Hardware (album)

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.[3] However, the album entered the charts in the US, UK and other European countries.

Hardware
Studio album by Krokus
Released	March 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)
Singles from Hardware
"Rock City" / "Mr. 69" Released: 1981 (Europe) "Winning Man" / "Mad Racket" Released: 1981 (US) "Smelly Nelly" / "Burning Bones" Released: 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[2]

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 Year Chart Position 1981 Austrian Top 40 Albums[4] 16 UK Albums Chart[5] 44 Swedish Albums Chart[6] 50 German Albums Chart[7] 56 Billboard 200 (USA)[8] 103

Singles Year Title Chart Position 1981 "Burning Bones" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (USA)[8] 46 "Winning Man" 26

References

1. Hinds, Andy. "Krokus - Hardware review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
2. 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.
3. KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HARDWARE
4. "Krokus - Hardware (Album)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
5. "Krokus Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
6. "Krokus - Hardware (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
7. "Album- Krokus, Hardware". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
8. "Krokus Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 2012-08-06.