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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Atco
Salesrank: 34285
Released: May 13, 2008 |
| Our Price: $12.88 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Lightning Strikes Again 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
Editorial Review:
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.
Lightning Strikes Again Reviews:
Lightning Strikes: Again 
2008-09-14 - If you like mid-eighties Dokken, you will like this. We could always hope for more, but this is as good as it gets without a time machine. Don Dokken has delivered a solid DOKKEN album with all of the bells and whistles. It belongs next to "under lock and key" and "back for the attack" in any Dokken fan's cd collection.
The Best Comeback of the year !!! 
2008-09-11 - When you listen to this album you go back in time to the best of the 80"s. It's like listen Dokken and George Lynch in the wildes days.
George? George who? You mean John?
2008-08-23 - Awsome album hands down. I really thought I was listening to George play and not John levin. Way sweet follow up to "Hell To Pay." This album actually reminds of "Dysfunctional," which was a more mature sounding Dokken but it still kept the flavor of the old school. "Lightning Stikes Again" should have been the follow up to "Dysfunctional." By far best album since then, it only took them about ten years but it finally paid off.
Lightning Strikes Again
2008-08-20 - 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"
2008-08-05 - 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.
