Dirty Dynamite

Dirty Dynamite
Studio album by Krokus
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
Krokus chronology
Hoodoo (2010) Dirty Dynamite (2013) Big Rocks (2017)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
PopMatters	[2]

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". ^[3]

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 ^[4]

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

Production

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2013) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 46 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 17 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 41 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 13

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [10]	Platinum	20,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Heaney, Gregory. "Krokus Dirty Dynamite review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 16 October 2013.
2. Leftridge, Steve (14 April 2013). "Krokus: Dirty Dynamite". PopMatters . Retrieved 16 October 2013.
3. "Krokus Delivers High Voltage Rock On "Dirty Dynamite"". Musicenthusiastmag.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
4. "Krokus – Dirty Dynamite – Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Krokus – Dirty Dynamite" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Krokus – Dirty Dynamite" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Krokus – Dirty Dynamite". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
8. "Swisscharts.com – Krokus – Dirty Dynamite". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
9. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2013". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
10. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Dirty Dynamite')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2021.