Dokken - Breaking The Chains (180 Gram, Limited Edition, Red Vinyl, Audiophile) New Age Norms 2

Dokken - Breaking The Chains (180 Gram, Limited Edition, Red Vinyl, Audiophile) New Age Norms 2Dokken absolutely exploded out of the hotbed that was the hard rock and heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, California in the early '80s. Originally issued on French label Carrere Records in 1981 and then remixed and remastered for proper distribution by Elektra in 1983, the band's solid debut album Breaking the Chains features the short lived but lively line up of Don Dokken (vocals), George Lynch (guitar), Juan Croucier (bass) and Mick Brown (drums).

The Beach Boys & David Bowie in a thrilling way that felt like a natural next step on from Trompe Le Monde (the last Pixies album before they reconvened two decades later)

Is No One’s Sleeping an outtake of an aborted Kinks recording session in 1977 Berlin with Eno producing

a follow-up to 2020's acclaimed Texas Sun project

it takes your breath away

John Coltrane (tenor sax)

With three guitars interlocking in an open-ended

a testament to the transformative nature of songs

the band shares a compilation of those live recordings

Jean-Pierre

But I had trouble finding an English title for the piece

whereas 'Selected Ambient Works Vol

Included in Paste magazine's 90 Best Albums of the 1990s