Dirty Dynamite Explained

Dirty Dynamite
Type:	studio
Artist:	Krokus
Cover:	KROKUS-DirtyDynamite300x3002.jpg
Released:	5 March 2013
Recorded:	Abbey Road Studios, London Powerplay Studios, Zurich, Montekristo Studios and Wicked Wench Studios, Solothurn, Switzerland
Genre:	Hard rock
Length:	45:22
Label:	The End
Producer:	Chris von Rohr
Prev Title:	Hoodoo
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Big Rocks
Next Year:	2017

Dirty Dynamite is the seventeenth studio album from Swiss melodic hard rock band Krokus, released through The End Records in North America. It includes a cover of the Beatles song "Help!".

Reception

Since its release, the album has been met with mostly positive reviews from critics. William Clark of Music Enthusiast Magazine described the album as "an album of 12 rampaging rock songs that sounds just as good if not better than anything they released back in the day".^[1]

Track listing

All songs by von Rohr, von Arb, Storace, except where indicated

1. "Hallelujah Rock n' Roll" (von Rohr, Kohler, Storace) – 3:27
2. "Go Baby Go" – 3:38
3. "Rattlesnake Rumble" – 3:49
4. "Dirty Dynamite" – 3:51
5. "Let the Good Times Roll" (von Rohr, Kohler, Storace) – 3:55
6. "Help" (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:27
7. "Better Than Sex" – 4:17
8. "Dög Song" – 3:48
9. "Yellow Mary" – 3:32
10. "Bailout Blues" (von Rohr, Kohler, Storace) – 3:30
11. "Live Ma Life" (von Rohr, Kohler, Storace) – 3:58
12. "Hardrocking Man" – 3:10

Personnel

Band members

• Marc Storace – lead vocals
• Fernando von Arb – piano, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Mark Kohler – rhythm guitar, bass, engineer
• Mandy Meyer – lead guitar
• Chris von Rohr – bass, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals, producer, engineer
• Kosta Zafiriou – drums, percussion

Guests^[2]

• Mark Fox – vocals, engineer
• Tommy Heart – vocals

Production

• Dennis Ward – engineer, mixing
• Helge van Dyk – engineer
• Darcy Proper – mastering at Wisseloord Studios

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Krokus Delivers High Voltage Rock On "Dirty Dynamite". Musicenthusiastmag.com. 2 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130419082512/http://musicenthusiastmag.com/2013/03/19/krokus-dirty-dynamite-review/. 19 April 2013.
2. Web site: Krokus – Dirty Dynamite – Encyclopaedia Metallum . The Metal Archives . 13 May 2013.
3. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2013. hitparade.ch. 6 August 2020.