Stampede (Krokus album)

"Shotgun Boogie" redirects here. For Tennessee Ernie Ford song, see The Shotgun Boogie.
Stampede
Studio album by
Krokus
Released14 November 1990
StudioPink Tonstudios, Zuchwil, Switzerland
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length60:35
LabelPhonag
ProducerFernando von Arb, Pedro Haldemann, Many Maurer
Krokus chronology
Heart Attack
(1988) 		Stampede
(1990) 		To Rock or Not to Be
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[2]
Kerrang![3]

Stampede is the eleventh studio album by Swiss hard rock band Krokus. It features an almost completely different line-up to that of their last album (with the exception of Fernando von Arb), and was recorded near the band's home town of Solothurn by Jürg Naegeli, a former member of the band.

It was also the first Krokus album since 1978's Painkiller not to feature Marc Storace on lead vocals. His replacement, Peter Tanner, had previously been a member of Swiss bands Witchcraft, Bloody Six and Headhunter as well as a voice actor in the late 1970s. Stampede is also marks the Krokus studio debut for Many Maurer, a bandmate of Tanner's in Headhunter and founding member of Killer. The album reached No. 18 in the Swiss album charts.[4]

In 2000, Tanner and Storace would unite to record the D/C World album (with Tony Castell on bass), consisting of 5 strung together blocks of passages from 30 different AC/DC songs, with Tanner singing the Brian Johnson parts and Storace in the Bon Scott role.

Track listing

All songs by Fernando von Arb, Many Maurer and Peter Tanner, except where indicated

  1. "Stampede" – 4:41
  2. "Electric Man" – 5:24
  3. "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" – 4:35
  4. "Shotgun Boogie" (von Arb, Maurer, Tanner, Patrick Mason) – 5:25
  5. "Nova-Zano" (von Arb, Maurer, Tanner, Mason) – 6:28
  6. "Street Love" – 4:32
  7. "Good Times" – 4:43
  8. "She Drives Me Crazy" (von Arb, Maurer, Tanner, Mason) – 5:15
  9. "In the Heat of the Night" (von Arb) – 7:02
  10. "Rhythm of Love" (von Arb, Maurer, Tanner, Mason) – 5:24
  11. "Wasteland" (Maurer, Tanner) – 7:08

Personnel

Krokus
Additional musicians
  • Rahel Studer – cello on "Nova-Zano"
  • Chris Egger – backing vocals
Production
  • Jürg Naegeli – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Pedro Haldemann – co-producer, mixing assistant
  • Hanspeter Huber – mixing at Soundville Studios, Lucern, Switzerland
  • Katrin Brändli – mixing assistant
  • Ian Cooper – mastering at Townhouse Studios, London

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 18

References

  1. ^ Anderson, Jason. "Krokus Stampede review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Hotten, Jon (19 January 1991). "Krokus - 'Stampede'". Kerrang!. No. 324. p. 23. ISSN 0262-6624. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. ^ "Krokus – Stampede". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  5. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Krokus – Stampede". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.