''Hardware'' is the fifth studio album by the Swiss
hard rock
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band
Krokus. It did not match the success of their previous album, ''
Metal Rendez-vous'', going only Gold in Switzerland.
KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HARDWARE
/ref> 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.
The 1981 exploitation film Mad Foxes features the songs "Easy Rocker" and "Celebration."
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
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* Fernando von Arb – rhythm guitar
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, keyboards, bass, backing vocals
* Tommy Kiefer – lead guitar, backing vocals
* Chris von Rohr – bass
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, drums, backing vocals, percussion, keyboards
* Freddy Steady – drums
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, percussion, backing vocals
* Jürg Naegeli – keyboards
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, bass, backing vocals
; Production
* Mark Dearnley, Nick Rogers – engineers
* Ian Cooper – mastering at The Townhouse, London
Charts
Album
Singles
References
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Krokus (band) albums
1981 albums
Ariola Records albums