Released 1 March 1982 | Length 36:14 Release date 1 March 1982 | |
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Studio Battery Studios, London Similar Krokus albums, Heavy metal albums | ||
One Vice at a Time is the sixth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1982 on Arista Records. It was the first album to feature Mark Kohler on rhythm guitar. It includes a cover of The Guess Who's song "American Woman". The song "Long Stick Goes Boom" is used in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
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Bruce Dickinson, who at the time had just been hired as Iron Maiden's new lead vocalist, provides backing vocals on the track "I'm on the Run". Producer Tony Platt was best known for his prior work as engineer with AC/DC.
UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.
The band's live album Long Stick Goes Boom: Live From Da House of Rust took its title from the lead-off song on this release.
Krokus long stick goes boom
Track listing
- "Long Stick Goes Boom" (Chris von Rohr, Fernando von Arb, Marc Storace) - 5:12
- "Bad Boys, Rag Dolls" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace) - 3:48
- "Playin' the Outlaw" (von Rohr, von Arb, Freddy Steady, Storace) - 4:00
- "To the Top" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace) - 4:21
- "Down the Drain" (von Rohr, von Arb) - 3:12
- "American Woman" (Burton Cummings, Gary Peterson, Michael James Kale, Randy Bachman) - 3:37 (The Guess Who cover)
- "I'm on the Run" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace) - 3:43
- "Save Me" (von Rohr, von Arb, Steady, Storace) - 4:27
- "Rock 'n' Roll" (von Rohr, von Arb) - 4:07
Personnel
Songs
1Long Stick Goes Boom5:13
2Bad Boys - Rag Dolls3:48
3Playin' the Outlaw4:01