''Lightning Strikes Again'' is the tenth studio album by the American
heavy metal band
Dokken
Dokken is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band has had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as " Alone Again", " In My Dreams", and ...
. 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.
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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 and drummer
Mick Brown.
Track listing
Personnel
Dokken
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Don Dokken
Donald Maynard Dokken (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and founder of glam metal band Dokken. He is known for his vibrato-laden, melodic vocal style which has made him an influential figure in American ...
– vocals, producer
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Jon Levin
Dokken is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band has had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as " Alone Again", " In My Dreams", and ...
– lead and rhythm guitars
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Barry Sparks – bass guitar
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Mick Brown – drums
Production
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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
References
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Dokken albums
2008 albums
Rhino Entertainment albums
Frontiers Records albums
King Records (Japan) albums