Hardware (Krokus album)

Hardware
Studio album by
Released18 February 1981
RecordedNovember–December 1980
StudioRoundhouse Studios, London
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length37:33
LabelAriola
ProducerKrokus
Krokus chronology
Metal Rendez-vous
(1980)
Hardware
(1981)
One Vice at a Time
(1982)
Singles from Hardware
  1. "Rock City"
    Released: February 1981 (UK)
  2. "Winning Man"
    Released: April 1981 (US)
  3. "Smelly Nelly"
    Released: 1981 (Germany)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10

Hardware is the fifth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. It did not match the success of their previous album, Metal Rendez-vous, going only Gold in Switzerland. However, the album entered the charts in the US, UK and other European countries.

The 1981 exploitation film Mad Foxes features the songs "Easy Rocker" and "Celebration".

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