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Dirty Dynamite

{{Infobox album

| name = Dirty Dynamite

| type = studio

| artist = Krokus

| cover = KROKUS-DirtyDynamite300x3002.jpg

| alt =

| released = 5 March 2013

| recorded = Abbey Road Studios, London
Powerplay Studios, Zurich,
Montekristo Studios and Wicked Wench Studios, Solothurn, Switzerland

| venue =

| studio =

| 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

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/dirty-dynamite-mw0002480588| title = Krokus Dirty Dynamite review | accessdate = 16 October 2013 | last = Heaney | first = Gregory | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}

|rev2 = PopMatters

|rev2score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{cite web | url = http://www.popmatters.com/review/169650-krokus-dirty-dynamite/ | title = Krokus: Dirty Dynamite | accessdate = 16 October 2013 | last = Leftridge | first = Steve | date = 14 April 2013 | publisher = PopMatters}}

|noprose=yes

}}

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".{{cite web|url=http://musicenthusiastmag.com/2013/03/19/krokus-dirty-dynamite-review/|title=Krokus Delivers High Voltage Rock On "Dirty Dynamite"|publisher=Musicenthusiastmag.com|accessdate=2 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130419082512/http://musicenthusiastmag.com/2013/03/19/krokus-dirty-dynamite-review/|archivedate=19 April 2013}}

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

;Guests{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Krokus/Dirty_Dynamite/360844 |title=Krokus – Dirty Dynamite – Encyclopaedia Metallum |publisher=The Metal Archives |date= |accessdate=13 May 2013}}

;Production

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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position

{{album chart|Austria|46|artist=Krokus|album=Dirty Dynamite|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 August 2020}}
{{album chart|Germany4|17|id=209929|artist=Krokus|album=Dirty Dynamite|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 August 2020}}
{{album chart|Sweden|41|artist=Krokus|album=Dirty Dynamite|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 August 2020}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Krokus|album=Dirty Dynamite|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 August 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2013)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2013|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2013|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=6 August 2020}}

| 13

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry | region=Switzerland | title=Dirty Dynamite| artist=Krokus| award=Platinum| type=album | access-date=15 November 2021| relyear=2013}}

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References

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Category:2013 albums

Category:Krokus (band) albums

Category:The End Records albums