''Headhunter'' is the seventh studio

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by the Swiss

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band Krokus, released in 1983. It achieved Gold status in the United States. The track " Screaming in the Night" was the band's biggest hit to date,KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HEADHUNTER
/ref> and is still played on classic rock radio stations. ''Headhunter'' is the only Krokus album to feature Steve Pace on drums, and includes the

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cover "Stayed Awake All Night". UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.

Track listing

;Side one # "Headhunter" ''(

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 ...

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 the ba ...

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. Be ...

, Butch Stone)'' – 4:30 # "Eat the Rich" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone)'' – 4:14 # " Screaming in the Night" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Mark Kohler, Storace, Stone)'' – 6:38 # "Ready to Burn" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Kohler, Storace, Stone)'' – 3:54 ;Side two #

"Night Wolf" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone)'' – 4:10 (written for the animated motion picture ''Metal Hollywood'') # "Stayed Awake All Night" ''(

Randy Bachman Randolph Charles Bachman (; born September 27, 1943) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman recorded as a solo artist and was part of a num ...

)'' – 4:41 (

cover) # "Stand and Be Counted" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone)'' – 4:07 # "White Din" ''(von Rohr, von Arb)'' – 1:50 # "Russian Winter" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone)'' – 3:31

Personnel

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– lead and rhythm guitar, bass, piano *Mark Kohler – rhythm and lead guitar, bass *

– bass,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, drums, percussion *Steve Pace –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion ;Additional musicians *

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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 ...

on "Ready to Burn" *

Jimi Jamison Jimmy Wayne Jamison (August 23, 1951 – September 1, 2014) was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1989, performing the songs " Burn ...

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on "Screaming in the Night" *Bob Ketchum –

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recorded at Cedar Crest Studios ;Production *

Tom Allom Thomas James Allom is an English record producer and sound engineer. His best-known work was in the 1970s and 1980s, working with artists such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Krokus, Loverboy, Def Leppard, Kix and Rough Cutt. Allom is a membe ...

– producer *Andy De Ganahl –

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*Butch Stone – director

Charts

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Singles

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Krokus (band) albums 1983 albums Albums produced by Tom Allom Arista Records albums