Under Lock and Key

Under Lock and Key is the third studio album by heavy metal band Dokken, released on November 22, 1985 through Elektra Records.[1] The album reached No. 32 on the U.S. Billboard 200[2] and remained on that chart for 67 weeks.[3] Two singles also charted: "The Hunter" and "In My Dreams", both reaching No. 25 and 24 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock respectively, with "In My Dreams" at No. 77 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] Under Lock and Key was certified Gold on March 4, 1986 and Platinum on April 14, 1987.[1]

Under Lock and Key
Studio album by Dokken
Released	November 22, 1985 (1985-11-22)
Recorded	1985
Studio	Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, Los Angeles Le Mobile remote unit Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre	Heavy metal, glam metal
Length	42:25
Label	Elektra
Producer	Neil Kernon, Michael Wagener
Dokken chronology
Tooth and Nail (1984) Under Lock and Key (1985) Back for the Attack (1987)
Singles from Under Lock and Key
"The Hunter" Released: December 10, 1985 (promo only) "In My Dreams" / "Til the Livin' End" Released: August 1986 "Will the Sun Rise" Released: 1986 (promo only) "It's Not Love" Released: 1986 (promo only) "Unchain the Night" Released: 1986 (promo only)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[6]

Eduardo Rivadavia in his review for AllMusic calls Under Lock and Key "quite possibly Dokken's most 'complete' album, with a little something for every type of fan", like "fist-pumping headbangers", extraordinary "bittersweet mid-paced rockers" ("Unchain the Night" and "The Hunter") and "saccharine ballads". Rivadavia recommends the album as the best introduction to new listeners of Dokken, but notes that heavy metal purists would likely prefer the band's 1984 album Tooth and Nail.[5] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff considers the album "too weighted towards Def Leppard's fat-and-open formula rock", resulting "a bit subdued and predictable" in comparison with its predecessor. The band's glamorous look, the media exposure and George Lynch's "attempt to define the L.A. sound in his own image" do not save Under Lock and Key from sounding "like the work of a band just fed".[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dokken.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Unchain the Night"	5:19
2.	"The Hunter"	4:07
3.	"In My Dreams"	4:20
4.	"Slippin' Away"	3:48
5.	"Lightnin' Strikes Again"	3:48

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"It's Not Love"	5:01
7.	"Jaded Heart"	4:16
8.	"Don't Lie to Me"	3:37
9.	"Will the Sun Rise"	4:10
10.	"Til the Livin' End"	3:59

Personnel

Dokken

• Don Dokken – lead vocals
• George Lynch – guitar
• Jeff Pilson – bass, background vocals
• Mick Brown – drums, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Chris Currell – Synclavier programming

Production

• Neil Kernon, Michael Wagener – producers, engineers, mixing
• Mark Wilczak – assistant engineer and mixing
• Cliff Bonell, Michael Lardie – assistant engineers
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1985 Billboard 200 (USA)[2] 32 1986 RPM100 Albums (Canada)[7] 95

Singles Year Title Chart Position 1985 "The Hunter" Billboard Mainstream Rock[4] 25 1986 "In My Dreams" 24 Billboard Hot 100[4] 77

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
USA	RIAA	1987	Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[1]

Unchain the Night

The music videos produced for the singles from the three Dokken's albums were featured on a longform videocassette release, Unchain the Night, by Elektra/Asylum Records through Elektra Entertainment. That video debuted on Billboard's Top Music Video—Longform chart at No. 11 in January 1987, peaking at No. 5 that May.[8] The video collection was certified Gold in April 1987, and Platinum the following April.[1] In 2007 the collection was re-released in DVD by Rhino Home Video through Warner Music Vision, debuting on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos chart at No. 27.[9]

VHS track listing

1. "Into The Fire"
2. "Just Got Lucky"
3. "Breaking The Chains"
4. "Alone Again"
5. "The Hunter"
6. "In My Dreams"
7. "It's Not Love"

References

1. "RIAA Searchable Database: search for Dokken". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
2. "Under Lock and Key Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
3. "Dokken – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
4. "Under Lock and Key Billboard Singles". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
5. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Dokken – Under Lock and Key review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
6. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
7. "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 43, No. 17, January 18, 1986". Library and Archives Canada. January 18, 1986. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
8. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=388&cfgn=Videos&cfn=Top+Music+Video&ci=3005946&cdi=6286214&cid=05%2F09%2F1987. Retrieved February 13, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=383&cfgn=Videos&cfn=Billboard+Comprehensive+Music+Videos&ci=3083027&cdi=9218833&cid=03%2F31%2F2007. Retrieved February 13, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)