''Heart Attack'' is the tenth

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by the Swiss

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band Krokus, and is described by the band as "the last attempt to keep the band together in a deep crisis".KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HEART ATTACK
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, it saw the return of original Krokus founding member

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 ...

. ''Heart Attack'' is the only Krokus album to feature drummer Dani Crivelli who played drums on von Rohr's 1987 solo album, ''Hammer & Tongue'', and previously recorded and toured with

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rivals

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. In the early 1980s, Crivelli was a member of Detroit, a hard rock band that featured Krokus guitarist Fernando von Arb's then wife, Birthe von Arb, on lead vocals. The track "Rock 'n' Roll Tonight" was a live hit and is still played by the band in concerts.

Track listing

All songs written by Krokus, except where indicated ;Side one # "Everybody Rocks" - 3:50 # "Wild Love" - 4:01 # "Let It Go" - 4:31 # "Winning Man" (

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 ...

) - 5:15 (originally on '' Hardware'') # "Axx Attack" - 4:24 ; Side two #

"Rock 'n' Roll Tonight" - 3:58 # "Flyin' High" (Krokus, Jürg Naegeli) - 4:14 # "Shoot Down the Night" - 4:37 # "Bad, Bad Girl" - 5:58 # "Speed Up" - 6:24

Personnel

Krokus *

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 ...

– Vocals *

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

– Bass, piano, percussion, drums *Dani Crivelli – Drums, percussion Production *Jürg Naegeli – Engineer, mixing assistant *

Michael Wagener Michael Wagener (born 25 April 1949) is a German former music producer, mixer, and engineer from Hamburg, best known for his work with many top glam metal and heavy metal bands in the late 1980s. He is particularly renowned for his multi-amping an ...

– Mixing at The Enterprise, Los Angeles, California *Scott Blockland – Mixing assistant *

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– Mastering *

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- Cover illustration * Richard Evans - Art direction and design

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heart Attack (Album) Krokus (band) albums 1988 albums MCA Records albums