Up from the Ashes (Don Dokken album)

Up from the Ashes
Studio album by Don Dokken
Released	October 21, 1990
Studio	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre	Heavy metal, melodic metal, hard rock
Length	54:02
Label	Geffen
Producer	Don Dokken, Wyn Davis, Tom Zutaut
Don Dokken chronology

Up from the Ashes is the second solo studio album by Don Dokken, best known as the lead singer of Dokken. The sound of the album was similar to the hard rock style of Dokken's work with his former band. The album did not quite achieve the commercial success achieved by Dokken, but it did reach the Top 50 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US.[3] The line-up for this album consisted of Don Dokken performing vocals, John Norum formerly of Europe on lead guitar, Billy White formerly of Watchtower on lead guitar, Peter Baltes formerly of Accept on bass, and Mikkey Dee formerly of King Diamond and pre-Motörhead on drums. The original drummer for the Don Dokken band was Hempo Hildén, formerly in John Norum's band but he was replaced after a few photo sessions and does not play on the album.[4] The music videos for the songs "Stay" and "Mirror Mirror" received airplay on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. "When Love Finds a Fool" was co-written with former Deep Purple and Black Sabbath singer Glenn Hughes, who also provided backing vocals for the song.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Crash 'N Burn"	Don Dokken, Billy White	5:30
2.	"1000 Miles Away"	Dokken, John Norum	5:00
3.	"When Some Nights"	Dokken, Norum, White	4:27
4.	"Forever"	Dokken, Wyn Davis	5:16
5.	"Living a Lie"	Dokken, Norum	4:38
6.	"When Love Finds a Fool"	Dokken, Glenn Hughes	5:34
7.	"Give It Up"	Dokken, White	4:11
8.	"Mirror Mirror"	Dokken, White, Mark Spiro	4:36
9.	"Stay"	Dokken, Mick Brown	4:28
10.	"Down in Flames"	Dokken, White	5:11
11.	"The Hunger"	Dokken, White	5:03

Personnel

Don Dokken – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
John Norum – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Billy White – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Peter Baltes – bass guitar, backing vocals
Mikkey Dee – drums

Additional musicians

Glenn Hughes – backing vocals on "When Love Finds a Fool"
Tony Franklin – bass intro on "Stay"
Ken Mary - Drums on "The Hunger"

Production

Wyn Davis - producer, engineer
Eddie Ashworth, Melissa Sewell - engineers
George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Glen LaFerman - photography
Gabrielle Raumberger - art coordinator
Greg Stata - art direction
David E. Williams - cover art
Tom Zutaut - executive producer

References

Jeffries, Vincent. "Don Dokken - Up from the Ashes". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
"Up from the Ashes Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
"Lite information om Hempo Hildén, grundare till greenrock.nu" (in Swedish). Greenrock.nu. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2015-10-10.

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[1] Jeffries, Vincent. "Don Dokken - Up from the Ashes". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-10-10.

[martin-2] Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[3] "Up from the Ashes Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-10-10.

[4] "Lite information om Hempo Hildén, grundare till greenrock.nu" (in Swedish). Greenrock.nu. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2015-10-10.