Hardware (Krokus album)

Hardware
Studio album by
Krokus
Released18 February 1981
RecordedNovember–December 1980
StudioRoundhouse Studios, London
GenreHard 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
AllMusic[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.

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
Production

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. 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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