Breaking the Chains

Breaking the Chains

by Dokken
Breaking the Chains

Breaking the Chains

by Dokken

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - Special Edition / 180 Gram Vinyl / Colored Vinyl)

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Overview

After vocalist Don Dokken supplied backup belting on the Scorpions' scorcher Blackout, producer Dieter Dierks gave him leftover studio time to produce demos. Guitarist George Lynch, drummer Mick Brown, and bassist Juan Croucier (who immediately left to form Ratt) rounded out the rockin' Dokken. Combining Teutonic thunder with Sunset Strip sensibilities, the band began carving out a comfortable niche in the '80s hair market with this Carrere release, soon remixed and remastered for proper distribution by Elektra. The quartet's debut slings cliches fast and furious, but the shopworn staples seem bearable because the playing is at peak form. Opener "Breaking the Chains" remains a pop/rock perennial (forever linked to the accompanying apocalyptic video wherein Don and the boys, well, break the chains). The remainder of side one, while unremarkable, still sticks to the ribs after only a couple of spins. Side two begins to lag until the sizzling final cut, the live "Paris Is Burning" (originally a studio track called "Paris"), erupts into flames through the phenomenal fretwork of dazzling axe-god Lynch, a legend from an era with no shortage of six-string-heroes. After intense glory in the Headbanger's Ball daze, Dokken splintered into several dysfunctional side projects, tainting the band's solid '80s output. Everything started with this record, which remains an enjoyable, if not essential, slab of competent corporate metal. ~ Whitney Z. Gomes

Product Details

Release Date: 01/28/2022
Label: Friday Music
UPC: 0829421662907

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dokken   Primary Artist
"Wild" Mick Brown   Vocals,Drums
George Lynch   Guitar
Juan Croucier   Guitar (Bass),Vocals,Bass
Don Dokken   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Joe Gastwirt   Mastering
Dokken   Producer
Terri Fiyalko   Digital Editing
Barry Diament   Digital Mastering
Dave "The Knave" Williams   Art Direction
"Wild" Mick Brown   Producer,Composer
George Lynch   Producer,Composer
Wyn Davis   Mixing
Michael Wagener   Producer,Engineer,Mixing
Juan Croucier   Producer
Don Dokken   Producer,Composer
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