Dysfunctional (Dokken album)

Dysfunctional
Studio album by Dokken
Released	May 23, 1995
Recorded	1994-1995
Studio	710 Studios and Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	54:22
Label	Columbia
Producer	Don Dokken, Michael Wagener
Dokken chronology
The Best of Dokken (1994) Dysfunctional (1995) One Live Night (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]

Dysfunctional is the fifth studio album by heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1995. It was the band's first release after reuniting in 1993. Although the album entered the chart respectably at No. 47 at a time when 1980s hard rock and heavy metal had largely declined, sales quickly dropped off and were not enough to reach gold RIAA certification.^[3] According to Don Dokken, the album sold around 400,000 copies.^[4]

The song "Too High to Fly" was released as a promo single from the album and was a minor hit.^[5] As of 2009, it is the only song from the post-1980s portion of the bands' back catalogue that is still performed live, albeit only occasionally.

Track listing

1. "Inside Looking Out" (Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson) – 4:08
2. "Hole in My Head" (Dokken, Pilson, Mick Brown) – 4:33
3. "The Maze" (Dokken, Pilson, George Lynch) – 4:50
4. "Too High to Fly" (Dokken, Lynch) – 7:10
5. "Nothing Left to Say" (Dokken, Pilson) – 4:30
6. "Shadows of Life" (Dokken, Pilson) – 4:33
7. "Long Way Home" (Dokken, Pilson, Lynch) – 5:12
8. "Sweet Chains" (Dokken) – 5:46
9. "Lesser of Two Evils" (Dokken, Pilson, Lynch) – 4:03
10. "What Price" (Dokken, Brown, Pilson) – 5:45
11. "From the Beginning" (Greg Lake) – 4:12 (Emerson, Lake & Palmer cover)

Japanese bonus track

12. "When the Good Die Young" (Dokken, Pilson) - 4:55

Personnel

Dokken

• Don Dokken - vocals, producer
• George Lynch - lead and rhythm guitars
• Jeff Pilson - bass guitar
• Mick Brown - drums

Production

• Michael Wagener - producer, engineer, mixing on tracks 5, 8-10
• Wyn Davis - engineer, mixing
• Darian Rundall, Don Dokken, Kenny Oswald - engineers
• George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• John Keane - orchestral arrangements on track 5
• John Kalodner - A&R

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dokken - Dysfunctional review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. "Dysfunctional Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
4. Don Dokken - "There Was A Lot Of Talk About A DOKKEN Reunion; I Tried My Best To Make It Happen...". bravewords.com. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
5. "Dysfunctional Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-08-19.