Alone Again and Other Hits

Performer: Dokken
Distributor: WEA Strategic Marketing

Notes: For a band that only released four studio albums during their '80s heyday, Dokken sure has enough compilations on the marketplace. If it's a budget-priced collection you're looking for as a sampler of their '80s output (which is by far their best era), then Rhino's Alone Again and Other Hits covers most of the bases. Equally at home with anthemic arena rockers ("Breaking the Chains," "In My Dreams," and "Dream Warriors," the latter of which was the theme song for one of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies) and syrupy power ballads ("Alone Again," "Slippin' Away"), there was also the rare instance when the band combined the two styles (""Heaven Sent"). But by no means is this a definitive collection, as such MTV favs as "Burning Like a Flame" are absent, as are such fan favorites as "Kiss of Death," "Tooth and Nail," and the George Lynch six-string showcase, "Mr. Scary." But the meat and potatoes of the Dokken catalog is here, and you can't argue with its affordable price. ~ Greg Prato

Part of the same Los Angeles pop metal scene that hatched Motley Crue and Ratt, Dokken rocked hard, with a focus on frontman Don Dokken's melodic songwriting and expressive multi-octave vocals and George Lynch's masterful guitar wrangling. Together since the late 1970s, the band made their initial public impact when Elektra Records picked up the band's impressive '83 debut. The label would go on to release three more Dokken Albums--each better than the last--over the course of the next few years. By the dawn of the '90s, the band were bonafide MTV rock stars, and soon imploded (as all great rock bands do) over intraband conflicts. They reunited in '95 and have released several more albums, embracing a darker, more complex, but no less melodic sound befitting an ever-growing creative unit.

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