 2004.<ref name="LSA Billboard position">{{cite web | title = LSA Billboard position: LSA Billboard position | url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=dokken|chart=all}} | accessdate = May 28, 2008}}</ref> 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 (musician)|Mick Brown]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing = [[Don Dokken]] and [[Jon Levin]], except where noted
| title1 = Standing on the Outside
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = Give Me a Reason
| length2 = 3:50
| title3 = Heart to Stone
| length3 = 3:56
| title4 = Disease
| writer4 = [[Mick Brown (musician)|Mick Brown]], Dokken
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = How I Miss Your Smile
| writer5 = Dokken
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Oasis
| length6 = 3:40
| title7 = Point of No Return
| length7 = 4:23
| title8 = I Remember
| writer8 = Dokken
| length8 = 4:48
| title9 = Judgement Day
| length9 = 4:02
| title10 = It Means
| length10 = 4:42
| title11 = Release Me
| length11 = 5:45
| title12 = This Fire
| length12 = 4:42
}}
{{track listing
| headline = European edition bonus track
| title13 = Sunset Superstar
| writer13 = Dokken, Levin, Brown
| length13 = 3:38
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title13 = Leave Me Alone
| length13 = 4:18
}}


==Personnel==
All tracks written by [[Don Dokken]] and [[Jon Levin]], except where noted:
===Dokken===
*[[Don Dokken]] – vocals, producer
*[[Jon Levin]] – lead and rhythm guitars
*[[Barry Sparks]] – bass guitar
*[[Mick Brown (musician)|Mick Brown]] – drums


===Production===
#"Standing on the Outside" - 3:52
*[[Tim David Kelly]] – co-producer, engineer
#"Give Me a Reason" - 3:50
*Wyn Davis – engineer, mixing, mastering, keyboards on "How I Miss Your Smile"
#"Heart to Stone" - 3:56
*Chris Baseford, Mike Sutherland, Mike Lesniak, Mike Sheraton – engineers
#"Disease" ([[Mick Brown (musician)|Mick Brown]], Don Dokken)- 3:30
#"How I Miss Your Smile" (Don Dokken) - 4:01
#"Oasis" - 3:40
#"Point of No Return" - 4:23
#"I Remember" (Don Dokken) - 4:48
#"Judgement Day" - 4:02
#"It Means" - 4:42
#"Release Me" - 5:45
#"This Fire" - 4:42
===Import CD bonus tracks===
'''Europe'''
#<li value=13>"Sunset Superstar" - 3:28
'''Japan'''
#<li value=13>"Leave Me Alone" - 4:18


==Personnel==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
*[[Don Dokken]] – Vocals
|-
*[[Jon Levin]] – Lead and Rhythm Guitars
! Chart (2008)
*[[Barry Sparks]] – Bass Guitar
! Peak<br />position
*[[Mick Brown (musician)|Mick Brown]] – Drums
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/dokken/chart-history/billboard-200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509053546/https://www.billboard.com/music/dokken/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Dokken – Chart history – Billboard|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=May 9, 2018|access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref>
| {{center|133}}
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Hard Rock Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/301073/dokken/chart?f=795|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011060528/http://www.billboard.com/artist/301073/dokken/chart?f=795|title=Dokken – Chart history – Billboard|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=October 11, 2014|access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref>
| {{center|18}}
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Independent Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/301073/dokken/chart?f=326|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028062701/http://www.billboard.com/artist/301073/dokken/chart?f=326|title=Dokken – Chart history – Billboard|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=October 28, 2014|access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref>
| {{center|39}}
|}


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Revision as of 17:40, 19 May 2024

Lightning Strikes Again
Studio album by
Dokken
ReleasedApril 8, 2008
Recorded2007
StudioChop Shop, Hollywood and Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length54:44
LabelRhino (US)
Frontiers (Europe)
King (Japan)
ProducerDon Dokken, Tim David Kelly[1]
Dokken chronology
From Conception: Live 1981
(2007) 		Lightning Strikes Again
(2008) 		Greatest Hits
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Don Dokken and Jon Levin, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Standing on the Outside" 3:52
2."Give Me a Reason" 3:50
3."Heart to Stone" 3:56
4."Disease"Mick Brown, Dokken3:30
5."How I Miss Your Smile"Dokken4:01
6."Oasis" 3:40
7."Point of No Return" 4:23
8."I Remember"Dokken4:48
9."Judgement Day" 4:02
10."It Means" 4:42
11."Release Me" 5:45
12."This Fire" 4:42
European edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sunset Superstar"Dokken, Levin, Brown3:38
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Leave Me Alone"4:18

Personnel

Dokken

Production

  • Tim David Kelly – co-producer, engineer
  • Wyn Davis – engineer, mixing, mastering, keyboards on "How I Miss Your Smile"
  • Chris Baseford, Mike Sutherland, Mike Lesniak, Mike Sheraton – engineers

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7]
133
US Hard Rock Albums[8]
18
US Independent Albums[9]
39

References

  1. ^ "Lightning Strikes Again Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  2. ^ Prato, Greg. "Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Mika Penttinen (May 4, 2008). "Levyarviot: Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again" (in Finnish). Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  4. ^ Begrand, Adrien (June 10, 2008). "Dokken: Lightning Strikes Again". PopMatters. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "LSA release dates: LSA release dates". Retrieved February 4, 2008. [dead link‍]
  6. ^ "LSA Billboard position: LSA Billboard position". Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  7. ^ "Dokken – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Dokken – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "Dokken – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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