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Back for the Attack is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken, released on November 2, 1987 through Elektra Records.[3] A remastered edition featuring a bonus track was reissued in 2009 through Warner Music Japan. It is the band's best-selling album, reaching No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200[4] and remaining on that chart for 33 weeks.[5] Three singles also charted on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart: "Dream Warriors" reached No. 22, "Prisoner" at No. 37, and "Burning Like a Flame" at No. 20 as well as No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] Back for the Attack was certified Gold and Platinum on January 14, 1988.[3]

Back for the Attack

Studio album by

Dokken

Released

November 2, 1987

Studio

One on One Recording, North Hollywood, Los Angeles
Music Grinder, Hollywood
Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, Los Angeles
Can-Am Studios, Reseda, Los Angeles

Genre

Glam metal

Length

63:02

Label

Elektra

Producer

Neil Kernon

Dokken chronology

Under Lock and Key
(1985)

Back for the Attack
(1987)

Beast from the East
(1988)

Singles from Back for the Attack

"Dream Warriors"
Released: February 1987 (US)
"Burning Like a Flame"
Released: September 1987 (US) [1]
"Heaven Sent"
Released: June 1988 (US) [2]
"So Many Tears"
Released: 1988

The single "Dream Warriors" was originally released in February 1987 as the theme song for the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The album title for Back for the Attack was taken from an earlier Dokken song of the same name, recorded during the sessions for Under Lock and Key (1985) and released as the B-side to "Dream Warriors". It was later included in the 2009 remastered edition of the album as a bonus track.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[8]
Rock Hard	8.5/10[9]

Barry Weber at AllMusic gave Back for the Attack three stars out of five, saying that it "certainly isn't Dokken's greatest album, yet it remains a worthwhile listen". He praised the band for sounding "tighter than they ever have before", with frontman Don Dokken and guitarist George Lynch being "at the top of their game."[7] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff praised the album, which "offers length, variation and a sense of ambition as never before", and called it "one of those lost records brimming with bravado" but not so unique to be "one's life soundtrack". He added that the "excruciating" circumstances of its recording took their toll as the band tried to assemble "a more competent, mature, substantial record".[8]

The album was ranked number 12 on Metal Rules list of the Top 50 Glam Metal Albums.[10]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Kiss of Death"	George Lynch, Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson	5:51
2.	"Prisoner"	Lynch, Pilson, Mick Brown	4:20
3.	"Night by Night"	Pilson, Lynch, Brown, Dokken	5:23
4.	"Standing in the Shadows"	Dokken, Lynch, Pilson	5:07
5.	"Heaven Sent"	Dokken, Lynch, Pilson	4:52
6.	"Mr. Scary" (instrumental)	Lynch, Pilson	4:31

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"So Many Tears"	Dokken, Lynch, Pilson	4:56
8.	"Burning Like a Flame"	Lynch, Pilson, Dokken, Brown	4:46
9.	"Lost Behind the Wall"	Lynch, Brown, Dokken, Pilson	4:19
10.	"Stop Fighting Love"	Pilson, Lynch, Dokken, Brown	4:52
11.	"Cry of the Gypsy"	Dokken, Pilson, Lynch	4:51
12.	"Sleepless Night"	Lynch, Brown, Pilson	4:32
13.	"Dream Warriors"	Lynch, Pilson	4:42

Remastered edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Back for the Attack"	Dokken	3:51

Personnel

Dokken

Don Dokken – lead vocals
George Lynch – guitar
Jeff Pilson – bass, background vocals
Wild Mick – drums, background vocals

Production

Neil Kernon – producer, engineer
Toby Wright, Matt Freeman, Eddie Ashworth, Andy Udoff, Steve Klein, Stan Katayama – assistant engineers
Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero – mixing at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

Album

Chart (1987-1988)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[11]	25
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[12]	18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13]	19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14]	25
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	96
US Billboard 200[16]	13

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	"Dream Warriors"	Mainstream Rock (USA)[6]	22
	"Burning Like a Flame"	Mainstream Rock (USA)[6]	20
		Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[6]	72
1988		UK Singles Chart[17]	78
1988	"Prisoner"	Mainstream Rock (USA)[6]	37

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[18]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

"Dokken singles".
"Dokken singles".
"RIAA Searchable Database: search for Dokken". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
"Back for the Attack Billboard Almums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
"Dokken - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
"Back for the Attack Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
Weber, Barry. "Dokken - Back for the Attack review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
"DOKKEN - Back For The Attack". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
"METAL RULES". November 26, 2017. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
"Top RPM Albums: Issue 0940". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
"Swedishcharts.com – Dokken – Back for the Attack". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
"Swisscharts.com – Dokken – Back for the Attack". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
"Dokken | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
"Dokken - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
"Dokken Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
"American album certifications – Dokken – Back for the Attack". Recording Industry Association of America.

v t e Dokken
Don Dokken Jon Levin Chris McCarvill BJ Zampa George Lynch Reb Beach John Norum Alex De Rosso Jeff Pilson Juan Croucier Barry Sparks Sean McNabb Greg Leon Peter Baltes Gary Holland Greg Pecka Tom Croucier Mark Boals Mick Brown
Studio albums	Breaking the Chains Tooth and Nail Under Lock and Key Back for the Attack Dysfunctional Shadowlife Erase the Slate Long Way Home Hell to Pay Lightning Strikes Again Broken Bones
EPs & compilations	Back in the Streets The Best of Dokken The Very Best of Dokken Then and Now Alone Again and Other Hits Change the World: An Introduction The Definitive Rock Collection Greatest Hits The Lost Songs: 1978–1981
Live albums	Beast from the East One Live Night Live from the Sun Japan Live '95 From Conception: Live 1981
Video albums	Unchain the Night One Live Night Live from the Sun Japan Live '95
Singles	"Breaking the Chains" "Into the Fire" "Just Got Lucky" "Alone Again" "The Hunter" "In My Dreams" "Dream Warriors" "Burning Like a Flame" "Prisoner" "Too High to Fly"
Related articles	Discography Lynch Mob T & N

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Back for the Attack — четвёртый студийный альбом американской хард-рок-группы Dokken, выпущенный в 1987 году. Название альбома было взято из одноимённой песни, записанной во время сессий к альбому «Under Lock and Key». Песня позже вышла в качестве би-сайда на сингле «Dream Warriors». «Back For The Attack» добрался до 13 строчки в чарте «Billboard 200».[1] Его продажи превзошли отметку в два миллиона копий в США и четыре миллиона копий по всему миру.

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