Change of Address (Krokus album)

Change of Address
Studio album by
Krokus
Released16 June 1986
RecordedSeptember 1985 – May 1986
StudioArtisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California and mixed at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood
Genre
Length41:03
LabelArista
ProducerTom Werman, Fernando von Arb
Krokus chronology
The Blitz
(1984) 		Change of Address
(1986) 		Alive and Screamin'
(1986)
Singles from Change of Address
  1. "School's Out"
    Released: June 1986 (US) [1]
  2. "Say Goodbye"
    Released: 1986 (Europe)
  3. "Let This Love Begin"
    Released: February 1987 (US) [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[4]

Change of Address is the ninth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and is largely seen to be 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 songs by Fernando von Arb, Jeff Klaven, Marc Storace, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Now (All Through the Night)" – 4:23
  2. "Hot Shot City" (Tommy Keiser, Mark Kohler, Klaven, Storace) – 3:48
  3. "School's Out" (Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 3:16 (Alice Cooper cover)
  4. "Let This Love Begin" (von Arb, Klaven) – 5:02
  5. "Burning Up the Night" (von Arb, Storace) – 3:46

Side two

  2. "Say Goodbye" – 5:18
  3. "World on Fire" – 6:12
  4. "Hard Luck Hero" – 4:12
  5. "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.