Lightning Strikes Again

Lightning Strikes Again
Studio album by Dokken
Released	May 13, 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Heavy metal Hard rock
Length	54:44
Label	Atco, Rhino, Frontiers
Producer	Tim David Kelly,[1] Don Dokken[1]
Dokken chronology
From Conception: Live 1981 (2007) Lightning Strikes Again (2008) Greatest Hits (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Imperiumi	(Unrated)[3]

Lightning Strikes Again is the tenth studio album by 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 on May 13 in the US.^[4] The album entered the Billboard Top 200 at #133, the band's best chart performance since 2004.^[5] 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 last to feature bassist Barry Sparks on.

Track listing

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

1. "Standing on the Outside" - 3:52
2. "Give Me a Reason" - 3:50
3. "Heart to Stone" - 3:56
4. "Disease" (Mick Brown, Don Dokken)- 3:30
5. "How I Miss Your Smile" (Don Dokken) - 4:01
6. "Oasis" - 3:40
7. "Point of No Return" - 4:23
8. "I Remember" (Don Dokken) - 4:48
9. "Judgement Day" - 4:02
10. "It Means" - 4:42
11. "Release Me" - 5:45
12. "This Fire" - 4:42

Import CD bonus tracks

Europe

13. "Sunset Superstar" - 3:38

Japan

13. "Leave Me Alone" - 4:18

Personnel

• Don Dokken – vocals
• Jon Levin – lead and rhythm guitars
• Barry Sparks – bass guitar
• Mick Brown – drums

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "AllMusic.com". Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
2. ↑ Allmusic review
3. ↑ Mika Penttinen (04.05.2008). "Levyarviot: Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. ↑ "LSA release dates: LSA release dates". Retrieved 2008-02-04. 
5. ↑ "LSA Billboard position: LSA Billboard position". Retrieved 2008-05-28.