The Very Best of Dokken

Dokken

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 6, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 6, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00000JFUB
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,052 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Breaking the Chains

2. Paris Is Burning [Live]

3. Into the Fire

4. Just Got Lucky

5. Alone Again

6. Tooth and Nail

7. Hunter

8. In My Dreams

9. It's Not Love

10. Dream Warriors

11. Burning Like a Flame

12. Heaven Sent

13. Mr. Scary

14. Walk Away

15. Mirror Mirror - Don Dokken

16. Too High to Fly - Don Dokken

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dokken - Just The Right Blend (Almost), September 7, 2000

By	J. Wright (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

It's nice to see a "best of" album with most of this band's good stuff. All the big air play hits are here: Breaking the Chains, Alone Again, Into The Fire, The Hunter, It's Not Love (Thanks for that one!), In My Dreams, etc. Some hot stuff from later releases from the band (and Don's solo effort) also make it a bonus CD: Mirror Mirror and Too High To Fly.

While this release from Dokken is a good compilation, a few (of my) top songs from the band didn't make the list: Don't Close Your Eyes, Bullets To Spare and Prisoner Of Love. It's tough to please everyone! However, Don Dokken's smooth vocal delivery coupled with George Lynch's fine axe work make this a great album to pick up regardless of personal preferences for one tune or another. If you don't have a Dokken album in your collection and you like 80's hard rock/pop metal, this is the one to get.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep on rockin' with the Dokken, March 23, 2004

By	Darian Dennison (Walla Walla, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the first greatest hits CD that I ever bought from Rhino records and I'm glad that they released this Greatest Hits CD on Rhino Records cause the sound quality is really good and the liner notes is very informative, it's everything that a Dokken fan needs to know, what got me into Dokken was hearing In My Dreams on the radio when I was getting ready to go to bed and I was packing up to go to Long Beach, Washington, I think that Dokken guitarist George Lynch is one of metal's underrated guitar players of all time and he can really play and I think that Dokken was one of the best hair metal bands of all time too cause they had good songwriting skills as well, this CD has 16 cuts from 1983-95 and 14 of it was from 1983-88 and we do get to have one Don Dokken solo cut called Mirror Mirror which is quite a good song and I'm surprised that the song didn't make it big, plus I had no idea that George Lynch formed a new band called Lynch Mob either.

Here are my ratings for each track.

Breaking the Chains: Dokken's first known song off of their debut album and it is the title track but this song is a classic, who can forget the video when George Lynch starts breaking the chains during the guitar solo part? 10/10

Paris is Burning (live): This live track is actually off of Dokken's debut album and it's awesome, I like the opening part of the song the best. 10/10

Into the Fire: Now we enter the Tooth and Nail album and this song is a classic, excellent chorus. 10/10

Just Got Lucky: This is one of Dokken's heavier songs but this song isn't quite one of my favorites. 8/10

Alone Again: This song was Dokken's biggest hit and I'm surprised that they didn't score a Top 40 hit on the Billboard charts. 10/10

Tooth and Nail: Not to be confused with Foreigner's version off of the Agent Provecatuer album which came out earlier that year. 7/10

The Hunter: Now we enter the Under Lock and Key album which contains this classic song. 10/10

In My Dreams: This is my favorite song by Dokken and this song is awesome, it should've been in the Top 40 but oh well, at least that it did well on the Modern Rock tracks. 10/10

It's Not Love: Another standout and this song reminds me of early 1999 when I heard this song on the Youth Gone Wild CD Vol. 2. 10/10

Dream Warriors: I think that this is the best song off of the Back for the Attack album. 10/10

Burning Like a Flame: I'm surprised that this song didn't make it on the Beast For the East live album which came out a year earlier but this isn't one of my favorite songs. 7/10

Heaven Sent: Not one of the better songs for Dokken although this song is a bit more ballad like. 6/10

Mr. Scary: An instrumental tune done by George Lynch and this is a really cool song. 10/10

Walk Away: Probably one of Dokken's most softest songs and this was off of the Beast From the East live album and this song doesn't do it for me. 6/10

Mirror Mirror: This is a really good song by Dokken's solo album and this song is on par with the earlier classics. 10/10

Too High to Fly: The longest song on this album (which clocks in at over 7 minutes) and this song isn't that great. 6/10

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is The Very Best Of Dokken, May 8, 2001

By	M. B Evans "Fusionman" (Madison, Mississippi United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was 15 when Dokken's Breaking The Chains came out. I have been hooked ever since. I am 33 years old now, and still love Dokken and other 80's hair bands. This cd is a must have. It has every song yoiu would want from the early 80's to the early 90's. Don Dokkens sultry, bluesy, voice and George Lynch's fiery, blistering guitar, made Dokken an 80's icon. Get this cd, you want be dissapointed. Metal Rules....