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| Dokken - Tooth and Nail Band: Dokken Tracks: - Without Warning - Tooth and Nail - Just Got Lucky - Heartless Heart - Don't Close Your Eyes - When Heaven Comes Down - Into the Fire - Bullets to Spare - Alone Again - Turn on the Action Pretty cool. Tooth and Nail is pretty cool. I used to listen to this album quite a bit when I was younger. Dokken did a good job with this disc. The musical direction of the album is melodic hard rock with a metallic edge. It's heavier than Breaking the Chains, also. All ten of the tracks are listenable. The album starts off with an instrumental ("Without Warning"). It's cool and foreboding in mood. "Tooth and Nail" is a straight-ahead heavy rocker that's on the edge of metal (it's fast in tempo). My Favorite songs are "Into the Fire" and "Alone Again." "Just Got Lucky" and "When Heaven Comes Down" are listenable, also. George Lynch does a nice job with the guitar playing. His guitar solo on "Into the Fire" is really good. The album's production is okay. The musicianship and songwriting are satisfying. Don Dokken does well with the vocals. I've always liked his singing. He's quite impressive on "Into the Fire" and "Alone Again." Tooth and Nail is a solid and energetic album from Dokken. It's worth a listen. TRANSCENDS THE TERM 'HEAVY METAL' Aside from "Tooth and Nail" being Dokken's most outstanding release in their history, it is also one of the best rock and roll albums to come out during the infamous Heavy Metal era. Driven by the guitar genius of George Lynch, Dokken's sound on "Tooth and Nail" somehow bridged the gap between glam metal and pop sensibility that few metal bands of their era could make it across. Dokken managed to retain their dignity, both in their look (no makeup or women's clothes) and their sound, by remembering their rock and roll roots. The lyrics are merely updated adolescent ballads (with the exception of "When Heaven Comes Down"), but the riffs and rhythms are driven by an intensity and sincerity that makes "Tooth and Nail" one of My Favorite rock albums from the 80's. My Favorite track is the final track on the album, "Turn on the Action," a Heavy Metal Swing piece that hinted at an innovational spirit that The Band unfortunately never capitalized on. Be that as it may, "Tooth and Nail" still stands as a damn good album worthy of any well rounded collection. Tooth and Nail...takes no prisoners!! :) This was the CD that first introduced me to Dokken, and what an introduction it was! I first heard Dokken when they first played "Into The Fire" on Metal Shop (which I would listen to on Friday nights on WNEW New York) back in '84. I was instantly impressed with the way George Lynch goes from the soft acoustic guitar at the beginning of the song to the rip-roaring crunchy electric guitar during the r funny, catchy, chilled-out, plucky-spoken-word-verse-and-rockin'-sung-chorus classic about a lonely, crappy, drunken New Year's Eve in Boston.<BR>The skittery insanity of Is Terrified sustains itself in the remainder of the eight tracks, which manage to encompass the making fun of the Academy Awards e, and my heart...again. This record was recorded wel nally. "Exciter," on the other hand, seems to be a collection of material that wasn't quite fleshed out oduct>B00000DC e only bad part is Dave is bursting with inspiring words, but ends up repeating "So much to say" too much. Then there is "Two Step" with an amazing into... and the awesome metaphor of "Hey, my love, you came to me like wine comes to this mouth, grown tired of water all the time, you quench my Heart and you quench my mind, a couple of months ago, I got it from a local store. It was an import (as Kate has never had any CD released in Brazil) an y. " Buy Dokken Tooth And Nail at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
