Back for the Attack is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1987.
The album includes a remixed re-release of the song "Dream Warriors". The song was first released earlier in 1987 as the theme song for the movie A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The two other singles on the album were "Heaven Sent" and "Burning Like a Flame", the latter reaching #79 on the Billboard Hot 100. There's also a George Lynch instru...
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Back for the Attack is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1987.
The album includes a remixed re-release of the song "Dream Warriors". The song was first released earlier in 1987 as the theme song for the movie A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The two other singles on the album were "Heaven Sent" and "Burning Like a Flame", the latter reaching #79 on the Billboard Hot 100. There's also a George Lynch instrumental, "Mr Scary. "
For this album, they toured Japan in April 1988. That tour was recorded for the Beast from the East album, released in 1988. They also performed Van Halen's Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 from May 23-July 30, 1988. After that tour the band broke-up.
This would be their last studio album until 1995 due to the band's breakup.
Back For The Attack charted at #13 on the billboard U.S. charts, selling over two million copies in the U.S. and over 4 million copies worldwide.
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