Rock the Block

Rock the Block Artist: Krokus
Label: Warner
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 809274973528
EAN: 0809274973528
ASIN: B000088SX1


Release Date: 2003-03-04

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Tracks:

  1. Mad World
  2. Leading the Pack
  3. I Want It All
  4. Open Fire
  5. One for All
  6. Looking to America
  7. Go My Way
  8. Hot Shot
  9. Raise Your Hands
  10. Night of the Snakes
  11. Throwing Her China
  12. We'll Rise
  13. Freedom
  14. Rock the Block

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars back to AC/DC basics.......2003-06-27

Their first three records showed that these guys were die-hard AC/DC lovers and with Rock The Block they're back on the track.
They tried to change their style and follow the different metal-fashions, but it just didn't work. Singer Marc Storace is the only one I know that comes close to Bon Scott and in my opinion it wouldn't have been a bad thing if he had taken his place instead of Brian Johnson. And thanks to Marc Storace this album gets three stars. The songs on Rock The Block are not as catchy as the ones on Metal Rendez-vous (still their best) or Hardware, but the contrary would have been a miracle ! The only thing that I really don't like about the album is the demo-quality drum sound. The guitar work is fine, but more straight forward than in the early years and this makes them even more AC/DC-like than they've ever been ...

3 out of 5 stars Almost 4 stars!!.......2003-02-24

Singer Marc Storace have rejoined Krokus! On "Rock the block" (2003) the band seem more mature and we get an album of AOR (Adult Oriented Rock). But don't despair, it still sounds like a more melodic AC/DC on many tracks. It's well produced and well performed, and even `tho the album contains as much as 14 songs there's no filler. Musically it's not as hard rocking as "Hardware", but nor as soft and slick as "Change of address". I'd say that Krokus have released a strong album on the verge to 4 stars. Instant favourites are "Mad world", "Looking to America" and "Throwing her china".

Music CD:

  1. Angels Fall First ~ Nightwish
  2. Neanderthal Speedway ~ Solarized
  3. Pure ~ Godflesh
  4. Solidify ~ Grip Inc.
  5. Sacred Groove ~ George Lynch
  6. True at Heart ~ Doro
  7. Process Of... ~ Turmoil
  8. Doomsday Machine ~ Arch Enemy
  9. Lullabies to Paralyze ~ Queens of the Stone Age
  10. Over the Edge ~ Hurricane

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Elsewhere Bound ~ Very Girls

Burst the Bubble ~ The Company of Snakes

Vices ~ Circus of Power

Soggetti Smarriti ~ Piero Pelu

Leise Rieselt Der Schnee ~ Ricky King

Songs from Ireland ~ Various Artists

Lyric on My Lip

Out Cold ~ Various Artists

Return of Superfly ~ Original Soundtrack

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