DOKKEN — Long Way Home

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Album · 2002

Filed under Hard Rock
By DOKKEN

Tracklist

1. Sunless Days (4:20)
2. Little Girl (3:44)
3. Everybody Needs (To Be With Someone) (3:15)
4. You (3:47)
5. Goodbye My Friend (4:06)
6. Magic Road (3:31)
7. There Was A Time (3:53)
8. Heart Full Of Soul (2:28)
9. Under The Gun (4:20)
10. I've Found (3:43)

Total Time 37:11

Line-up/Musicians

- Don Dokken / vocals, guitar
- John Norum / guitar
- Barry Sparks / bass guitar, vocals
- Mick Brown / drums, vocals

About this release

Release date: April 23, 2002
Label: Sanctuary Records Group

Japanese Edition has the following bonus tracks:

11. Dancin' (5:03)
12. Only Heaven Knows (3:17)
13. Let It Be True (4:38)

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DOKKEN’s Long Way Home was released in 2002. This studio record features debut from bassist Barry Sparks who replaced the mighty 4-stringer Jeff Pilson, also featured the only studio performance from guitarist John Norum (now returned to EUROPE).

The album kicks off with a dark and down-tuned “Sunless Days”, marking a great performance from John Norum. This one is surely would be your instant favorite. “We live in sunless days/no horizon through the storm..”. A perfect album opener! They successfully brought the modern-rock sound in the song. I was beginning to be happy to be able to listen to the band in a “heavy metal” mode.

However, it strucked me to the floor when the second track came ini, “Little Girl”. They were to early to put a mid-tempo track and somewhat-grungy like this. You may want to skip this as well. This one is very much reminding you of the Shadowlife album. I am beginning to really think if this album is worth listening when I am listening to the following tracks such as the cheesy-poppy “Everybody Needs (To Be With Someone)” or the grunge-wannabe “You”. Even the ballad “Goodbye My Friend” doesn’t really help me to resurfacing my mood.

Fortunately, there are a couple more rocking tracks delivered through “Magic Road”, “Heart Full of Soul”, and “Under The Gun”. Especially in “Heart Full of Souls”, this 2-minutes plus song is a funky interesting track. Not my favorite but it surely kills. If you were disappointed with the previous ballad I mentioned, you might be as well pleased with “There Was A Time” and “I’ve Found”.

Overall, I am slightly less-satisfied with this record. John Norum hasn’t got the feeling and hasn’t been able to put his signature in DOKKEN’s musical structure. I would only suggest this record to a completist, not to a real hard rocker who wants a kickin’ ass hard rocking record. There are several memorable tracks, but more are less memorable.

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