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Hardware
Studio album by
Krokus
Released18 February 1981 (1981-02-18)
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
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

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

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

Chart (1981) Peak
position
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

Year Title Chart Position
1981 "Burning Bones" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (USA)[11] 46
"Winning Man" 26

References

  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. "Krokus Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2024.