Lightning Strikes Again

Lightning Strikes Again
Studio album by Dokken
Released	May 13, 2008
Recorded	2007
Studio	Chop Shop, Hollywood and Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
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)

Professional ratings
Review 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 on May 13 in the US.^[4] The album entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 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 the last to feature bassist Barry Sparks.

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, 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 track

13. "Sunset Superstar" (Dokken, Levin, Brown) - 3:38

Japanese edition bonus track

13. "Leave Me Alone" - 4:18

Personnel

Dokken

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

Production

• 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

References

1. "Lightning Strikes Again Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
2. Prato, Greg. "Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
3. Mika Penttinen (May 4, 2008). "Levyarviot: Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again" (in Finnish). Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
4. "LSA release dates: LSA release dates". Retrieved February 4, 2008.
5. "LSA Billboard position: LSA Billboard position". Retrieved May 28, 2008.