Lightning Strikes Again

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Lightning Strikes Again
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2008
Recorded2007
StudioChop Shop, Hollywood and Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock
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[edit]

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[edit]

Dokken[edit]

Production[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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 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.