Dirty Dynamite
Appearance
Dirty Dynamite | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 5, 2013 | |||
Recorded | Abbey Road Studios, London Powerplay Studios, Zurich, Montekristo Studios and Wicked Wench Studios, Solothurn, Switzerland | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 45:22 | |||
Label | The End | |||
Producer | Chris von Rohr | |||
Krokus chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
PopMatters | [2] |
Dirty Dynamite is the seventeenth studio album from Swiss melodic hard rock band Krokus, released through The End Records in North America. It includes a cover of the Beatles song "Help!".
Reception
Since its release, the album has been met with mostly positive reviews from critics. William Clark of Music Enthusiast Magazine described the album as "an album of 12 rampaging rock songs that sounds just as good if not better than anything they released back in the day".[3]
Track listing
All songs by von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, except where indicated
- "Hallelujah Rock n' Roll" (von Rohr, Kohler, Storace) - 3:27
- "Go Baby Go" - 3:38
- "Rattlesnake Rumble" - 3:49
- "Dirty Dynamite" - 3:51
- "Let the Good Times Roll" (von Rohr, Kohler, Storace) - 3:55
- "Help" (Lennon–McCartney) - 4:27
- "Better Than Sex" - 4:17
- "Dög Song" - 3:48
- "Yellow Mary" - 3:32
- "Bailout Blues" (von Rohr, Kohler, Storace) - 3:30
- "Live Ma Life" (von Rohr, Kohler, Storace) - 3:58
- "Hardrocking Man" - 3:10
Personnel
- Band members
- Marc Storace - lead vocals
- Fernando von Arb - piano, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals
- Mark Kohler - rhythm guitar, engineer
- Mandy Meyer - lead guitar
- Chris von Rohr - bass, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals, producer, engineer
- Kosta Zafiriou - drums, percussion
- Guests[4]
- Mark Fox - vocals, engineer
- Tommy Heart - vocals
- Production
- Dennis Ward - engineer, mixing
- Helge van Dyk - engineer
- Darcy Proper - mastering at Wisseloord Studios
References
- ^ Heaney, Gregory. "Krokus Dirty Dynamite review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ Leftridge, Steve (14 April 2013). "Krokus: Dirty Dynamite". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ "Krokus Delivers High Voltage Rock On "Dirty Dynamite"". Musicenthusiastmag.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
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