Yeah, Soundgarden is actually one word, but you get the point. This album sounds nothing like Dokken as we (the proud "mulletmen" of the '80s) knew it. I had to double check the CD case to make sure Chris Cornell hadn't made a cameo on a couple of the tracks. Surprisingly, after listening to the album once three years ago and tossing it across the room in disgust,I pulled it back out recently thinking "it can't have been THAT bad, right?" Well, it's not that bad. It doesn't rock. But it's not *that* bad. Of course, if I want to hear Soundgarden or Pearl Jam (and I don't, really), I'd simply go Kazaa a few of their tracks. "Puppet On A String" and "Convenience Store Messiah" are catchy but, as many here have already said, a big part of Dokken is George Lynch...and I can't remember a single riff or solo he does on this album despite having listened to it several times now. Compare that to instantly memorable licks like those in "In My Dreams" or "Into The Fire," for example, and it's easy to understand why almost nobody likes this album.
Yeah, Soundgarden is actually one word, but you get the point. This album sounds nothing like Dokken as we (the proud "mulletmen" of the '80s) knew it. I had to double check the CD case to make sure Chris Cornell hadn't made a cameo on a couple of the tracks. Surprisingly, after listening to the album once three years ago and tossing it across the room in disgust,I pulled it back out recently thinking "it can't have been THAT bad, right? " Well, it's not that bad. It doesn't rock. But it's not *that* bad. Of course, if I want to hear Soundgarden or Pearl Jam (and I don't, really), I'd simply go Kazaa a few of their tracks. "Puppet On A String" and "Convenience Store Messiah" are catchy but, as many here have already said, a big part of Dokken is George Lynch... and I can't remember a single riff or solo he does on this album despite having listened to it several times now. Compare that to instantly memorable licks like those in "In My Dreams" or "Into The Fire," for example, and it's easy to understand why almost nobody likes this album.