Krokus - Hardware Album

Tracklist

1	Mad Racket	4:00
2	Winning Man	5:33
3	Easy Rocker	5:27
4	She's Got Everything	3:57
5	Rock City	4:43
6	Mr. 69	3:01
7	Smelly Nelly Written-By – Kiefer	3:38
8	Celebration	3:24
9	Burning Bones Written-By – Storace	3:34

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
203 322, 203 322-320	Krokus	Hardware ‎(LP, Album)	Ariola, Ariola	203 322, 203 322-320	Switzerland	1981
ARL 5064	Krokus	Hardware ‎(LP, Album)	Ariola	ARL 5064	Ireland	1981
AL 9556	Krokus	Hardware ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Arista	AL 9556	US	Unknown
AC5-8147	Krokus	Hardware ‎(Cass, Album)	Arista	AC5-8147	US	1981
OL 1508	Krokus	Hardware ‎(LP, Album)	Ariola Records America	OL 1508	US	1981

Credits

• Bass, Percussion – Chris Von Rohr
• Cover [Concept] – Christophe Vorlet, Forty Morell
• Design – Christophe Vorlet
• Drums – Freddy Steady
• Engineer – Mark Dearnley
• Engineer [Assistant] – Nick Rogers
• Guitar – Fernando Von Arb, Tommy Kiefer
• Mastered By – Ian Cooper
• Photography By – Simon Fowler , Sulzer AG
• Producer – Krokus
• Sounds [Sound & Around] – Juerg Naegeli
• Vocals – Marc Storace
• Written-By – Von Rohr, Von Arb, Storace (tracks: B1), Kiefer (tracks: A3)

Notes

Labels:
Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH., München
℗ 1981

Sleeve:
Recorded at Roundhouse Studios, Nov/Dec 80
Im Ariola-Vertrieb
Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH, Gütersloh
℗ 1981 Ariola Switzerland

Inner sleeve:
Recorded at Roundhouse Studios, London, Nov/Dec 80
Mastered at The Townhouse

Barcodes

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 0116
• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): S 203 222 A
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): S 203 222 B
• Matrix / Runout (Full runout info side A): 203222 A-3/81S II Made in Germany TOWNHOUSE LONDON
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): 203222 A-3/81S Made in Germany TOWNHOUSE LONDON
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): II
• Matrix / Runout (Full runout info side B): 203222 B-2/80S Made in Germany 020 TOWNHOUSE LONDON
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): 203222 B-2/80S Made in Germany TOWNHOUSE LONDON
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): 020
• Other (Inner sleeve): 203 322/96 926

Companies

• Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Ariola Switzerland
• Distributed By – Ariola
• Recorded At – Roundhouse Studios
• Mastered At – The Town House
• Pressed By – Sonopress
• Printed By – Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH

Short intro

Hardware is the fifth 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. 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. 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. Krokus also known - by the band in particular - as First Album is the self-titled first album by Swiss band Krokus. It was the only Krokus album to feature Hansi Droz and Remo Spadino. It is also the only Krokus album to show a progressive rock style. The album has become a collector's item since only 560 copies were ever pressed and it has never been made available since. Majale Tommy Kiefer - 2:56. Angela Part One Chris von RohrKieferHansi DrozRemo Spadino - 3:00. Krokus - Hardware 1981. Name Krokus. Album Name Hardware. Type Album. Дата релиза 1981. Лейблы Ariola Records. Музыкальный стильHard-Rock. Владельцы этого альбома9. Easy Rocker. Hardware, 1992. Celebration, 03:23. Easy Rocker, 05:28. Krokus discography main. Metal Rendez-vous 1980. One Vice at a Time 1982. Krokus discography all. Industrial Strength EP 1981. American Woman 1982. Type: Full-length. Release date: February 18th, 1981. Band Name Krokus. Лейблы Arista Ariola Records Arabella. Recorded at Roundhouse Studios. Музыкальный стильHard Rock. Владельцы этого альбома122. Krokus' generic, by-the-numbers approach to '80s hard rock isn't particularly well represented here the band would reach its apex on 1983's Headhunter, although there are a few good songs - the album's opening and closing tracks, Burning Bones and Celebration, respectively, are its best, and the steely ballad Winning Man later virtually rewritten as. Artist: Krokus Album: Hardware Year: 1981 No copyright intended