Dokken 

Dysfunctional 

Cd Columbia 1995

1

Inside Looking Out Written-By – Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson

4:08
2		Hole In My Head Written-By – Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson, Mick Brown (2)

4:33
3		The Maze Written-By – Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson

4:50
4		Too High To Fly Written-By – Don Dokken, George Lynch

7:10
5		Nothing Left To Say Arranged By [String Arranged By] – John Keane* Written-By – Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson

4:30
6		Shadows Of Life Written-By – Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson

4:33
7		Long Way Home Written-By – Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson

5:12
8		Sweet Chains Written-By – Don Dokken

5:46
9		Lesser of Two Evils Written-By – Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson

4:03
10		What Price Written-By – Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson, Mick Brown (2)

5:45
11		From The Beginning Written-By – Greg Lake

4:12

In their heyday, Dokken was a 1980’s heavy metal band to the core: straight-up power metal, standard 3-4 beats, and somewhat simplistic lyrics. Nothing about their product would make us go still with sudden epiphany, nor wax analytical to someone we’re trying to impress. but then, in the ‘80s, we weren’t about that, were we? Not at all. We were about the scream of metallic distortion and the pound of drums to hell with finesse. We were about giving ourselves to an internal fire which was not (yet) content to merely punch time cards and fill purchase orders. Dokken delivered that, and they did it well. Fueled by the two-punch combo of Don Dokken’s tenor wail and George Lynch’s scorching lead guitar, the band elevated well above average for the day.