The original album was produced for the Japanese market and released there in December 1994 on JVC/Victor, simply titled Dokken.

[3] When Sony Music signed the band to the label internationally, the album was remixed and three additional songs recorded, "Hole In My Head", a cover of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "From the Beginning", and "If the Good Die Young" (the bonus track on the Japanese version).

"Snake Eyes" was finally released as part of the War & Peace – The Flesh and Blood Sessions album in 1999.

47 at a time when 1980s hard rock and heavy metal had largely declined, sales quickly dropped off and were not enough to reach gold RIAA certification.

[4][5] The song "Too High to Fly" was released as a promo single from the album and was a minor hit.