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Headhunter (album)

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Released
  
April 25, 1983

Headhunter (1983)
  
The Blitz (1984)

Release date
  
25 April 1983

Label
  
Arista Records

Length
  
37:18

Artist
  
Krokus

Producer
  
Tom Allom

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Hard rock

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Studio
  
Bee Jay Studios, Orlando, Florida

Similar
  
Krokus albums, Heavy metal albums

Headhunter is the seventh studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1983. It achieved Gold status in the United States. The track "Screaming in the Night" was the band's biggest hit to date, and is still played on classic rock radio stations. Headhunter is the only Krokus album to feature Steve Pace on drums, and includes the Bachman–Turner Overdrive cover "Stayed Awake All Night".

Contents

UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.

Krokus headhunter


Track listing

Side one
  1. "Headhunter" (Chris von Rohr, Fernando von Arb, Marc Storace, Butch Stone) – 4:30
  2. "Eat the Rich" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone) – 4:14
  3. "Screaming in the Night" (von Rohr, von Arb, Mark Kohler, Storace, Stone) – 6:38
  4. "Ready to Burn" (von Rohr, von Arb, Kohler, Storace, Stone) – 3:54
Side two
  1. "Night Wolf" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone) – 4:10 (written for the animated motion picture Metal Hollywood)
  2. "Stayed Awake All Night" (Randy Bachman) – 4:41 (Bachman–Turner Overdrive cover)
  3. "Stand and Be Counted" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone) – 4:07
  4. "White Din" (von Rohr, von Arb) – 1:50
  5. "Russian Winter" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone) – 3:31

Personnel

Krokus
  • Marc Storace – vocals
  • Fernando von Arb – lead guitar
  • Mark Kohler – rhythm guitar
  • Chris von Rohr – bass, piano, percussion
  • Steve Pace – drums
    • Additional musicians
  • Rob Halford – backing vocals on "Ready to Burn"
  • Jimi Jamison – backing vocals
  • Bob Ketchum – sound effects recorded at Cedar Crest Studios
    • Production
  • Tom Allom – producer
  • Andy De Ganahl – engineer
  • Butch Stone – director

    • Songs

    1Headhunter4:31
    2Eat the Rich4:14
    3Screaming in the Night6:28

    References

    Headhunter (album) Wikipedia
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