Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[4]

Change of Address is the ninth studio album by Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and is largely seen as their least successful. It has been described as "plainly one of the worst efforts" from Krokus,[3] and the band's website claims that they and their musical style were put under too much pressure from their record company.[5] Unsurprisingly, Krokus changed their record label for their next studio album, Heart Attack.

The album features drummer Jeff Klaven's former Cobra bandmate, Tommy Keiser, joining on bass, enabling Mark Kohler to return to his original position on rhythm guitar.

Andrew T of N.Y. metal band Blackout filled in for Kohler on select dates during this tour, including a stint replacing Bon Jovi as openers on Judas Priest's 1986 arena tour. Unusually, Krokus rarely played any songs from the then current album when opening for Priest.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fernando von Arb, Jeff Klaven and Marc Storace except where noted.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now (All Through the Night)" 4:23
2."Hot Shot City"Tommy Keiser, Mark Kohler, Klaven, Storace3:48
3."School's Out" (Alice Cooper cover)Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith)3:16
4."Let This Love Begin"von Arb, Klaven5:02
5."Burning Up the Night"von Arb, Storace3:46
Side B
No.TitleLength
6."Say Goodbye"5:18
7."World on Fire"6:12
8."Hard Luck Hero"4:12
9."Long Way from Home"5:06

Personnel

Krokus

Additional musicians

  • Paul Fox – keyboards on certain tracks
  • Jai Winding – keyboards on certain tracks
  • Leon Gaer – bass
  • Allan Holdsworth – guitar solo on track 9
  • David Mansfield – acoustic guitar
  • 'The Brat Choir' with Nina Werman and friends – backing vocals on track 3
  • Tom Kelly, Tommy Funderburk, Bob Garlyle – backing vocals

Production

  • Tom Werman – producer, mixing at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California
  • Duane Baron – engineer
  • Peter Barker – assistant engineer
  • David Eaton – mixing assistant
  • Jürg Naegeli – pre-production engineer at Pink Tonstudios, Zuchwil, Switzerland

Charts

References

  1. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Krokus - School's Out". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Krokus - Let This Love Begin". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Jason. "Krokus Change of Address review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  5. ^ "CHANGE OF ADDRESS Krokus official Homepage". Krokusonline.seven49.net. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Krokus Tour Statistics: Change of Address". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0691". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  8. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Krokus – Change of Address". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Krokus – Change of Address". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Krokus Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_of_Address_(Krokus_album)
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