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Change of Address is the ninth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and is largely seen to be their least successful. It has been described as "plainly one of the worst efforts" from Krokus,[3] and the band's website claims that they and their musical style were put under too much pressure from their record company.[5] Unsurprisingly, Krokus changed their record label for their next studio album, Heart Attack.

Change of Address
Studio album by Krokus
Released	16 June 1986
Recorded	September 1985 – May 1986
Studio	Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California and mixed at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal glam metal
Length	41:03
Label	Arista
Producer	Tom Werman, Fernando von Arb
Krokus chronology
The Blitz (1984) Change of Address (1986) Alive and Screamin' (1986)
Singles from Change of Address
"School's Out" Released: June 1986 (US) [1] "Say Goodbye" Released: 1986 (Europe) "Let This Love Begin" Released: February 1987 (US) [2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	3/10[4]

The album features drummer Jeff Klaven's former Cobra bandmate, Tommy Keiser, joining on bass, enabling Mark Kohler to return to his original position on rhythm guitar.

Andrew T of N.Y. metal band Blackout filled in for Kohler on select dates during this tour, including a stint replacing Bon Jovi as openers on Judas Priest's 1986 arena tour. Unusually, Krokus rarely played any songs from the then current album when opening for Priest.[6]

Track listing

All songs by Fernando von Arb, Jeff Klaven, Marc Storace, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Now (All Through the Night)" – 4:23
2. "Hot Shot City" (Tommy Keiser, Mark Kohler, Klaven, Storace) – 3:48
3. "School's Out" (Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 3:16 (Alice Cooper cover)
4. "Let This Love Begin" (von Arb, Klaven) – 5:02
5. "Burning Up the Night" (von Arb, Storace) – 3:46

Side two

6. "Say Goodbye" – 5:18
7. "World on Fire" – 6:12
8. "Hard Luck Hero" – 4:12
9. "Long Way from Home" – 5:06

Personnel

Krokus

• Marc Storace – vocals
• Fernando von Arb – lead guitar, co-producer
• Mark Kohler – rhythm guitar
• Tommy Keiser – bass
• Jeff Klaven – drums, percussion
• Paul Fox – keyboards on certain tracks
• Jai Winding – keyboards on certain tracks

Additional musicians

• Leon Gaer – bass
• Allan Holdsworth – guitar solo on track 9
• David Mansfield – acoustic guitar
• 'The Brat Choir' with Nina Werman and friends – backing vocals on track 3
• Tom Kelly, Tommy Funderburk, Bob Garlyle – backing vocals

Production

• Tom Werman – producer, mixing at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California
• Duane Baron – engineer
• Peter Barker – assistant engineer
• David Eaton – mixing assistant
• Jürg Naegeli – pre-production engineer at Pink Tonstudios, Zuchwil, Switzerland

Charts

References

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