Change of Address is the ninth studio album by Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and is largely seen as their least successful. It has been described as "plainly one of the worst efforts" from Krokus, and the band's website claims that they and their musical style were put under too much pressure from their record company. Unsurprisingly, Krokus changed their record label for their next studio album, Heart Attack.
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 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.
Track listing All tracks are written by Fernando von Arb, Jeff Klaven and Marc Storace except where noted.
Personnel Krokus Marc Storace – vocals Fernando von Arb – lead guitar, co-producer Mark Kohler – rhythm guitar Tommy Keiser – bass Jeff Klaven – drums, percussion
Additional musicians Paul Fox – keyboards on certain tracks Jai Winding – keyboards on certain tracks 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
Album Chart (1986) Peakposition Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) 34US Billboard 20045
Singles Year Title Chart Position1986"School's Out"Billboard Hot 10067
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