Don Dokken Up From The Ashes Cd Heavy Harmonies Discography

eBay and Amazon affiliate links may earn us a commission at no additional cost to you. View Bands by Genre: Pop AOR / Westcoast (458) Melodic Rock / AOR (2300) 80s Hard Rock (5162) Modern Hard Rock (286) Sleaze Glam (832) Melodic Metal (882) Prog Rock (336) Southern or Blues... THE Hard Rock and AOR Reference on the Internet! Top 10 albums of 2025 lists from Mike and myself are now published! #s A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Compilations Soundtracks Tributes Up from the Ashes is the first[nb 1][5] solo studio album by Don Dokken, best known as the lead singer of American glam metal band Dokken.

The sound of the album continues the more commercial sound that Dokken began to incorporate into their music with Under Lock and Key.[6] Whilst working on the album, it was originally intended to be... The album did not quite achieve the commercial success achieved by Dokken, but it did reach the Top 50 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US.[8] The line-up for this album consisted... The original drummer for the Don Dokken band was Hempo Hildén, formerly in John Norum's band but he was replaced after a few photo sessions and does not play on the album.[9] The music... "When Love Finds a Fool" was co-written with former Deep Purple and Black Sabbath singer Glenn Hughes, who also provided backing vocals for the song. For the album, Don Dokken "[had] a rule", that all the band members must live in the same house.[10] “Up From the Ashes” was originally meant to be a new Dokken album with Don and new members, however, the threat of a lawsuit from former band members forced Don to record it as...

Looking at the lineup, Don got some really talented, well known musicians to play on the album. John Norum, formerly of Europe, was one half of the guitar duo while Pete Baltes, formerly of Accept, is on bass. Mikkey Dee of King Diamond and Motorhead fame beats the skins. So, with this lineup, it promises to be an exciting album. Unfortunately, the album doesn’t quite live up to its potential. There is some impressive guitar work and Don sings well and there’s no fault with the rhythm section but many of the songs aren’t memorable, the first four especially.

What Don tried to do is go for the more commercial sound from the last Dokken album, but the tracks where that happens aren’t the memorable ones. In fact, the first one that sticks is “When Some Nights,” because they go for a much harder sound on it and it has a good guitar solo. The intro on “Forever” is ear catching too, however, it goes for a more commercial sound, so it slides a little. In fact, it’s not Don who stands out on the album, it’s the guitarists, John and Billy White who do. It’s “Living a Lie” that provides the first really bright spark to the album. This one is more of a rocking cooker, reminiscent of former Dokken albums like “Tooth ‘N’ Nail.” I’ve never doubted Don’s abilities as a singer but on this track, he uses his voice to...

I wish I knew which one played the solo on it. Obviously meant to be a single, “When Love Finds a Fool” was co-written with former Black Sabbath and Deep Purple singer, Glenn Hughes, who also provides backing vocals on it. It’s unashamedly a tender power ballad meant to pull on the heart strings. Don sings well on it and it’s pretty good but not brilliant. Another track to mention is “Mirror Mirror,” because it’s the one my sister sent me on one of her compilation tapes. Owing to the fact there’s a video to it where a blues musician named Blind Mellon Chitlin’ demands a royalty payment, claiming it’s his song, I assume it’s the other single from the album.

I can see why it was released as it successfully straddles the line between Dokken style metal and commercialibility. Now we come to the true hidden gem, penultimate track, “Down in Flames.” After some indecipherable chatter at the beginning, it comes in with a blinding guitar solo. It turns out to be a cool mid tempo metal jam with some really good guitar hooks. Did I say that it’s the two guitarists who really shine on the album? They really do the job on this one. Mikkey gets to truly show his drumming skills on the closer, “The Hunger.” The song rocks and takes the album out on a high.

I know, I know. I mentioned that “Lightning Strikes Again” is the last Dokken album I purchased and that would bring to an end my Record Vault posts on Dokken. But as I was filing away the CD’s I realised there is one more album that I have which I forgot about. “Up from the Ashes” is an excellent record. No one talks about it, but I love it. It’s better than some of the records that outsold it.

And it’s been missing from Spotify for a long time but it made an appearance sometime last year. Released under the name of Don Dokken due to a legal challenge by Pilson, Lynch and Brown to stop him from using the Dokken name. That’s another story on its own. That shouldn’t detract from the album not going platinum. But Don believes it did. Joining Don on the project are John Norum and Billy White on guitar, Peter Baltes on bass and Mikkey Dee on drums.

It’s written by Don Dokken and Billy White, who played guitar in Watchtower, a progressive math metal band that released two albums in the late 80’s. To Set Your Preferred Streaming Service, Log In to Your AllMusic Account To Submit Streaming Links, Log In to Your AllMusic Account eBay and Amazon affiliate links may earn us a commission at no additional cost to you. View Bands by Genre: Pop AOR / Westcoast (458) Melodic Rock / AOR (2300) 80s Hard Rock (5162) Modern Hard Rock (286) Sleaze Glam (832) Melodic Metal (882) Prog Rock (336) Southern or Blues... THE Hard Rock and AOR Reference on the Internet!

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