Track Listing

1. Standing On The Outside
2. Give Me A Reason
3. Heart To Stone
4. Disease
5. How I Miss Your Smile
6. Oasis
7. Point Of No Return
8. I Remember
9. Judgment Day
10. It Means
11. Release Me
12. This Fire

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2400 in Music
• Released on: 2008-05-13
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Singer Don Dokken says he set out to prove something with Dokken’s tenth studio album, Lightening Strikes Again. Taking its title from a track on the band’s platinum 1985 classic Under Lock & Key, the new songs bring the group’s sound full circle. "It’s time that a band from our era did something special and proved that our brand of music is still valid," he says. "Our goal was to create an album that was our best since our heyday." Dokken returns to the band’s roots for its Rhino debut, Lightening Strikes Again. Mixed by Wyn Davis (Dio, Great White), the album features Don Dokken (vocals), Mick Brown (drums), Jon Levin(guitar), and Barry Sparks (bass). Lightening Strikes Again contains 12 tracks, including the breakout songs, "Standing On The Outside," "Oasis," and "Heart To Stone." The album captures the signature mix of barbed-wire riffs and razor-sharp melodies that made Dokken one of the most dominant creative and commercial forces in the world of melodic hard rock.

Customer Reviews

Lightning Strikes Again
This album is Dokken's best since Back for the Attack! I was thrilled to see them go back to the style they are best at. "This Fire" I thought was one of the best songs Dokken has ever wrote, it was an excellent song to cap off a great new album. I recommend this CD to any hard rock fan.

Great Comeback Again With "Lightning Strikes Again"
As awesome, smooth, and brilliant as "Hell To Pay", Dokken's comeback album from 2004, is; their "Lightning Strikes Again" is a really great follow-up to it. The music is still smooth and brilliant so many clever guitar riffs, catchy drum tempos, great bass work, as well as Don Dokken's smooth melodic vocals. Even with George Lynch being long gone from the band, the guitar riffs and solos are still a very big important factor in making each song as awesome and unique as possible. John Levin proves once again to be a very worthy replacement. The rest of the line-up for this album contain Barry Sparks on bass and Mick Brown on drums.

This album tells a very basic but very touching story about a long running relationship that was believed to be perfect just breaking up. Each song contains a lot of emotional yet well worded and well thought out lyrics dealing with that sort of situation with a lot of strong depth and emotion. Don Dokken really brings out the lyrics to each and every track on this album perfectly with the right emotions for each song along with his smooth vocals. The music also backs up the lyrics, depth, and emotions by setting the right mood for each and every track. It is just as easy to feel the depth and emotions for each track through the music as it is through the vocals. The guitar riffs and solos, bass work, drum tempos, and vocals all go together perfectly without missing a beat or getting sloppy even once. There are a lot of great multi-talents and sophistication being present to form a very fine unique art to this album. The album is also in top production to help bring out the great talents and other fine qualities about it even more.

Dokken has been around for over twenty-five years now, and they are still together and still going strong. Their concerts are still getting large turn-outs and their albums are still selling millions of copies all over the world. This album is one fine example of why all that is.

Dokken's best album ever, and the best ROCK cd of 2008 *
On Lightning Strikes Again, Dokken has the comeback of the year and quite possibly the best hard rock record of 2008. For the fans-this is exactly what we've been waiting for. This may be Dokken's best album ever-in terms of songwriting, lyrics, inspired arrangements and quality production. As far as band member performance, John Levin has that classic George Lynch sound down perfect, but enough of his own style to make it interesting. Having Mick Brown still on the drums as tight and punchy as ever is great to hear, he's an excellent drummer. Barry Sparks on the bass has got the perfect style, unobtrusive and solid. Some reviews have made negative comments about Don Dokken's voice on this cd...for me, his vocals are awesome. Yes, it's true he can't sing quite like he used to 20 years ago, so what? Who can? I actually like his voice on this cd, sounding a little raspy and even mildly straining at times. It's real, it's raw, and it's still got that fire. There's an old saying that a lot of music snobs don't get these days, and that's: "It ain't perfect but it's close enough for Rock & Roll". And this is Rock and Roll.
So Don Dokken- kudos and bravo to you, for bringing the real ROCK! As far as favorite songs, tracks like "Oasis", "Give Me A Reason", "Standing On The Outside", "Point Of No Return", "It Means" and "Judgement Day" certainly rank right up there with the band's all time classics from their heyday. These songs are catchy, have enough hooks, killer riffs, and strong vocal melodies, to get stuck in your head on the first listen. Even the ballads are well written and tuneful, never sinking to the 2nd rate, cheesed-out depths of many late 80's power ballads, that helped sink and nearly kill a whole genre of music.
This is the new standard of melodic hard rock in the new millennium. This band is tight, hard rocking and real. Lightning has struck again, and Dokken is back for the attack!