Hoodoo (Krokus album)

Hoodoo is the sixteenth studio album by the Swiss hard rock/heavy metal band Krokus. It includes a cover of the Steppenwolf song "Born to be Wild". The album failed to reach the Billboard Top 200 in the U.S., unlike their last album (Hellraiser), but the release was successful overseas. The song "Hoodoo Woman" is featured on the soundtrack of the movie Saw 3D.

Hoodoo
Studio album by Krokus
Released	26 February 2010
Recorded	House of Audio, Winterbach, Germany Pink Bild+Ton, Solothurn, Switzerland Henson Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	42:48
Label	Columbia/Sony
Producer	Chris von Rohr
Krokus chronology
Hellraiser (2006) Hoodoo (2010) Dirty Dynamite (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
About.com	^[2]
PopMatters	^[3]
Metal Underground	^[4]
Rock Hard	^[5]

The album has received mixed to positive reviews from publications such as About.com and Allmusic.^[2][1] Critic Chad Bower of About.com labeled the release as being "packed with big hooks arena ready anthems". Critic Alexey Eremenko praised the album for Allmusic as having the band "rocking as hard as ever", with "dirty, swaggering" hard rock songs.^[1]

Hoodoo was certified Platinum in Switzerland.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fernando von Arb, Chris von Rohr and Marc Storace, except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drive It In"		3:32
2.	"Hoodoo Woman"	von Arb, von Rohr, Storace, Hanno Pinter, Alexander Zoppel	3:37
3.	"Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf cover)	Mars Bonfire	3:34
4.	"Rock 'n' Roll Handshake"		3:56
5.	"Ride into the Sun"	von Arb, von Rohr, Storace, Mark Kohler	5:02
6.	"Too Hot"		3:45
7.	"In My Blood"		3:32
8.	"Dirty Street"		4:26
9.	"Keep Me Rolling"		4:11
10.	"Shot of Love"		3:31
11.	"Firestar"		3:42

Personnel

Band members

• Marc Storace – lead vocals
• Fernando von Arb – lead and rhythm guitar, piano, bass, backing vocals
• Mark Kohler – rhythm and lead guitar, bass
• Chris von Rohr – bass, piano, drums, percussion, backing vocals, producer
• Freddy Steady – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Mark Fox – vocals
• Kenny Aronoff – drums

Production

• Dennis Ward – engineer, mixing
• Jürg Neageli, Steve Churchyard – additional engineering
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
European Top 100 Albums^[7]	99
French Albums (SNEP)^[8]	198
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	33
Greek Albums (IFPI)^[10]	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[12]	Platinum	30,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Eremenko, Alexey. "Krokus Hoodoo review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
2. Bowar, Chad. "Krokus – 'Hoodoo'". About.com – Heavy Metal. About.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
3. Schiller, Mike (21 May 2010). "Krokus: Hoodoo". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
4. Wels, Todd (22 April 2010). "Krokus – "Hoodoo" (CD)". Metal Underground.com. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
5. Kühnemund, Götz (2010). "Review Album: Krokus — Hoodoo review". Rock Hard (in German). No. 274. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
6. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Hoodoo')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
7. "Hoodoo Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
8. "Lescharts.com – Krokus – Hoodoo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Krokus – Hoodoo" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
10. "Greekcharts.com – Krokus – Hoodoo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
11. "Swisscharts.com – Krokus – Hoodoo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
12. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Hoodoo')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2021.