Lightning Strikes Again

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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. The album entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 133, the band's best chart performance since 2004. 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

13. "Sunset Superstar" (Dokken, Levin, Brown) - 3:38

Japanese edition bonus track

13. "Leave Me Alone" - 4:18

Personnel

Dokken

• Don Dokken – vocals, producer
• Jon Levin – lead and rhythm guitars
• Barry Sparks – bass guitar
• 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