To Rock or Not to Be
1995 studio album by Krokus
To Rock or Not to Be | ||||
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Studio album by Krokus | ||||
Released | 29 April 1995 | |||
Recorded | Winter 1994/1995 | |||
Studio | Pink Tonstudio, Zuchwil, Switzerland | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 54:41 | |||
Label | Phonag | |||
Producer | Fernando von Arb, Many Maurer | |||
Krokus chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
To Rock or Not to Be is the twelfth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1995. The album stayed seven weeks in the top ten of the Swiss charts, peaking at number 5.[3]
The album briefly reunited 4/5th of the One Vice at a Time line-up, with only bassist Chris von Rohr missing who was working as a producer and songwriter for Swiss act Gotthard at the time.
Track listing
- "Lion Heart" (Fernando von Arb, Jürg Naegeli, Marc Storace) – 5:16
- "Flying Through the Night" (von Arb, Naegeli, Many Maurer, Storace) – 3:56
- "To Rock or Not to Be" (von Arb, Storace) – 3:23
- "In the Dead of Night" (von Arb, Maurer, Storace) – 5:07
- "Natural Blonde" (von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace) – 5:12
- "Doggy Style" (von Arb, Freddy Steady, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Mark Kohler) – 4:02
- "Talking Like a Shotgun" (von Arb, Steady, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler) – 4:08
- "Soul to Soul" (von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace) – 4:55
- "Stop the World" (von Arb, Naegeli) – 5:14
- "You Ain't Got the Guts to Do It" (von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler) – 3:06
- "Wagon Gone" (Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler) – 5:01
- "Stormy Nights" (von Arb, Naegeli, Maurer, Storace, Kohler) – 5:14
Personnel
- Krokus
- Marc Storace – lead vocals
- Fernando von Arb – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass, producer
- Mark Kohler – rhythm guitar, bass
- Many Maurer – bass, lead guitar, producer, engineer
- Freddy "Steady" Frutig – drums, percussion
- Jurg Naegeli – keyboards, bass, mixing, engineering
- Additional musicians
- Andy Portmann, Chris Egger, Tony Castell – backing vocals
- Production
- Ian Cooper – mastering
Charts
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] | 5 |
References
- ^ Anderson, Jason. "Krokus To Rock or Not to Be review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Krokus – To Rock or Not to Be". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Krokus – To Rock or Not to Be". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
External links
- To Rock or Not to Be page on the Krokus official website
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Krokus
- Chris von Rohr
- Fernando von Arb
- Marc Storace
- Mandy Meyer
- Dominique Favez
- Flavio Mezzodi
- Freddy Steady
- Hansi Droz
- Remo Spadino
- Tommy Kiefer
- Jürg Naegeli
- Steve Pace
- Jeff Klaven
- Dani Crivelli
- Many Maurer
- Peter Haas
- Peter Tanner
- Tony Castell
- Carl Sentance
- Chris Lauper
- Patrick Aeby
- Stefan Schwarzmann
- Mark Kohler
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- Change of Address
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- To Rock or Not to Be
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- "Bad Boys Rag Dolls"
- "Stayed Awake All Night"
- "Screaming in the Night"
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