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Hardware (Krokus album)

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Hardware
Studio album by
Krokus
Released18 February 1981 (1981-02-18)
RecordedNovember–December 1980
StudiosRoundhouse Studios, London
GenresHard rock, heavy metal
Length37:33
LabelAriola
ProducerKrokus
Krokus chronology
Metal Rendez-vous
(1980)		 Hardware
(1981)		 One Vice at a Time
(1982)
Singles from Hardware
  1. "Rock City"
    Released: February 1981 (UK)[1]
  2. "Winning Man"
    Released: April 1981 (US)[2]
  3. "Smelly Nelly"
    Released: 1981 (Germany)[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarHalf star[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[5]

Hardware is the fifth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. It did not match the success of their previous album, Metal Rendez-vous, going only Gold in Switzerland.[6] However, the album entered the charts in the US, UK and other European countries.

The 1981 exploitation film Mad Foxes features the songs "Easy Rocker" and "Celebration".

UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.

Track listing

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All songs by Fernando von Arb and Chris von Rohr, except where indicated

Side one
  1. "Celebration" – 3:23
  2. "Easy Rocker" – 5:28
  3. "Smelly Nelly" (Tommy Kiefer, von Arb, von Rohr) – 3:42
  4. "Mr. 69" – 3:02
  5. "She's Got Everything" – 3:58
Side two
  1. "Burning Bones" (von Arb, von Rohr, Marc Storace) – 3:37
  2. "Rock City" – 4:47
  3. "Winning Man" – 5:34
  4. "Mad Racket" – 4:02

Personnel

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Krokus
  • Marc Storace – lead vocals
  • Fernando von Arb – rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass, backing vocals
  • Tommy Kiefer – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris von Rohr – bass, drums, backing vocals, percussion, keyboards
  • Freddy Steady – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jürg Naegeli – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
Production
  • Mark Dearnley, Nick Rogers – engineers
  • Ian Cooper – mastering at The Townhouse, London

Charts

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References

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  1. ↑ "Krokus singles".
  2. ↑ "Krokus singles".
  3. ↑ "Krokus singles".
  4. ↑ Hinds, Andy. "Krokus – Hardware review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. ↑ "KROKUS ONLINE – official homepage – Discography – HARDWARE". Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Krokus – Hardware" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Krokus – Hardware" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Krokus – Hardware". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 15/2/1981 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Krokus Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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