Lightning Strikes Again

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2008 studio album by Dokken

Lightning Strikes Again

Studio album by

Dokken

Released| April 8, 2008
Recorded| 2007
Studio| Chop Shop, Hollywood and Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre| Hard rock, heavy metal
Length| 54:44
Label| Rhino (US)
Frontiers (Europe)
King (Japan)
Producer| Don Dokken, Tim David Kelly[1]
Dokken chronology
| From Conception: Live 1981
(2007)  | Lightning Strikes Again
(2008)  | Greatest Hits
(2010)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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

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All tracks are written by Don Dokken and Jon Levin, except where noted.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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 trackNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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13.| "Sunset Superstar"| Dokken, Levin, Brown| 3:38

Japanese edition bonus trackNo.| Title| Length

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13.| "Leave Me Alone"| 4:18

## Personnel

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### Dokken

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

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Chart (2008)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[7] |

133

US Hard Rock Albums[8] |

US Independent Albums[9] |

## References

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1. ^ "Lightning Strikes Again Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
2. ^ Prato, Greg. "Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
3. ^ Mika Penttinen (May 4, 2008). "Levyarviot: Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again" (in Finnish). Imperiumi. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. 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.

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Dokken

* Don Dokken
* Jon Levin
* Chris McCarvill
* BJ Zampa

* George Lynch
* Reb Beach
* John Norum
* Jeff Pilson
* Juan Croucier
* Barry Sparks
* Sean McNabb
* Greg Leon
* Peter Baltes
* Gary Holland
* Mick Brown

Studio albums|

* Breaking the Chains
* Tooth and Nail
* Under Lock and Key
* Back for the Attack
* Dysfunctional
* Shadowlife
* Erase the Slate
* Long Way Home
* Hell to Pay
* Lightning Strikes Again
* Broken Bones

EPs & compilations|

* Back in the Streets
* The Very Best of Dokken
* Alone Again and Other Hits
* Change the World: An Introduction
* The Definitive Rock Collection
* Greatest Hits

Live albums|

* Beast from the East
* One Live Night
* Live from the Sun
* Japan Live '95
* From Conception: Live 1981

Video albums|

* One Live Night
* Live from the Sun
* Japan Live '95

Singles|

* "Breaking the Chains"
* "Into the Fire"
* "Just Got Lucky"
* "Alone Again"
* "The Hunter"
* "In My Dreams"
* "Dream Warriors"
* "Burning Like a Flame"
* "Too High to Fly"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Lynch Mob
* T&N

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