One Vice at a Time

One Vice at a Time
Studio album by Krokus
Released	1 March 1982
Recorded	Battery Studios, London
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	36:14
Label	Arista
Producer	Tony Platt & Krokus
Krokus chronology
Hardware (1981) One Vice at a Time (1982) Headhunter (1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Martin Popoff	[2]

One Vice at a Time is the sixth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1982 on Arista Records. It was the first album to feature Mark Kohler on rhythm guitar. It includes a cover of The Guess Who's song "American Woman". The song "Long Stick Goes Boom" is used in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.^[3]

Bruce Dickinson, who at the time had just been hired as Iron Maiden's new lead vocalist, provides backing vocals on the track "I'm on the Run".^[4] Producer Tony Platt was best known for his prior work as engineer with AC/DC.^[4]

UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Long Stick Goes Boom" (Chris von Rohr, Fernando von Arb, Marc Storace) - 5:12
2. "Bad Boys, Rag Dolls" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace) - 3:48
3. "Playin' the Outlaw" (von Rohr, von Arb, Freddy Steady, Storace) - 4:00
4. "To the Top" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace) - 4:21

Side two

5. "Down the Drain" (von Rohr, von Arb) - 3:12
6. "American Woman" (Burton Cummings, Gary Peterson, Michael James Kale, Randy Bachman) - 3:37
7. "I'm on the Run" (von Rohr, von Arb, Storace) - 3:43
8. "Save Me" (von Rohr, von Arb, Steady, Storace) - 4:27
9. "Rock 'n' Roll" (von Rohr, von Arb) - 4:07

Personnel

Band members

• Marc Storace - Lead vocals
• Fernando von Arb - Lead guitar
• Mark Kohler - Rhythm guitar
• Chris von Rohr - Bass, piano, percussion
• Freddy Steady - Drums
• Bruce Dickinson - Backing vocals on the track "I'm on the Run"

Production

• Tony Platt - producer, engineer, mixing
• Barry Sage - assistant engineer

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard 200 (North America)[5]	53
	German Album Chart[6]	38
	UK Albums Chart[7]	28
	GfK Dutch Charts [8]	43
	Swedish Album Chart[9]	36

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1982	"American Woman"	Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[5]	53
	"Long Stick Goes Boom"		22

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Krokus One Vice at a Time review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
3. KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - ONE VICE AT A TIME
4. KROKUS’ Metal Rendez-vous, Hardware, One Vice At A Time To Be Reissued in Deluxe Format
5. "One Vice at the Time Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
6. "Album- Krokus, One Vice at the Time". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
7. "One Vice at the Time Chart Stats". Chart Stats.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
8. "Krokus – One Vice at the Time (Album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
9. "Krokus – One Vice at the Time (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-07.