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Shadowlife

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Shadowlife
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 1997
Recorded1996–97
Studio
  • Vintage Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona
  • 710 Studios, Redondo Beach, California
  • Albacore Studios, Cave Creek, Arizona
GenreAlternative rock
Length52:03
LabelCMC International
Victor (Japan)
ProducerKelly Gray
Dokken chronology
One Live Night
(1995)
Shadowlife
(1997)
Erase the Slate
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]

Shadowlife is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1997. It marks a change in the band's musical style, moving towards alternative rock. However, critics and fans alike were not pleased with the change, and dismiss the album as one of Dokken's weakest. It is also the last studio album with original lead guitarist George Lynch.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Mick Brown, Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson, and George Lynch except "Here I Stand" and "I Don't Mind" which were co-written by Kelly Gray

No.TitleLength
1."Puppet on a String"4:22
2."Cracks in the Ground"5:01
3."Sky Beneath My Feet"4:36
4."Until I Know"2:18
5."Hello"3:13
6."Convenience Store Messiah"4:28
7."I Feel"4:24
8."Here I Stand"4:43
9."Hard to Believe"4:29
10."Sweet Life"4:23
11."Bitter Regret"3:59
12."I Don't Mind"3:18
13."Until I Know (Slight Return)"2:41
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."How Many Lives"4:48
15."Deep Waters"6:06
  • Tracks 14 and 15 are bonus tracks on the Japanese release (VICP-5839).

Personnel

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Dokken

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Production

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  • Kelly Gray - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Aaron Carey - mixing assistant
  • Eddy Schreyer, Gene Grimaldi - mastering

Charts

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 28
US Billboard 200[4]
146

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dokken - Shadowlife review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  4. ^ "Dokken - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2021.