The Very Best of Dokken

Infobox Album | Name = The Very Best of Dokken
Type = Compilation
Artist = Dokken


Released = July 6, 1999
Recorded = 1983-1995
Label = Elektra
Genre = Heavy metal
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hpfrxqqkldse link]
Last album = "Erase The Slate" (1999)
This album = "The Very Best of Dokken" (1999)
Next album = "Live from the Sun" (2000)

"The Very Best of Dokken" is the 'best of' package of 80s heavy metal band Dokken. Released on Rhino Records, this compilation contains most of Dokken's singles prior to 1995, the year this compilation was released. This compilation is a 16-song compilation arranged in chronological order. Tracks include the instrumental "Mr. Scary"; "Walk Away," the sole studio cut on 1988 live album, "Beast from the East"; "Mirror Mirror," from Don Dokken's 1990 solo album, "Up from the Ashes"; and "Too High to Fly," from the 1995 reunion album, "Dysfunctional".

Track listing

#"Breaking the Chains"
#"Paris Is Burning" (Live)
#"Into the Fire"
#"Just Got Lucky"
#"Alone Again"
#"Tooth and Nail"
#"The Hunter"
#"In My Dreams"
#"It's Not Love"
#"Dream Warriors"
#"Burning Like a Flame"
#"Heaven Sent"
#"Mr. Scary"
#"Walk Away"
#"Mirror Mirror" (Don Dokken solo)
#"Too High to Fly"

Influenced by

*Judas Priest
*Scorpions
*Van Halen
*Iron Maiden

Similar albums

*Judas Priest - Metal Works '73 - '93
*Twisted Sister - Nasty Cuts and Big Hits
*Alice Cooper - Master of Metal
*Scorpions - Greatest Stings
*Iron Maiden - Best of the Beast
*Europe - 1982–1992