Under Lock and Key

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Under Lock and Key is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken, released on November 22, 1985, through Elektra Records.<ref name="RIAA" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album reached No. 32 on the U.S. Billboard 200<ref name="album">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and remained on that chart for 67 weeks.<ref name=billboard>[[[:Template:BillboardURLbyName]] "Dokken – Chart history"]. Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2015.</ref> Two singles also charted: "The Hunter" and "In My Dreams", both reaching No. 25 and 24 on BillboardTemplate:'s Mainstream Rock respectively, with "In My Dreams" at No. 77 on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref name="singles" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Under Lock and Key was certified Gold on March 4, 1986, and Platinum on April 14, 1987.<ref name="RIAA" />

Critical reception

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.<ref name="album" />

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".<ref name="Martin" />

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original LP.

All writing credited to Dokken (Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson, Mick Brown)<ref>https://blabbermouth.net/news/don-dokken-says-he-gave-up-75-percent-of-songwriting-credits-in-dokken-in-order-to-appease-george-lynch</ref> Template:Track listing Template:Track listing

Personnel

All credits adapted from the original LP.

Dokken

• Don Dokken – lead vocals
• George Lynch – guitars
• Jeff Pilson – bass, background vocals
• Mick Brown – drums, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Chris Currell – Synclavier programming

Production

• Neil Kernon, Michael Wagener – producers, engineers, mixing
• Mark Wilczak – assistant engineer and mixing
• Cliff Bonell, Michael Lardie – assistant engineers
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

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Chart (1985–1986)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	56
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	32

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
Rolling Stone	US	50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time<ref name="Rolling">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	21
Metal Rules		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11

Unchain the Night

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The music videos produced for the singles from the three Dokken albums were featured on a longform videocassette release, Unchain the Night, by Elektra/Asylum Records through Elektra Entertainment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> That video debuted on BillboardTemplate:'s Top Music Video—Longform chart at No. 11 in January 1987, peaking at No. 5 that May.<ref>Template:Cite magazineTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> The video collection was certified Gold in April 1987, and Platinum the following April.<ref name="RIAA" />

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.<ref>Template:Cite magazineTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

VHS track listing

1. "Into The Fire"
2. "Just Got Lucky"
3. "Breaking The Chains"
4. "Alone Again"
5. "The Hunter"
6. "In My Dreams"
7. "It's Not Love"

See also

• List of glam metal albums and songs