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''Gotthard'' is the first studio album by the
hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band Gotthard. It was released in 1992. The album peaked at #5 on the Swiss charts, and was certified as Platinum for exceeding 30,000 sales. The album art appears to be based on the
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. The original version of "Get Down" first appeared on
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's 1987 solo album, ''Hammer & Tongue'', re-issued in 1993 as ''The Good, The Bad and The Dog''.


Track listing

All songs written by Steve Lee/Leo Leoni except where noted. # "Standing In the Light" – 3:54 # "Downtown" – 3:06 # "Firedance" – 6:12 (Steve Lee/Leo Leoni/Chris von Rohr) # "
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) # "Mean Street Rocket" – 3:53 (Steve Lee/Leo Leoni/Chris von Rohr) # "Get Down" – 3:22 (Chris von Rohr/Many Maurer) # "Take Me" – 3:43 # "Angel" – 5:31 # "Lonely Heartache" – 3:45 # "Hunter" – 4:15 # "All I Care For" – 3:10 # ""That's It"" (Instrumental) – 1:16 (Leo Leoni/Hena Habegger)


Personnel

* Steve Lee
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, *
Leo Leoni Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts an ...
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s and vocals *
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Guests: *
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– lead guitar (Tracks 3 & 6) *Pat Regan –
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– keyboards


Production

*Mixing – Pat Regan *Assistant Mixing – Chris von Rohr and Peavy Tanner


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


References


External links


Heavy Harmonies page
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