Hardware (Krokus album)

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1981 studio album by Krokus

Hardware

Studio album by

Krokus

Released| 18 February 1981
Recorded| November–December 1980
Studio| Roundhouse Studios, London
Genre| Hard rock, heavy metal
Length| 37:33
Label| Ariola
Producer| Krokus
Krokus chronology
| Metal Rendez-vous
(1980)  | Hardware
(1981)  | One Vice at a Time
(1982)

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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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 6/10[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.

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

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

## 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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### Album

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| Chart (1981)  | Peak
position

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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] | 16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 56
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] | 50
UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 44
Billboard 200 (USA)[11] | 103

### Singles

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| Year  | Title  | Chart  | Position

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1981  | "Burning Bones"  | Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (USA)[11] | 46
"Winning Man"  | 26

## References

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1. ^ "Krokus singles".
2. ^ "Krokus singles".
3. ^ "Krokus singles".
4. ^ Hinds, Andy. "Krokus - Hardware review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
5. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 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 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Krokus – Hardware" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Krokus – Hardware" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Krokus – Hardware". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
11. ^ a b "Krokus Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

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Krokus

* Chris von Rohr
* Fernando von Arb
* Marc Storace
* Mandy Meyer
* Dominique Favez
* Flavio Mezzodi

* Stefan Schwarzmann

Studio albums|

* Krokus
* To You All
* Pain killer / Pay It In Metal
* Metal Rendez-vous
* Hardware
* One Vice at a Time
* Headhunter
* The Blitz
* Change of Address
* Heart Attack
* Stampede
* To Rock or Not to Be
* Round 13
* Rock the Block
* Hellraiser
* Hoodoo
* Dirty Dynamite

Live albums|

* Alive and Screamin'
* Long Stick Goes Boom: Live From Da House of Rust

Singles and EPs|

* "American Woman"
* "Screaming in the Night"
* "Ballroom Blitz"
* "School's Out"

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