In a perfect world Dokken would’ve been bigger than Motley Crue. Yeah I said it. Same goes for Ratt. Dokken and Ratt were amazing.

My first concert. They opened for Judas Priest in June of 86. Ended up seeing them three more times. Once with Aerosmith, another time with Loverboy and on the Monsters of Rock with Van Halen, Scorpions, Metallica and Kingdom Come. Great live band.

Man! you forgot to include Up From The Ashes. Even though it was considered a solo album… if Jeff, Mick, and George wouldn’t have sue’d Don for the “Dokken” name… that album would’ve been a Dokken album. Im pretty sure I speak for everyone who has listened to the album that it was a perfect album… NO SKIPS… for me personally… Thats my #1 Dokken album… not to mention the musicians Don had, Mikkey Dee, John Norum, Peter Baltes, Billy White… Holy crap! what a lineup… if only they would’ve made another album together…

My ranking 11. Shadowlife 10. Hell To Pay 9. Long Way Home 8. Dysfunctional 7. Erase The Slate 6. Broken Bones 5. Lightning Strikes Again 4. Breaking The Chains 3. Tooth And Nail 2. Under Lock And Key 1. Back For The Attack

Dokken are amazing, they were the band that got me into metal and rock music. Fun bit of trivia Don Dokken’s Up From the Ashes album was originally set to be the 5th classic Dokken album, effectively it was Dokken MKII. However don was forced to change it to a solo album due to the other members threatening to sue him for the use of the Dokken moniker it’s said that they entered a record deal clause that ‘Dokken’ were one unit not a band owned by the lead singer. But eventually don regained the rights to the name. So to me Up from the ashes is the 5th album after back for the attack, and honestly one of the best, it may require 2 listens to really appreciate it though.

The fact that you have all their discography is a feat in itself since some of the latter albums are little known. Great band to be sure, but perhaps the one that suffered most from the "hair metal" label.

Great video. Back in the day, I got to see Dokken touring for Dysfunctional, Don's solo album Up From the Ashes, and Lynch Mob for Wicked Sensation. What great memories. Wore my Up From the Ashes t-shirt until it disintegrated. My favorite Dokken albums are still Under Lock & Key and Back for the Attack (best cover artwork).

1. Under Lock and Key 2. Tooth and Nail 3. Back for the Attack 4. Erase The Slate 5. Dysfunctional 6. Lightning Strikes Again 7. Long Way Home 8. Breakin the Chains 9. Broken Bones 10. Hell To Pay 11. Shadowlife

First of all, many thanks for the link to this. I am inherently lazy and you saved me a lot of time. Not too many hard decisions until you hit the top 5. Thought the debut could have sneaked it's way a bit higher. For me, it's impossible to pick the best and you know where I am going. It's Tooth or Lock. I'm looking at them right now and trying to find the determining factor. It's taking a while. A long while. Originally I was gonna go with Tooth because Without Warning is so amazing to open it and never slows down for the most part until you get to maybe the greatest power ballad of all time. But then I looked at Lock and decided you are right. Top to bottom, it's better. And it has my fave Lynchy solo - In My Dreams - which is an amazing song on it's own. Don't forget how great Jaded Heart is, fantastic ballad. No filler on either record, IMO. Oh, just now seeing you cracked 2K subs. 'Grats, hope you add some zero's to that.

Don Dokken's "Up From the Ashes" album is very good.

1. Tooth and Nail (one of the greatest albums of the 80's) 2. Breaking the Chains 3. Back for the Attack 4. Under Lock and Key 5. Lightning Strikes Again

I finally decided to buy my first Dokken album today. A used CD copy of Back For The Attack. I dig it. It's connection to A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors was my main draw to it.

Nice job. Agree completely on the rankings. The top 5 are all killer albums!

You picked great moments of each album (even of Shadowlife)... 1. Back For The Attack 2. Tooth And Nail 3. Under Lock And Key 4. Dysfunctional 5. Erase The Slate 6. Lightning Strikes Again 7. Long Way Home 8. Breaking The Chains 9. Hell To Pay 10. Shadowlife 11. Broken Bones And I totally love their "One Night Live" Acoustic Reunion Album plus of course Lynch Mob's "Wicked Sensation" (with George and Mick minimum as much Dokken as their latest release w/ just Don on it!) and The End Machine's new album "Phase 2". Live I only saw Dokken once in germany (with John Norum) and George Lynch at a show in Switzerland.

My ranking 1. Tooth And Nail (1984) 2. Under Lock And Key (1985) 3. Back For The Attack (1987) 4. Breaking The Chains (1983) 5. Lightning Strikes Again (2008) 6. Broken Bones (2012) 7. Erase The Slate (1999) 8. Dysfunctional (1995) 9. Heaven Comes Down (2023) 10. Hell To Pay (2004) 11. Long Way Home (2002) 12. Shadowlife (1997)

Dokken definitely in my top 10 bands of all time , Tooth and Nail is on my playlist there’s really no weak tracks , love the hits Into the Fire , Just Got Lucky , Alone Again really good ballad and I agree with you Lynch solo on self titled is probably his best along with Paris is Burning Live , it’s not just the hits from Tooth and Nail I like equally the ones that got barely any radio play When Heaven Comes Down, Don’t Close Your Eyes , and Turn on the Action all kick ass heavy songs . Those first five Dokken albums were all kick ass

nice job here. not exactly how I'd rank them but pretty close. your call outs for best songs on each are spot on as well, imo. also, cool to see your taste goes from death to dokken to thrash as evidenced by your back wall

The top 3 for you always rotate for me. And I've always seen the Don Dokken solo album as a Dokken album. But great list. And apparently George Lynch purposefully made Shadowlife shit to destroy the band that he wasn't even a founding member of.

Can only rank the first four but here they are. I think all these albums are excellent, I have an order of favourites but I like them all, there's a hair between each of them. 1. Back for the Attack 2. Tooth and Nail 3. Breaking the Chains 4. Under Lock and Key

Just found Under Lock and Key. Dont know much Dokken but because of your channel, I have bought lots of killer metal.

Great video man. Dokken is one of my all time fav band, and Lynch my favorite guitarist. I agree with a lot of your picks here, although I would have ranked Erase the slate above Hell to pay, and rank their debut above lightning strikes again.

I've been a fan since the late 80's, But I'll have to say my favorite album by them is Erase the slate. Rebs a monster on it. Followed then by the glorious Under lock and key. Rock on!

i wish dokken and believe dokken shoulda been as popular as bands like motley, amazing vocals and guitar. under lock and key is a perfect album

It’s getting hard to get the latter era stuff, but I love all of them except Shadowlife.

Hey Bryce, Could You Rank Scorpions Discography Next?

Pretty accurate.... Flip 6-9 and waalaah! Lynch and Levin are on the "The Lost Songs" album coming out this month .... also the last studio album that will be made.... its going to be a must have for all Dokken fans

Great to see the early albums made your top of the list, these are the only albums I have.

Excellent picks!!!

I have at number one back for the attack,then tooth and nail ,under lock and key and breaking the chains.after that the solo album from don dokken ,i rank dysfunctional higher then he did ,then erase the slate, lightning strikes,broken bones and them other two that he had last i totally agree but long way from home a little better then shadow life and they also have from conception and the great live album beast from the east.that was awesome

Okay this will be interesting to watch a review from somebody who wasn't even born when they were hot. I was there! I seen them live in 1987. This will be an interesting watch.

My Ranking 1. Tooth And Nail (1984) 2. Under Lock And Key (1985) 3. Back For The Attack (1987) 4. Up From The Ashes (1990) 5. Braking The Chains (1983) 6. Broken Bones (2012) 7. Dysfunctional (1995) 8. Lightning Strikes Again (2008) 9. Hell To Pay (2004) 10. Erase The Slate (1999) 11. Long Way Home (2002) 12. Shadowlife (1997)

It's a close call but back for the attack #1 over under lock and key

Man, i didnt know all these albums existed after back for the attack. i spent many many hours locked in my roon in 1985-6 and 87 and part of 89 plugged to to lock and key!!

They are my favorite rock band for sure I do think they should have been alot bigger then they were dysfunctional is a solid album as well as erase the slate reb is great seen them with him in that tour,Jon Levin is great all three albums with him are great I think lightning strikes again is fantastic I must agree my picks are the same

When I was a teenager in the great old 80’s I never got into Dokken as I thought they were too soft and posery. Over the intervening 30 odd years, I’ve not only grown to accept Dokken, but they have become one of my favourite bands of all time. I’ve come to the conclusion that 15 year old me might have been a bit of a dick. Here’s my ranking 11 Shadow Life 10 Broken Bones 9 Long Way Home 8 Dysfunctional 7 Hell to Pay 6 Erase the Slate 5 Lighting Strikes Again 4 Breaking the Chains 3 Tooth and Nail 2 Back for the Attack 1 Under Lock and Key However, the best album Don Dokken ever made was his 1990 solo album Up from the Ashes. That is truly TREMENDOUS.

(Best to okay) Under lock and key Tooth and nail Breaking the chains Back for the attack Re-recorded THOSE R MY FAVORTIES people at school think im weird cuz dokken is my favorite band even tho im 13 and they think im weird but DON IS DO HOT AND THEY MAKE SUCH GOOD MUSIC

Well i only know the first 4 4: Breaking the chains 3: Tooth and nail 2: Under lock and key 1: Back for the attack

No Beast from east? Have to admit, should have included Up from the ashes, as much a Dokken CD as Breaking the chains as it was also penned as a Don Dokken solo cd originally

Only Breakin the Chains and Tooth makes the hair on my neck stand up! Reminds me of the raw energy of early VH albums...

My Top 16 Dokken Songs Ever: 16. Too High 2 Fly 15. Mirror, Mirror 14. Heaven Sent 13. It's not Love 12. It's Not Love 11.In My Dreams 10 The Hunter 9.Tooth And Nail 8.Just Got Lucky 7.Paris is burning 6.Into The Flames 5.Burning Like A flames 4.Mr. Scary 3. Dream Warriors 2. Alone again 1. Breaking the Chains

Back for the attack and Under lock and are my favorite Dokken albums. ihave Listen so much this albums.. And live album Beast from the east are really killer. Ihave spend lot of time to listen Dokken music. Probably for me 1 hard rock band. Lightning strikes again 🤘🔥👊

Alone again, lovely ballad... The 80s sounds came to my mind, when I was Just a kid.

How about all of the Dokken fans. What do they think of these albums?

Great video as usual Bryce

where would you rank (or range in) "up from the ashes" - just assumed as an original dokken album - ? for me, even if it feels wrong to say so, depending on how often i heard it, it must no.1!

I haven't watched this yet my number one would be back for the attack ,

No Beast From The East or Live From The Sun?

Great list, I've got my top 3 as: 1. Back for the Attack 2. Tooth and Nail 3. Under lock and key Much better list than the other Dokken ranking on KZfaq, and thank you for not including "up from the ashes", while it's an outstanding album it's not a true "Dokken" album.

Tooth and nail and under lock and key are 10/10. I like back for the attack but it's too long with too much filler

Awesome list! Don’t know Dokken very much, but I may give it a try. Can you do a Manowar ranking?

11 - Shadowlife 10 - Hell To Pay 9 - Long Way Home 8 - Dysfunctional 7 - Broken Bones 6 - Erase The Slate 5 - Back For The Attack 4 - Lightning Strikes Again 3 - Breaking The Chains 2 - Tooth And 💅 Nail 1 - Under Lock And 🔑 Key

Great video Bryce!

TRES Cool, Les Dokken

Rock'en with Dokken🤘

Ur wearing my fav shirt Bryce 💕👌🏽🤘🏽

Here is my list (with a maximum of 10 points for each record) 11. Broken Bones (5,0) 10. Dysfunctional (6,0) 9. Shadowlife (6,5) 8. Erase The Slate (6,5) 7. Long Way Home (7,0) 6. Lightning Strikes Again (7,0) 5. Hell To Pay (7,5) 4. Breaking The Chains (8,0) 3. Back For The Attack (9,0) 2. Tooth And Nail (9,5) 1. Under Lock And Key (10)

Cant believe you picked Under Lock and key over Back for the attack Crazy all the classic dokken stuff is great They are my favourite band but I havent herad their 2000s music so I gotta listen to that stuff

I love Dokken. I think Erase the Slate is better than you have it. Reb sparked the band. Sparked Don's vocals. Hell to Pay and Broken Bones, re-listen to the vocal performance. Don's tired and uninspired. Erase the Slate is an amazing "late Dokken" album. The reason why Tooth and Nail and Under Lock and Key are so great is they cap at ten songs. My rule of thumb for a great album is to NOT go over ten tracks. Back for the Attack is weakened by filler. Look at great albums by; Dio, Ozzy, Priest, Megadeth.... the best albums DON'T go over ten tracks. 1. Under Lock and Key (makes my top ten of ALL time fav albums) 2. Tooth and Nail 3. Back for the Attack 4. Erase the Slate (Note: Reb played George's solos live better than George could play his own solos, Reb is a badass!) 5. Breaking the Chains

Long Way Home is my favorite album

Dokken.... the best!!! - Unchaind the night......... i listen that song everyday of my life...

For the most part I agree with this list. However, Tooth and Nail edges out Under Lock and Key, with Back for the Attack close. Tooth and Nail was the catalyst that propelled a young, hunger band into the national spotlight. Pound for pound, it's close, but Tooth and Nail is #1.

I loved Shadowlife

How the hell do you put Back For the Attack at number 2?!

No sure how Back for the Attack isnt #1, but just splitting hairs now.

Mick Brown was also Ted Nugent's drummer for about 5 years..

Great list 🤘🤘

How about a ranking of DIO or a ranking of all RONNIE JAMES DIO post Elf? Dio = 10 albums Rainbow = 3 albums Heaven & Hell = 4 albums Maybe just do the 17 together in one video.

Dysfunctional is a great album.. I rank it #2

Jeff Pilson was not on bass when they first formed. Juan Crocier was their first bassist until 1983. In 1983, Juan left to be a part of RATT.

There can be only one...George Lynch!

I have just the first 5 cds of Dokken

Ofc under lock and key is your favorite album now I know why u don't like shawdofire and dysfunctional lol

Good order

80's albums are still the best

To me Don Dokken and Tony Martin sound similar. Do you agree? Good list.

1. Under Lock and Key (favorite album of all-time!) 2. Back for the Attack 3. Tooth and Nail 4. Breaking the Chains 5. Lightning Strikes Again 6. Broken Bones 7. Dysfunctional 8. Erase the Slate 9. Hell to Pay 10. Long Way Home 11. Shadowlife (utterly terrible!)

Shadowlife went hard idk what u mean

Awesome band

I only knew Breaking the Chains before and I gotta say each of the preview tunes you played sound badass. I like it.. but... man their album covers suck, they look real cheap and kinda bleh. Fantastic playing, great music/vocals, nowhere near am I doubting or disrespecting that but man these covers..

Also what the hell are you ranking the albums by? How much they sound like Back for the Attack? Dysfunctional was an amazing album, and had it been put out by any band with a more bluesy, door-esc sound I'm sure you would be listening to it for what it is instead of what think it should've been.

¾ of the album covers for sure looked bleh. Under Lock and Key looked sensible though

Maybe "WASP" ranking at some point?

#1 Tooth #2 Under Lock #Back for Attack #4 Breaking. Tooth was simply raw and edgy and Lock was polished and near perfect, both great in their own rights. Other albums has too many songs that strayed little too far for my taste and sounded too formulaic and lazy...

Dos I heard wrong? Jon Leven, the one from Europe? Pdta. English is Not my home language. Greetings from Medellín-Colombia.

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I think the true reason everyone hates Shadowlife is because the opening track sucks, it just kills the rest of the album if you listen to it first. Just listen to the song that was playing for a few seconds right before it switches to puppet on a string, getting ready to headbang and then all the energy just dies. My personal ranking, including Don's 2 solo albums: 1. Dysfunctional 2. Erase the Slate 3. Hell to Pay 4. Up From the Ashes 5. Under Lock and Key 6. Lightning Strikes Again 7. Solitary 8. Broken Bones 9. Shadowlife 10. Long Way Home 11. Back For the Attack 12. Lost Songs~ 13. Breaking the Chains 14. Tooth and Nail (I love all of these albums a lot and there is very little difference between 1 and 13, I just didn't like Tooth and Nail much because it felt like basic, over-commercialized 80's hard rock). For an idea of my musical taste here are my top 5 favorite bands: 1. Dokken (All albums, old and new) 2. Queensryche (old (Warning-HITNF), (mid(Tribe, Q2K, American Soldier, Mindcrime II, Frequency Uknown) and new (self titled-The Verdict+) 3. Dream Theater (I love all of it) 4. Savatage (New and Old) 5. Alice in Chains (Every album is honestly really good, especially the post Staley-albums.)