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Unchain the Night
Unchain the Night
Video by Dokken
Released	27 October 1986
Genre	Heavy metal; glam metal;
Length	44:30
Label	Elektra/Asylum Records
Dokken video albums chronology

Under Lock and Key
Under Lock and Key
Studio album by Dokken
Released	November 22, 1985
Studio	Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, Los Angeles; Le Mobile remote unit; Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California;
Genre	Glam metal
Length	42:25
Label	Elektra
Producer	Neil Kernon, Michael Wagener
Dokken chronology
Singles from Under Lock and Key
	"The Hunter"; Released: December 10, 1985; "In My Dreams"; Released: February 25, 1986; "It's Not Love"; Released: June 1986;

Under Lock and Key is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken, released on November 22, 1985, through Elektra Records.^[7] The album reached No. 32 on the U.S. Billboard 200^[8] and remained on that chart for 67 weeks.^[9] 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.^[10] Under Lock and Key was certified Gold on March 4, 1986, and Platinum on April 14, 1987.^[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[8]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[11]

The album received mostly positive reviews. 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.^[8]

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".^[11]

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original LP.

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
Total length:		42:25

Personnel

All credits adapted from the original LP.

Dokken

Don Dokken – lead vocals
George Lynch – guitars
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

Chart (1985-1986)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[12]	95
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[13]	56
US Billboard 200^[14]	32

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[15]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
Rolling Stone	US	50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time^[1]	21
Metal Rules	US	Top 50 Glam Metal Albums^[2]	11

Unchain the Night

The music videos produced for the singles from the three Dokken albums were featured on a longform videocassette release, Unchain the Night, by Elektra/Asylum Records through Elektra Entertainment.^[17] That video debuted on Billboard's Top Music Video—Longform chart at No. 11 in January 1987, peaking at No. 5 that May.^[18] The video collection was certified Gold in April 1987, and Platinum the following April.^[7]

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.^[19]