Knock Out (Bonfire album)

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Knock Out
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Studio album by
Released17 September 1991
Recorded1991
Genre Hard rock
Length59:01
Label BMG
Producer Mack
Bonfire chronology
Point Blank
(1989)
Knock Out
(1991)
Glaub dran
(1993)

Knock Out is the fourth album by the German hard rock band Bonfire. It was released in 1991 on the label BMG International.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Streets of Freedom"Angel Schleifer, Claus Lessmann 4:58
2."The Stroke" Billy Squier 4:25
3."Dirty Love" Joerg Deisinger, Schleifer, Lessmann3:51
4."Rivers of Glory"Schleifer, Lessmann4:54
5."Home Babe"Schleifer, Lessmann4:57
6."Shake Down"Deisinger, Schleifer, Lessmann3:04
7."Hold You"Schleifer, Lessmann4:20
8."Down and Out"Schleifer, Lessmann3:39
9."Take My Heart and Run"Lessmann, Michael Voss-Schon5:55
10."All We Got"Deisinger, Schleifer, Lessmann4:42
11."Fight for Love"Schleifer, Lessmann5:14
12."Tonmeister"Edgar Patrik, Deisinger, Schleifer, Lessmann, Reinhold Mack 9:02

Band members

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [1] 44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [2] 29

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References

  1. "Offiziellecharts.de – Bonfire – Knock Out" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  2. "Swisscharts.com – Bonfire – Knock Out". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.