Headhunter (album) explained

Headhunter
Type:	studio
Artist:	Krokus
Cover:	Headhunter_cover.jpg
Released:	April 25, 1983
Studio:	Bee Jay Studios, Orlando, Florida
Genre:	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length:	37:18
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Tom Allom
Prev Title:	One Vice at a Time
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	The Blitz
Next Year:	1984

Headhunter is the seventh studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1983. It achieved Gold status in the United States.^[1] The track "Screaming in the Night" was the band's biggest hit to date,^[2] 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.

Track listing

Side one

"Headhunter" (Chris von Rohr, Fernando von Arb, Marc Storace, Butch Stone) – 4:30
"Eat the Rich" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone) – 4:14
"Screaming in the Night" (von Rohr, von Arb, Mark Kohler, Storace, Stone) – 6:38
"Ready to Burn" (von Rohr, von Arb, Kohler, Storace, Stone) – 3:54

Side two

"Night Wolf" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone) – 4:10 (written for the animated motion picture Metal Hollywood)
"Stayed Awake All Night" (Randy Bachman) – 4:41 (Bachman–Turner Overdrive cover)
"Stand and Be Counted" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone) – 4:07
"White Din" (von Rohr, von Arb) – 1:50
"Russian Winter" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, Stone) – 3:31

Personnel

Krokus

Marc Storace – lead vocals
Fernando von Arb – lead and rhythm guitar, bass, piano
Mark Kohler – rhythm and lead guitar, bass
Chris von Rohr – bass, piano, drums, percussion
Steve Pace – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Rob Halford – backing vocals on "Ready to Burn"
Jimi Jamison – backing vocals on "Screaming in the Night"
Bob Ketchum – sound effects recorded at Cedar Crest Studios

Production

Tom Allom – producer
Andy De Ganahl – engineer
Butch Stone – director

Charts

Album

Chart (1983)! scope="col"
Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[3]	72
US Billboard 200^[4]	25

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1983	"Eat the Rich"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (USA)	33
	"Screaming in the Night"		21
	"Stayed Awake All Night"		31

Notes and References

Web site: RIAA Database: Search for Krokus. 2012-08-09. Recording Industry Association of America.
http://krokusonline.seven49.net/Web/en/Discography/_HEADHUNTER.htm KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - HEADHUNTER
Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
Web site: Krokus Awards . 2012-08-06 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160430041951/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/krokus-mn0000105685/awards . 30 April 2016.