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Erase the Slate

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Erase the Slate
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 15, 1999
Recorded1998–99
Studio710 Studio and Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach,
Rover Studios, North Hollywood, California
GenreHard rock[1]
Length47:52
LabelCMC International (US)
SPV/Steamhammer (Europe)
Mercury (Japan)
ProducerDokken
Dokken chronology
Shadow Life
(1997)
Erase the Slate
(1999)
The Very Best of Dokken
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

Erase the Slate is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1999. It is the only Dokken studio album to feature former Winger guitarist Reb Beach and the last one with long-time bassist Jeff Pilson.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Reb Beach, Mick Brown, Don Dokken, and Jeff Pilson except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Erase the Slate" 3:47
2."Change the World" 4:35
3."Maddest Hatter" 4:38
4."Drown" 4:53
5."Shattered" 4:40
6."One"Harry Nilsson3:10
7."Who Believes" 4:23
8."Voice of the Soul" 4:12
9."Crazy Mary Goes Round" 3:00
10."Haunted Lullabye" 4:47
11."In Your Honor" 4:31
12."Little Brown Pill" (Hidden track) 1:16
Japanese CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Upon Your Lips"4:02
14."Sign of the Times"3:14

Personnel

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Dokken
  • Don Dokken - lead and backing vocals
  • Reb Beach - lead and rhythm guitars
  • Jeff Pilson - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, mellotron, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mick Brown - drums, lead vocals on "Crazy Mary Goes Round", backing vocals
Production
  • Rob Easterday - engineer
  • Wyn Davis, Michael Perfitt - additional engineering
  • Bernd Burgdorf, Scott Francisco, Wes Seidman - assistant engineers
  • Tom Fletcher - mixing
  • Rob Brill - mixing assistant
  • Gene Grimaldi, Tom Baker - mastering at Oasis Mastering, Studio City, California

Charts

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Chart (1999) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 51

References

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  1. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Dokken - Erease the Slate review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  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.