Headhunter (album)

For the album by Herbie Hancock, see Head Hunters.
Headhunter
Studio album by
Krokus
ReleasedApril 25, 1983
StudioBee Jay Studios, Orlando, Florida
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length37:18
LabelArista
ProducerTom Allom
Krokus chronology
One Vice at a Time
(1982) 		Headhunter
(1983) 		The Blitz
(1984)
Singles from Headhunter
  1. "Screaming in the Night"
    Released: May 1983 (US)[1]
  2. "Eat the Rich"
    Released: 1983 (Australia)
  3. "Stayed Awake All Night"
    Released: September 1983 (US)[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[4]

Headhunter is the seventh studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1983. It achieved Gold status in the United States.[5] The track "Screaming in the Night" was the band's biggest hit to date,[6] and is still played on classic rock radio stations. Headhunter is the only Krokus album to feature Steve Pace on drums, and includes the Bachman–Turner Overdrive cover "Stayed Awake All Night".

UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.

  1. ^ "Krokus singles".
  2. ^ "Krokus singles".
  3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Krokus Headhunter review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  5. ^ "RIAA Database: Search for Krokus". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  6. ^ KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HEADHUNTER