Heart Attack (Krokus album)

Heart Attack

Cover art by Chris Achilleos

Studio album by Krokus

Released

25 March 1988

Recorded

Pink Tonstudios, Zuchwil, Switzerland

Genre

Hard rock, glam metal

Length

47:17

Label

MCA

Producer

Fernando von Arb, Chris von Rohr

Krokus chronology

Alive and Screamin'
(1986)

Heart Attack
(1988)

Stampede
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Martin Popoff	^[2]

Heart Attack is the tenth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and is described by the band as "the last attempt to keep the band together in a deep crisis".^[3] As well as being the band's first album on MCA Records, it saw the return of original Krokus founding member Chris von Rohr. 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" (von Arb, von Rohr) - 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

Band members

Marc Storace - vocals
Fernando von Arb - lead guitar
Mark Kohler - rhythm guitar
Chris von Rohr - bass, piano, percussion
Dani Crivelli - drums

Production

Jürg Naegeli - engineer, mixing
Michael Wagener - mixing at The Enterprise, Los Angeles, California
Scott Blockland - assistant mixing
Stephen Marcussen - mastering

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1988	Billboard 200 (North America)^[4]	87
1988	Swiss Albums Chart^[5]	5

References

↑ Anderson, Jason. "Krokus Heart Attack review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
↑ KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HEART ATTACK
↑ "Heart Attack Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
↑ "Krokus – Heart Attack". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

Krokus

Chris von Rohr Fernando von Arb Marc Storace Mandy Meyer Dominique Favez Flavio Mezzodi Freddy Steady Hansi Droz Remo Spadino Tommy Kiefer Jürg Naegeli Steve Pace Jeff Klaven Dani Crivelli Many Maurer Peter Haas Peter Tanner Tony Castell Carl Sentance Chris Lauper Patrick Aeby Stefan Schwarzmann Mark Kohler

Studio albums	Krokus To You All Painkiller / Pay It In Metal Metal Rendez-vous Hardware One Vice at a Time Headhunter The Blitz Change of Address Heart Attack Stampede To Rock or Not to Be Round 13 Rock the Block Hellraiser Hoodoo Dirty Dynamite

Live albums	Alive and Screamin' Fire and Gasoline Long Stick Goes Boom - Live From Da House Of Rust

Compilation albums	Early Days '75-'78 Stayed Awake All Night - The Best The Dirty Dozen Definitive Collection The Collection Best Of Long Stick Goes Boom: The Anthology

Singles and EPs	"Tokyo Nights" "Heatstrokes" "Bedside Radio" "Winning Man" "Rock City" "American Woman" "Save Me" "Bad Boys Rag Dolls" "Stayed Awake All Night" "Screaming in the Night" "Midnite Maniac" "Ballroom Blitz" "Our Love" "School's Out" "Screaming in the Night (Live)" "Let the Love Begin" "Let It Go" "Wild Love" "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" "I Want It All" "Angel of My Dreams"

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