Change of Address (Krokus album)

Change of Address
Studio album by
Krokus
Released16 June 1986
RecordedSeptember 1985 – May 1986
StudioArtisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California and mixed at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood
Genre
Length41:03
LabelArista
ProducerTom Werman, Fernando von Arb
Krokus chronology
The Blitz
(1984) 		Change of Address
(1986) 		Alive and Screamin'
(1986)
Singles from Change of Address
  1. "School's Out"
    Released: June 1986 (US) [1]
  2. "Say Goodbye"
    Released: 1986 (Europe)
  3. "Let This Love Begin"
    Released: February 1987 (US) [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[4]

Change of Address is the ninth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and is largely seen to be their least successful. It has been described as "plainly one of the worst efforts" from Krokus,[3] and the band's website claims that they and their musical style were put under too much pressure from their record company.[5] Unsurprisingly, Krokus changed their record label for their next studio album, Heart Attack.

The album features drummer Jeff Klaven's former Cobra bandmate, Tommy Keiser, joining on bass, enabling Mark Kohler to return to his original position on rhythm guitar.

Andrew T of N.Y. metal band Blackout filled in for Kohler on select dates during this tour, including a stint replacing Bon Jovi as openers on Judas Priest's 1986 arena tour. Unusually, Krokus rarely played any songs from the then current album when opening for Priest.[6]

  1. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Krokus - School's Out". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Krokus - Let This Love Begin". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Jason. "Krokus Change of Address review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  5. ^ "CHANGE OF ADDRESS Krokus official Homepage". Krokusonline.seven49.net. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Krokus Tour Statistics: Change of Address". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 30 November 2021.