''Hoodoo'' is the sixteenth studio album by the Swiss hard rock/ heavy metal band Krokus. It includes a cover of the Steppenwolf song "

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". The album failed to reach the

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in the U.S., unlike their last album (''

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''), but the release was successful overseas. The song "Hoodoo Woman" is featured on the soundtrack of the movie ''

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''. The album has received mixed to positive reviews from publications such as

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. Critic Chad Bower of

labeled the release as being "packed with big hooks arena ready anthems". Critic Alexey Eremenko praised the album for

as having the band "rocking as hard as ever", with "dirty, swaggering" hard rock songs. ''Hoodoo'' was certified Platinum in Switzerland.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *

Marc Storace Marc Storace (''Sto-rah-che'') (born 7 October 1951) is a Maltese born rock vocalist. His career in music started in the 1960s. He is most noted for his position as frontman, lead singer and songwriter of Swiss hard rock band Krokus from 1980. B ...

– lead vocals *

Fernando von Arb Fernando von Arb or simply FVA (born 17 January 1953) is a Swiss guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist of the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. Career In the early 1970s, Von Arb was playing in th ...

– lead and rhythm guitar,

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, bass,

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*Mark Kohler – rhythm and lead guitar, bass *Chris von Rohr – bass,

, drums,

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, producer *Freddy Steady – drums,

;Additional musicians *Mark Fox –

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– drums ;Production * Dennis Ward –

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, mixing *Jürg Neageli,

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– additional engineering *

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– mastering at Sterling Sound,

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Charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoodoo (Krokus Album) Krokus (band) albums 2010 albums Columbia Records albums