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| The Blitz | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1984[1] | |||
| Studio | Little Mountain Sound (Vancouver, Canada) | |||
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| Length | 38:34 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
| Krokus chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Blitz | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[7] |
The Blitz is the eighth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in August 1984.[1] It became a gold album in the US.[8] 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, the group had tapped Patrick Mahassen to join the band on guitar, with Mark Kohler switching to bass. However, Mahassen would end up leaving the band before recording commenced, and the album was ultimately recorded as a quartet; Andy Tanas played bass on the subsequent tour.[9] The song "Boys Nite Out", written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, was originally recorded by Adams for his hit 1984 album Reckless but was left off the final track list. Adams' version eventually saw a release on the 30th anniversary reissue of Reckless.
UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.
- ^ a b Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 177
- ^ a b "Krokus - The Blitz". Metal Storm.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade. Minneapolis, MN. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-62788-375-7. OCLC 891379313.
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- ^ "Krokus singles".
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Krokus The Blitz review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "American album certifications – Krokus – The Blitz". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Andy Tanas Biography