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| Released = May 13, 2008
| Released = May 13, 2008
| Recorded = 2007
| Recorded = 2007
| Studio = Chop Shop, Hollywood and [[Total Access Recording]], Redondo Beach, California
| Genre = [[heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<br>[[Hard rock]]
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[hard rock]]
| Length = 54:44
| Length = 54:44
| Label = [[Rhino Records|Rhino]] <small>(US)</small><br>[[Frontiers Records|Frontiers]] <small>(Europe)</small><br>[[King Records (Japan)|King]] <small>(Japan)</small>
| Producer = [[Tim David Kelly]],<ref name="AllMusic.com">{{cite web|title=AllMusic.com|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lightning-strikes-again-r1211856/credits|accessdate=June 24, 2011}}</ref> [[Don Dokken]]<ref name="AllMusic.com"/>
| 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>
| Label = [[Atco Records|Atco]], [[Rhino Records|Rhino]], [[Frontiers Records|Frontiers]]
| Last album = ''[[From Conception: Live 1981]]''<br />(2007)
| Last album = ''[[From Conception: Live 1981]]''<br />(2007)
| This album = '''''Lightning Strikes Again'''''<br />(2008)
| This album = '''''Lightning Strikes Again'''''<br />(2008)
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|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 |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |accessdate=2015-10-17 }}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1211856|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''Imperiumi''
| 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=04.05.2008|accessdate=October 7, 2012}}</ref>
| 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=4 May 2008|accessdate=October 7, 2012| language=Finnish}}</ref>
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'''''Lightning Strikes Again''''' is the tenth studio album by [[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 on May 13 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}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
'''''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 on May 13 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}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
The album entered the Billboard Top 200 at #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 = 2008-05-28}}</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]].
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 = 2008-05-28}}</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]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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#"Give Me a Reason" - 3:50
#"Give Me a Reason" - 3:50
#"Heart to Stone" - 3:56
#"Heart to Stone" - 3:56
#"Disease" ([[Mick Brown (musician)|Mick Brown]], Don Dokken)- 3:30
#"Disease" ([[Mick Brown (musician)|Mick Brown]], Dokken)- 3:30
#"How I Miss Your Smile" (Don Dokken) - 4:01
#"How I Miss Your Smile" (Dokken) - 4:01
#"Oasis" - 3:40
#"Oasis" - 3:40
#"Point of No Return" - 4:23
#"Point of No Return" - 4:23
#"I Remember" (Don Dokken) - 4:48
#"I Remember" (Dokken) - 4:48
#"Judgement Day" - 4:02
#"Judgement Day" - 4:02
#"It Means" - 4:42
#"It Means" - 4:42
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#"This Fire" - 4:42
#"This Fire" - 4:42


===Import CD bonus tracks===
;European edition bonus track
⚫
#<li value="13">"Sunset Superstar" (Dokken, Levin, Brown) - 3:38
'''Europe'''

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#<li value="13">"Sunset Superstar" - 3:38</li>
;Japanese edition bonus track
'''Japan'''
#<li value=13>"Leave Me Alone" - 4:18
#<li value=13>"Leave Me Alone" - 4:18


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Don Dokken]] – vocals
===Dokken===
*[[Don Dokken]] – vocals, producer
*[[Jon Levin]] – lead and rhythm guitars
*[[Jon Levin]] – lead and rhythm guitars
*[[Barry Sparks]] – bass guitar
*[[Barry Sparks]] – bass guitar
*[[Mick Brown (musician)|Mick Brown]] – drums
*[[Mick Brown (musician)|Mick Brown]] – drums

===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


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Dokken albums]]
[[Category:Dokken albums]]
[[Category:2008 albums]]
[[Category:2008 albums]]



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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 on May 13 in the US.[4] The album entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 133, the band's best chart performance since 2004.[5] 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.

Track listing

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

  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
European edition bonus track
  2. "Sunset Superstar" (Dokken, Levin, Brown) - 3:38
Japanese edition bonus track
  2. "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

References

  1. ^ "Lightning Strikes Again Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  2. ^ Prato, Greg. "Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  3. ^ Mika Penttinen (4 May 2008). "Levyarviot: Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again" (in Finnish). Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "LSA release dates: LSA release dates". Retrieved 2008-02-04. [dead link‍]
  5. ^ "LSA Billboard position: LSA Billboard position". Retrieved 2008-05-28.
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