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Back for the Attack by Dokken
Back for the Attack is an album by Dokken, released in 1987. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dream Warriors”, on 1 list with a best position of #186.
Back for the Attack, Dokken's fourth studio album, hit the racks on Elektra on November 2, 1987, and it's the classic lineup at full swagger: Don Dokken's sleek, soaring vocals, George Lynch's guitar spitting sparks, Jeff Pilson on bass and Mick Brown on drums, all buffed to a hard gleam by producer Neil Kernon. The title was borrowed from an older Dokken song cut during the Under Lock and Key sessions, which ended up on the B-side of "Dream Warriors" before the 2009 remaster tucked it onto the album as a bonus.
"Dream Warriors" itself had been out since February, riding along as the theme to A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, and the hair-metal-meets-horror-movie crossover did the band no harm. "Burning Like a Flame" and "Prisoner" followed it onto rock radio. The record went Platinum in January 1988, climbed to 13 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on that chart for 33 weeks, and at roughly 1.5 million copies it stands as their best seller.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Back for the Attack on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dream Warriors | 1 | #186 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Kiss of Death | 1 | #663 | – | 1990 | |
| 3 | Burning Like a Flame | 1 | #822 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.