(12" Inch Vintage Cover)
Back for the Attack
is the fourth
studio album
by American
Heavy Metal band
released on
November 2, 1987,
through
Elektra Records.
Back for the Attack
was certified
Gold and Platinum
on
January 14, 1988.
The album sold about
1,5 million records worldwide.
A remastered edition
featuring a bonus track
was reissued
in 2009
through Warner
Music Japan.
It is the band's
best-selling album,
reaching No. 13
on the
U.S. Billboard 200
and remaining on
that chart for 33 weeks
Three singles
also charted on
Billboard's
Mainstream Rock chart:
"Dream Warriors"
reached No. 22,
"Prisoner"
at No. 37,
and
"Burning Like a Flame"
at No. 20
as well as
No. 72
on the
Billboard Hot 100.
The single
"Dream Warriors"
was originally released
in
February 10, 1987,
as the theme song
for the horror film
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3:
Dream Warriors.
The album title
for
Back for the Attack
was taken from an
earlier Dokken song
of the same name,
recorded during
the sessions for
Under Lock and Key
(1985)
and released as
the B-side to
"Dream Warriors".
It was later included
in the 2009
remastered edition
of the album
as a bonus track.
Critical Reception
Barry Weber
at
AllMusic wrote
that
Back for the Attack
"certainly isn't
Dokken's greatest album,
yet it remains a
worthwhile listen".
He praised the band
for sounding
"tighter than they ever have before",
with
frontman
Don Dokken
and guitarist
George Lynch
being
"at the top of their game."
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