Dysfunctional (album)

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Dysfuntional
Studio album by Dokken
Released	May 16, 1995
Genre	Heavy metal
Dokken chronology
The Best of Dokken (1994)	Dysfunctional (1995)	One Live Night (1995)

Dysfuntional is a 1995 alternative rock album by heavy metal band Dokken. This album was more of a marketing move than an inspired musical collaboration. All of the members from the group's highwater mark in the 1980s returned for Dysfunctional, but they sound as if they have not resolved their differences yet. None of the songs are fully-formed or feature memorable hooks. Don Dokken's voice has worn away over the years, and he can no longer sell mediocre material on the basis of his charisma. George Lynch plays fine, but his solos sound as if they were pasted on after the original track was recorded. While it's good to have the guitarist back in action, he deserved a better platform than the songs on Dysfunctional.

Although the album charted respectably at #47, sales quickly dropped off and the album failed to even go Gold, nothing like the Platinum Dokken releases of the '80s.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Inside Looking Out" – 4:08
2. "Hole in My Head" – 4:33
3. "The Maze" – 4:50
4. "Too High to Fly" – 7:10
5. "Nothing Left to Say" – 4:30
6. "Shadows of Life" – 4:33
7. "Long Way Home" – 5:12
8. "Sweet Chains" – 5:46
9. "Lesser of Two Evils" – 4:03
10. "What Price" – 5:45
11. "From the Beginning" – 4:12
12. "When the Good Die Young*"

• *Bonus track found on Japanese version of this album.