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Band
Dokken
Title
Return to the East Live 2016
Type
LP/EP
Company
Frontiers
YOR
2018
Style
Hard Rock
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5/24/2018 - Review by: Eric Compton
Enjoyable live set featuring the band's most successful lineup
The band's performance at the Loud Park Festival in Japan is celebrated with this lengthy live album and video package. It also celebrates the band's most well-respected line-up of Dokken, Lynch, Pilson, and Brown. Musically, this sounds tight, melodic and overly quite good. These are the classic songs that we have all memorized over our lifetimes. But, we have to consider Don Dokken is 64 years of age and he's not the same 80s singer our ears are used to. Accepting the fact that he can't hit those notes anymore, this is an enjoyable and nostalgic live set.
Recommended for fans of: Quiet Riot, Keel, Scorpions
PERSONAL BREAKDOWN:

ENJOYMENT
3.5
MUSIC
4
VOCALS
3
PRODUCTION
3.5
ARTWORK
2.5
LYRICS
3.5


  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    3.5 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: DOKKEN
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Back For The Attack
1987
Elektra
Anthony Burke2/28/2003
-
Broken Bones
2012
Frontiers
Eric Compton12/28/2012
4.5
Greatest Hits 2
2010
Cleopatra
Chris Kincaid6/14/2010
3
Hell To Pay
2004
Sanctuary Records
Vinaya Saksena8/17/2004
-
Return to the East Live 2016
2018
Frontiers
Eric Compton5/24/2018
3.5

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