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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 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
editAll 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
editKrokus
- 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.