Heart Attack (Krokus album)
| Heart Attack | ||||
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 Cover art by Chris Achilleos | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 25 March 1988 | |||
| Studio | Pink Tonstudios, Zuchwil, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, glam metal | |||
| Length | 47:17 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Fernando von Arb, Chris von Rohr | |||
| Krokus chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Heart Attack | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[3] |
Heart Attack is the tenth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and is described by the band as "the last attempt to keep the band together in a deep crisis".[4] As well as being the band's first album on MCA Records, it saw the return of original Krokus founding member Chris von Rohr.
Heart Attack is the only Krokus album to feature drummer Dani Crivelli who played drums on von Rohr's 1987 solo album, Hammer & Tongue, and previously recorded and toured with Solothurn rivals Killer. In the early 1980s, Crivelli was a member of Detroit, a hard rock band that featured Krokus guitarist Fernando von Arb's then wife, Birthe von Arb, on lead vocals.
The track "Rock 'n' Roll Tonight" was a live hit and is still played by the band in concerts.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Krokus, except where indicated
- Side one
- "Everybody Rocks" - 3:50
- "Wild Love" - 4:01
- "Let It Go" - 4:31
- "Winning Man" (Fernando von Arb, Chris von Rohr) - 5:15 (originally on Hardware)
- "Axx Attack" - 4:24
- Side two
- "Rock 'n' Roll Tonight" - 3:58
- "Flyin' High" (Krokus, Jürg Naegeli) - 4:14
- "Shoot Down the Night" - 4:37
- "Bad, Bad Girl" - 5:58
- "Speed Up" - 6:24
Personnel
[edit]Krokus
- Marc Storace – Vocals
- Fernando von Arb – Lead and rhythm guitar, bass, piano
- Mark Kohler – Rhythm and lead guitar, bass
- Chris von Rohr – Bass, piano, percussion, drums
- Dani Crivelli – Drums, percussion
Production
- Jürg Naegeli – Engineer, mixing assistant
- Michael Wagener – Mixing at The Enterprise, Los Angeles, California
- Scott Blockland – Mixing assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
- Chris Achilleos – Cover illustration
- Richard Evans – Art direction and design
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[5] | 36 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 5 |
| US Billboard 200[7] | 87 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Krokus singles".
- ^ Anderson, Jason. "Krokus Heart Attack review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ "KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HEART ATTACK". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Krokus – Heart Attack". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Krokus Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
