Shadowlife

Not to be confused with Shadow life.

Shadowlife
Studio album by Dokken
Released	April 15, 1997
Recorded	1996–97
Studio	Vintage Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona 710 Studios, Redondo Beach, California Albacore Studios, Cave Creek, Arizona
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	52:03
Label	CMC International Victor (Japan)
Producer	Kelly Gray
Dokken chronology
One Live Night (1995) Shadowlife (1997) Erase the Slate (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]

Shadowlife is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1997. It marks a change in the band's musical style, moving towards alternative rock. However, critics and fans alike were not pleased with the change, and dismiss the album as one of Dokken's weakest. It is also the last studio album with original lead guitarist George Lynch.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mick Brown, Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson, and George Lynch except "Here I Stand" and "I Don't Mind" which were co-written by Kelly Gray

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Puppet on a String"	4:22
2.	"Cracks in the Ground"	5:01
3.	"Sky Beneath My Feet"	4:36
4.	"Until I Know"	2:18
5.	"Hello"	3:13
6.	"Convenience Store Messiah"	4:28
7.	"I Feel"	4:24
8.	"Here I Stand"	4:43
9.	"Hard to Believe"	4:29
10.	"Sweet Life"	4:23
11.	"Bitter Regret"	3:59
12.	"I Don't Mind"	3:18
13.	"Until I Know (Slight Return)"	2:41

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"How Many Lives"	4:48
15.	"Deep Waters"	6:06

• Tracks 14 and 15 are bonus tracks on the Japanese release (VICP-5839).

Personnel

Dokken

• Don Dokken - vocals
• George Lynch - lead and rhythm guitars
• Jeff Pilson - bass guitar, lead vocals on "Here I Stand"
• Mick Brown - drums

Production

• Kelly Gray - producer, engineer, mixing
• Aaron Carey - mixing assistant
• Eddy Schreyer, Gene Grimaldi - mastering

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3]	28
US Billboard 200[4]	146

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dokken - Shadowlife review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
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. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
4. "Dokken - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2021.