Under Lock and Key
Occupation
- Song: Don Dokken
- Bass: Jeff Pilson
- Guitar: George Lynch
- Drums: Mick Brown
Under Lock and Key is the title of which appeared in November 1985 third studio album by the American hard rock band Dokken. It was after Tooth and Nail was the second publication of the group was honored with both a gold record and platinum.
Background
Dokken had already been able to do with their debut album, produced in Cologne, which appeared in 1982 Breaking the Chains, attention, even if the group remained denied the album charts. Although with the produced by Tom Werman second album Tooth and Nail succeeded no entry in the album charts, but the single Alone Again in July 1985 made it to number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained in the charts 11 weeks. However, the album sold so well that it has been awarded with one gold and one platinum record for a total of more than 1 million albums sold.
To maintain this standard, the band undertook back music producer Michael Wagener, singer Don Dokken had known since his stay in Germany, and who had been responsible for the production of their debut album, and the sound mix of Tooth and Nail.
With him, the group went into the studio, but the task of the producers went beyond the normal scope of its mandate beyond. Wagener described it later as its main task, the estranged musician Don Dokken (vocals) and George Lynch ( guitar) to separate to ensure a reasonable studio work:
"There was extreme moments where we had to keep apart the two twenty miles. We have therefore worked in two different studios., I find, however, that her difficult relationship for the music was good. Negative voltages can cause positive. "
The recordings took place in the Amigo Studios ( Hollywood) and the All Access Studios in Redondo Beach; the sound mix took Neil Kernon, Michael Wagener and the sound wizard Mark Wilczak, Cliff and Michael Bonell Lardie. The album was released on 22 November 1985.
Reception
The reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic said about this album, it was the drive that has brought to the commercial breakthrough in her native America for Dokken. Nevertheless, be " Under Lock and Key hardly be described as monsters hit", it was " due to a series of successful, but hardly explosive singles" his success. But even if you leave out anything that helped the album stay at the end "probably the most complete Dokken album left " that every fan has something to offer. The most important thing is that " Under Lock and Key", " two of the almost incomparable examples of the songwriting talents of the band offer, namely " Unchain The Night " and " The Hunter, " which " would provide both additional fantastic solos of guitar wizard George Lynch. Rivadavia concludes that "these two titles the best introduction to Dokken Sound" were, and that, " although heavy metal purists tended to " Tooth and Nail " to be preferred for its combination of aggression and consistency. "
Had Daniel Böhm wrote that the album was "a gem of sophisticated U.S. Hard Rock ", the " from first to last note " demonstrating how " vanishingly little Dokken musically to do with the rampant glam wave from LA " had. No second LP of the troupe sword " so clear, powerful and callous as this. "
The Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) recorded the album on 4 March 1986 with a gold record for 500,000 units sold out; on April 14, 1987 the album went platinum award for a million records sold.
Title list
All songs written by Dokken