Stampede (Krokus album)

Stampede
Studio album by
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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.
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