Under Lock and Key

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Under Lock and Key
Dokken - Under Lock and Key.jpg
Studio album by
Dokken
ReleasedNovember 22, 1985 (1985-11-22)
Recorded1985
Studio
GenreGlam metal
Length42:25
LabelElektra
ProducerNeil Kernon, Michael Wagener
Dokken chronology
Tooth and Nail
(1984) 		Under Lock and Key
(1985) 		Back for the Attack
(1987)
Singles from Under Lock and Key
  1. "The Hunter"
    Released: 10 December 1985 (Japan) [1]
  2. "In My Dreams"
    Released: February 1986 (US) [2]
  3. "It's Not Love"
    Released: 1986 (US)

Under Lock and Key is the third studio album by American glam metal band Dokken, released on November 22, 1985 through Elektra Records.[3] The album reached No. 32 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for 67 weeks. Two singles also charted: "The Hunter" and "In My Dreams", both reaching No. 25 and 24 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock respectively, with "In My Dreams" at No. 77 on the Billboard Hot 100. Under Lock and Key was certified Gold on March 4, 1986 and Platinum on April 14, 1987.[3]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[4]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[5]

The album received mostly positive reviews. Eduardo Rivadavia in his review for AllMusic calls Under Lock and Key "quite possibly Dokken's most 'complete' album, with a little something for every type of fan", like "fist-pumping headbangers", extraordinary "bittersweet mid-paced rockers" ("Unchain the Night" and "The Hunter") and "saccharine ballads". Rivadavia recommends the album as the best introduction to new listeners of Dokken, but notes that heavy metal purists would likely prefer the band's 1984 album Tooth and Nail.[4] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff considers the album "too weighted towards Def Leppard's fat-and-open formula rock", resulting "a bit subdued and predictable" in comparison with its predecessor. The band's glamorous look, the media exposure and George Lynch's "attempt to define the L.A. sound in his own image" do not save Under Lock and Key from sounding "like the work of a band just fed",[5] and in another book he authored, he described the album as "not so substantive hair metal strains".[6]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Dokken.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Unchain the Night"5:19
2."The Hunter"4:07
3."In My Dreams"4:20
4."Slippin' Away"3:48
5."Lightnin' Strikes Again"3:48
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."It's Not Love"5:01
7."Jaded Heart"4:16
8."Don't Lie to Me"3:37
9."Will the Sun Rise"4:10
10."Til the Livin' End"3:59

Personnel[]

Dokken[]

Additional musicians[]

Production[]

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1987 Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[3]

Accolades[]

Publication Country Accolade Rank
Rolling Stone US 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time[12] 21
Metal Rules US Top 50 Glam Metal Albums[13] 11

Unchain the Night[]

Unchain the Night (1986)

The music videos produced for the singles from the three Dokken's albums were featured on a longform videocassette release, Unchain the Night, by Elektra/Asylum Records through Elektra Entertainment.[14] That video debuted on Billboard's Top Music Video—Longform chart at No. 11 in January 1987, peaking at No. 5 that May. The video collection was certified Gold in April 1987, and Platinum the following April. In 2007 the collection was re-released in DVD by Rhino Home Video through Warner Music Vision, debuting on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos chart at No. 27.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dokken singles".
  2. ^ "Dokken singles".
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "RIAA Searchable Database: search for Dokken". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Dokken – Under Lock and Key review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade. Minneapolis, MN. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7. OCLC 858901054.
  7. ^ "Under Lock And Key by Dokken | Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  8. ^ "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 43, No. 17, January 18, 1986". Library and Archives Canada. January 18, 1986. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  9. ^ "Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  10. ^ "Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart - 1986". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  11. ^ "In My Dreams by Dokken | Billboard The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  12. ^ Weingarten, Tom Beaujour,Richard Bienstock,Chuck Eddy,Reed Fischer,Kory Grow,Maura Johnston,Christopher R.; Beaujour, Tom; Bienstock, Richard; Eddy, Chuck; Fischer, Reed; Grow, Kory; Johnston, Maura; Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 31, 2019). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  13. ^ "METAL RULES". November 26, 2017. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  14. ^ "Unchain the Night - Dokken | Release Info". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
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