| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
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.
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
- "Celebration" - 3:23
- "Easy Rocker" - 5:28
- "Smelly Nelly" (Tommy Kiefer, von Arb, von Rohr) - 3:42
- "Mr. 69" - 3:02
- "She's Got Everything" - 3:58
- Side two
- "Burning Bones" (von Arb, von Rohr, Marc Storace) - 3:37
- "Rock City" - 4:47
- "Winning Man" - 5:34
- "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
References
- ^ Hinds, Andy. "Krokus - Hardware review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HARDWARE
- ^ "Krokus - Hardware (Album)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ "Krokus Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Krokus - Hardware (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ "Album- Krokus, Hardware". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ a b "Krokus Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 2012-08-06.