The Blitz (Krokus album)
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| Studio album by Krokus | ||||
| Released | 22 August 1984 | |||
| Studio | Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, glam metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 38:34 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10 |
The Blitz is the eighth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in August 1984. It became a gold album in the United States. The band hit the Billboard Hot 100 with "Midnite Maniac" from that album and became the first Swiss act to do so. While preparing to record it, Patrick Mahassen had been tapped to join the band on guitar, Mark Kohler having switched to bass. Mahassen did not join, and the album was recorded as a quartet; Andy Tanas played bass on the subsequent tour.
UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.
A cover of Krokus' version of "Ballroom Blitz", originally performed by UK band Sweet, is featured as a playable track on Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.
All tracks written by Fernando von Arb and Marc Storace, except where noted.
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