Hardware (Krokus album)
1981 studio album by Krokus
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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.
Released18 February 1981
RecordedNovember–December 1980
StudioRoundhouse Studios, London
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| Released | 18 February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | November–December 1980 | |||
| Studio | Roundhouse Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 37:33 | |||
| Label | Ariola | |||
| Producer | Krokus | |||
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| Singles from Hardware | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[5] |
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
All songs by Fernando von Arb and Chris von Rohr, except where indicated
- Side one
- "Celebration" – 3:23
- "Easy Rocker" – 5:28
- "Smelly Nelly" (Tommy Kiefer, von Arb, von Rohr) – 3:42
- "Mr. 69" – 3:02
- "She's Got Everything" – 3:58
- Side two
- "Burning Bones" (von Arb, von Rohr, Marc Storace) – 3:37
- "Rock City" – 4:47
- "Winning Man" – 5:34
- "Mad Racket" – 4:02
Personnel
- 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
Album
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Singles
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