Greatest Hits (Dokken album) explained

Greatest Hits
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Dokken
Cover:	Dokken - Greatest Hits.jpg
Released:	May 4, 2010 (US) May 11, 2010 (Japan)
Recorded:	2010
Studio:	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre:	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length:	53:38
Label:	Deadline/Cleopatra (US) King (Japan)
Producer:	Don Dokken
Prev Title:	Lightning Strikes Again
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Broken Bones
Next Year:	2012

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by heavy metal band Dokken. It is a collection of re-recorded 1980s hits along with two new tracks. On March 1, 2010, it was digitally released to iTunes and Amazon.com. The physical album with additional tracks was released in the US by Cleopatra Records on May 4, 2010, and in Japan on May 11, 2010, by King Records. On June 14, 2011, it was re-released by Store For Music LTD under the new title The Anthems with a new cover. The Anthems contains both of the bonus tracks from the Japanese edition of Greatest Hits.

Track listing

1. "Just Got Lucky" (George Lynch, Jeff Pilson) - 4:35
2. "Breaking the Chains" (Don Dokken, Lynch) - 3:51
3. "Into the Fire" (Dokken, Lynch, Pilson) - 4:29
4. "The Hunter" (Dokken, Lynch, Pilson, Mick Brown) - 4:04
5. "In My Dreams" (Dokken, Lynch, Pilson, Brown) - 4:33
6. "It's Not Love" (Dokken, Lynch, Pilson, Brown) - 5:03
7. "Alone Again" (Dokken, Pilson) - 4:24
8. "Dream Warriors" (Lynch, Pilson)- 4:46
9. "Unchain the Night" (Dokken, Lynch, Pilson, Brown) - 5:22
10. "Tooth and Nail" (Lynch, Pilson, Brown) - 3:38
11. "Almost Over" (Dokken, Jon Levin) - 5:54 (2010 new track)
12. "Magic Man" (Dokken, Levin) - 3:53 (2010 new track)

Japanese edition bonus tracks

13. "Bus Stop" (Graham Gouldman) - 3:38 (The Hollies cover)
14. "Lies" (Buddy Randell, Beau Charles) - 2:46 (The Knickerbockers cover)

Personnel

Dokken

• Don Dokken – vocals
• Jon Levin – lead and rhythm guitars
• George Lynch - lead and rhythm guitars
• Barry Sparks - bass guitar
• Sean McNabb – bass guitar on tracks 13 and 14
• Mick Brown – drums, lead vocals on track 14

Production

• Mike Lesniak, Darian Rundall - engineers
• Michael Wagener, Wyn Davis - mixing
• Mike Sutherland - mixing assistant