The album was remixed, partially re-recorded, renamed and released in the US in 1983 by Elektra Records, and reached number 136 on the Billboard 200 chart.

[citation needed] However, Dokken management convinced Elektra they could make a more successful album, which materialized in Tooth and Nail in September 1984.

[12] It is featured on the radio station "V-ROCK" in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

[13] All tracks are written by Don Dokken and George Lynch, except where notedTracks 6, 7 and 8 were recorded at Dierks Studios as demos for Carrere.

On the original Breakin' the Chains Carrere Records version, released under the name Don Dokken, several song titles are misspelled on the back cover.