''Hardware'' is the fifth studio album by the Swiss

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 Krokus. It did not match the success of their previous album, ''

Metal Rendez-vous ''Metal Rendez-vous'' is the fourth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in June 1980. It is the first Krokus release to feature vocalist Marc Storace; Chris von Rohr had formerly served as the band's lead vocalist but appea ...

'', 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.

Track listing

All songs by

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 ...

and

Chris von Rohr Christoph "Chris" von Rohr (born 24 October 1951 in Solothurn) is a Swiss rock musician, record producer, author, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is best known for being a member and founder of the hard rock band, Krokus. History ...

, 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 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 ...

) - 3:37 # "Rock City" - 4:47 # "Winning Man" - 5:34 # "Mad Racket" - 4:02

Personnel

; Krokus *

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–

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

, keyboards, bass,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Tommy Kiefer –

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, backing vocals *

– bass, drums, backing vocals,

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, keyboards * Freddy Steady –

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, percussion, backing vocals * Jürg Naegeli –

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, bass, backing vocals ; Production * Mark Dearnley, Nick Rogers –

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