Dysfunctional

Dokken

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 1995)
• Original Release Date: May 16, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002B3F
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #51,752 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

No longer available in US! 1995 originally released album including one bonus track. Victor. 2008. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dokken - 'Dysfunctional' (Sony), August 2, 2004

By	Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I remember some negative feedback about this CD,so I dug it up out of my music collection and gave it another listen.Okay,so there are no George Lynch guitar solos,but there's still SOMETHING here to offer the average Dokken fan.It has Don Dokken's trademark wailing as well as some very decent guitar work from Lynch - heck,I think I MAY like 'Dysfunctional' better than I did the first two Lynch Mob discs.Check it out yourself.Rockers include "Inside Looking Out","Long Way To Home" and "Lesser Of Two Evils".If that isn't enough to tickle your fancy,be sure to hear their cover of Emerson Lake&Palmer's "From The Beginning".It's a dynamo!!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Picking Up Where They Left Off, And Then Some, March 10, 2001

By	Matthew J. Bross (Northeast Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Dokken returns with a tight, exceptional piece of work, musically they show that they have not lost any ground in their six-year absence. Most impressive is the continued evolving of George Lynch's guitar playng. He adopts a little bit of the "less is more" rule and focuses a little more on the riffs over the solos. But his great solos are still aplenty on this album.

The standout track by far is the seven-minute centerpiece "Too High To Fly". Don't by turned off by its time length, this is a captive, rocking track with a really good groove and it just kicks a** from beginning to end. Of of the best places to listen to this song is behind the wheel of your car flying down the highway. This should have been one of the top album-rock tracks of 1995.

"Long Way Home" has a killer riff that echoes earlier Dokken. "Hole In My Head" is another fine Dokken anthem. "Lesser Of Two Evils" is another great cut, with a slightly funky groove.

A little unkown chart fact about this album, this album was the highest debuting album on the Billboard 200 album chart the week it was released (around #45). No small feat for a band like Dokken in 1995. It is true, look it up.

Too bad 1995 was a year of musical unenlightenment, where real rock and roll had little chance of being heard as much as it should have been . We were force-fed such vapid acts like Oasis, The Presidents of The U.S.A. and Hootie and The Blowfish. If you are a fan of these bands and are ready to slam my review, my question is this: Why are you here reading Dokken reviews ? My guess is that you are dying to be educated about real Rock music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better with time..., December 9, 2003

By	Bradley A. Shaver "jedishaver" (Laredo, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a long-time Dokken fan...whether the name sake, Don Dokken, Lynchmob, or Pilson effort...
Initially, I was not impressed with this effort, but with time it has grown on me. Dokken presents their first cover song, of an ELP classic. The groove and sound of the overall album is quite an accomplishment for the re-united band. They appear to have resolved their personal differences, and turn out an album with thick, rich sound. "Too High to Fly" presents a hard edged jam, while "The Maze", "Nothing Left to Say", and "Sweet Chains" presents the ever harmonious talent of Dokken, Pilson, and the band throughout the album. Not every track on the album sounds the same, that is the best quality of this album, over all.
Even the harder edged tracks ("Inside Looking Outside", "Long Way Home", and "Shadows of Life") resonate with a strong sound Dokken has not presented to this date in their recording.
Keep Rokken'