Krokus (band) / discography
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Crocus discography
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Crocus (2008)
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 Studio albums
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17th |
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Live albums
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3 |
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Compilations
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12 |
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EPs
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2 |
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Singles
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29 |
This discography is an overview of the records of the Swiss hard rock band Krokus . According to the sources, the band has sold over 1.4 million records in their career. Krokus' most successful releases are the studio albums Headhunter and The Blitz , each with over 550,000 units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1976 | crocus | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: April 29, 1976
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| 1977 | To You All | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: April 29, 1977
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| 1978 | Pay It in Metal / Pain Killer | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: October 30, 1978
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| 1980 | Metal Rendez-Vous | - | - |
CH-  × 4
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- | - |
First published: June 30, 1980
Sales: + 200,000 |
| 1981 | hardware |
DE56 (2 weeks) DE |
AT16 (3 weeks) AT |
- |
UK44 (4 weeks) UK |
US103 (12 weeks) US |
First published: February 18, 1981
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| 1982 | One Vice at a Time |
DE38 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK28 (5 weeks) UK |
US53 (20 weeks) US |
First published: March 1, 1982
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| 1983 | Headhunters | - | - | - |
UK74 (2 weeks) UK |
US25th  (41 weeks)US |
First published: April 25, 1983
Sales: + 550,000 |
| 1984 | The Blitz |
DE55 (2 weeks) DE |
- |
CH6 (8 weeks) CH |
- |
US31 (27 weeks)US |
First published: August 22, 1984
Sales: + 550,000 |
| 1986 | Change of Address | - | - |
CH6 (12 weeks) CH |
- |
US45 (17 weeks) US |
First published: June 16, 1986
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| 1988 | Heart attack | - | - |
CH5 (8 weeks) CH |
- |
US87 (11 weeks) US |
First published: March 25, 1988
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| 1990 | Stampede | - | - |
CH18 (6 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 14, 1990
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| 1995 | To rock or not to be | - | - |
CH5 (15 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: April 29, 1995
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| 1999 | Round 13 | - | - |
CH35 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 8, 1999
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| 2003 | Rock the block |
DE69 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH1 (11 weeks)CH |
- | - |
First published: Jan 18, 2003
Sales: + 20,000 |
| 2006 | Hellraiser | - | - |
CH2 (9 weeks)CH |
- | - |
First published: September 15, 2006
Sales: + 20,000 |
| 2010 | Hoodoo |
DE33 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
CH1 (25 weeks)CH |
- | - |
First published: February 26, 2010
Sales: + 30,000 |
| 2013 | Dirty Dynamite |
DE17 (3 weeks) DE |
AT46 (2 weeks) AT |
CH1 (21 weeks)CH |
- | - |
First published: February 22nd, 2013
Sales: + 30,000 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Cover albums
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| 2017 | Big rocks |
DE31 (2 weeks) DE |
AT36 (1 week) AT |
CH1 (14 weeks)CH |
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First published: Jan 27, 2017
Sales: + 10,000 |
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1986 | Alive and Screamin ' | - | - | - | - |
US97 (12 weeks) US |
First published: October 14, 1986
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| 2004 | Fire and Gasoline (Spontaneously Combustible) - Live! | - | - |
CH6 (9 weeks) CH |
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First published: February 2, 2004
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| 2014 | Long Stick Goes Boom: Live from da House of Rust | - | - |
CH3 (9 weeks) CH |
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First published: March 21, 2014
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Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2012 | Original album Classics | - | - |
CH99 (1 week) CH |
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First published: September 14, 2012
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| 2019 | The Big Eight | - | - |
CH68 (1 week) CH |
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First published: November 22, 2019
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More compilations
- 1980: Early Days
- 1984: Prior Convictions
- 1989: Stayed Awake All Night: The Best Of
- 1993: The Dirty Dozen: The Very Best of 1979–1983
- 1999: Best Of
- 2000: The Definitive Collection
- 2001: The Collection
- 2002: Headhunter Blitz
- 2003: Long Stick Goes Boom: The Anthology
- 2006: Extended Versions
EPs
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1981 | Industrial strength | - | - | - |
UK62 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: May 1981
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More EPs
Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1980 |
Bedside Radio Metal Rendez-Vous |
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CH58 (4 weeks) CH |
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First published: March 1980
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| 1984 | Midnite Maniac The Blitz |
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US71 (6 weeks) US |
First published: September 15, 1984
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| 1986 |
School's Out Change of Address |
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US67 (7 weeks) US |
First published: June 7, 1986
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| 2010 | Hoodoo Woman Hoodoo |
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CH19 (9 weeks) CH |
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First published: February 15, 2010
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| 2013 | Dirty Dynamite Dirty Dynamite |
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CH32 (2 weeks) CH |
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Chart entry: March 10, 2013
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More singles
- 1977: Highway Song
- 1978: Susie
- 1979: Tokyo Nights
- 1980: Heatstrokes
- 1981: Rock City
- 1981: Smelly Nelly
- 1982: American Woman
- 1982: Bad Boys, Rag Dolls
- 1982: Long Stick Goes Boom
- 1983: Screaming in the Night
- 1983: Stayed Awake All Night
- 1983: Eat the Rich
- 1984: Ballroom Blitz
- 1986: Say Goodbye
- 1986: Let This Love Begin
- 1986: Screaming in the Night (Live)
- 1988: Wild Love
- 2003: I Want It All
- 2003: Open Fire
- 2006: Angel of My Dreams
- 2010: Too Hot
- 2013: Go Baby Go (released as a single in Canada and the US only)
- 2013: Dög Song
- 2016: The House of the Rising Sun
- 2017: Rockin 'in the Free World
Promo singles
- 1981: Hardware (Flexidisk)
- 1981: Winning Man
- 1984: Our Love
- 1986: Burning up the Night
- 1988: Everybody Rocks
- 1988: Let It Go
Non album tracks released on various artist compilations
- 2009: "Live for the Action" ( Rhythm of Ice Hockey: The Official Soundtrack of the 2009 IHHF World Championship )
Recorded but still unreleased songs
- "Gimme Love" (An excerpt of the song can be heard in the documentary Krokus: As Long as We Live .)
- "Love Me Like an Alligator" (The song was recorded by Hardware during the recording and is mentioned by name in the biography Dogs you want to rock forever by Chris von Rohr on page 191.)
- "Rock and Roll part 1" (This cover version was recorded during the sessions for Big Rocks , but not released due to the child abuse scandal by author Gary Glitter . However, the song was played live at the concerts in March 2017 in Bern, Dübendorf and Lausanne.)
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
gold |
platinum
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 Canada (MC)
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2 × gold2
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- | 100,000 | musiccanada.com |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
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3 × gold3
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6 × platinum6th
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310,000 | hitparade.ch |
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United States (RIAA)
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2 × gold2
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- | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
| All in all |
7 × gold7th
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6 × platinum6th
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Web links
Charts:
- Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- Source US albums: Joel Whitburn: The Billboard Albums , 6th edition, Record Research, Menomonee Falls 2007. ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
Discography:
- Crocus at Discogs (English)
- Krokus on MusicBrainz (English)
- Krokus at Musik-Sammler.de
- Krokus at Rate Your Music (English)