''Dysfunctional'' is the fifth

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by heavy metal band

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, released in 1995. It was the band's first release after reuniting in 1993. Originally intended to be a

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solo album, it morphed into a Dokken album when guitarist George Lynch was brought back into the fold, with

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and Mick Brown already on board. The original album was produced for the Japanese market and released there in December 1994 on JVC/Victor, simply titled ''Dokken''. When

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signed the band to the label internationally, the album was remixed and three additional songs recorded, "Hole In My Head", a cover of

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's " From the Beginning", and "If the Good Die Young" (the bonus track on the Japanese version). This last song is a heavily re-worked new version of the song "Snake Eyes", which Jeff Pilson had recorded with his post-Dokken band, Flesh & Blood (eventually re-named War & Peace). "Snake Eyes" was finally released as part of the War & Peace - ''The Flesh and Blood Sessions'' album in 1999. Although ''Dysfunctional'' entered the chart respectably at No. 47 at a time when 1980s hard rock and heavy metal had largely declined, sales quickly dropped off and were not enough to reach gold

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. In a later interview, Don Dokken claimed that the album had sold 400,000 copies . The song "

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" was released as a promo single from the album and was a minor hit. It is one of the post 80s Dokken songs that is played live on a consistent basis.

Track listing

Personnel

Dokken

- vocals, producer * George Lynch - lead and rhythm guitars *

- bass guitar * Mick Brown - drums

Production

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- producer, engineer, mixing on tracks 5, 8-10 *

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- engineer, mixing *

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, Don Dokken, Kenny Oswald - engineers *

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- mastering at

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, New York * John Keane - orchestral arrangements on track 5 *

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- A&R

Charts

References

{{Authority control Dokken albums 1995 albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Michael Wagener