One Vice at a Time

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = One Vice at a Time | type = Studio | artist = Krokus | cover = Onevice cover.jpg | alt = | released = February 1982 (UK)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/472/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Storace|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=472 |isbn=978-0-86241-541-9 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref> 17 March 1982 (US)<ref>{{cite magazine|date=12 March 1982|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-1982-03-12.pdf|magazine=FMQB|page=33|access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> | recorded = 1981 | venue = | studio = Battery (London) | genre = Hard rock, heavy metal | length = 36:14 | label = Arista | producer = Tony Platt, Krokus | prev_title = Hardware | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Headhunter | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{Singles | name = One Vice at a Time | type = studio | single1 = Bad Boys Rag Dolls | single1date = February 1982 (UK)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Krokus&titel=Bad+Boys%2C+Rag+Dolls&cat=s|title=Krokus singles}}</ref> | single2 = Long Stick Goes Boom | single2date = June 1982 (US)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/472/mode/2up|page=472|title=Great Rock discography |date=1995 |publisher=Canongate Press |isbn=978-0-86241-541-9 }}</ref> | single3 = American Woman | single3date = July 1982 (UK)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Krokus&titel=American+Woman&cat=s|title=Krokus singles}}</ref> }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-vice-at-a-time-mw0000738871 | title = Krokus One Vice at a Time review | access-date = 7 August 2012 | last = Henderson | first = Alex | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}</ref> | rev2 =''Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal'' | rev2Score = 9/10<ref name="martin">{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5 | page=191}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Record Mirror'' |rev3score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref name="RMreview">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Robin|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-02-13-OCR.pdf|title=Review: Krokus — One Vice at a Time|work=Record Mirror|date=13 February 1982|access-date=21 April 2021|page=15|via=American Radio History|issn=0144-5804}}</ref> | noprose= yes }}

'''''One Vice at a Time''''' is the sixth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1982 by Arista Records. It is notable for the strong influence of AC/DC on the songs and production, and 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'' on the fictional in-game radio station V-Rock.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://krokusonline.seven49.net/Web/en/Discography/_ONE_VICE_AT_A_TIME.htm |title=KROKUS ONLINE – official homepage – Discography – ONE VICE AT A TIME |access-date=7 August 2012 |archive-date=9 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609210916/http://krokusonline.seven49.net/Web/en/Discography/_ONE_VICE_AT_A_TIME.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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".<ref name="brave">[http://bravewords.com/news/krokus-metal-rendez-vous-hardware-one-vice-at-a-time-to-be-reissued-in-deluxe-format KROKUS' Metal Rendez-vous, Hardware, One Vice At A Time To Be Reissued in Deluxe Format]</ref> Producer Tony Platt was best known for his prior work as engineer with AC/DC.<ref name="brave" />

The band's live album ''Long Stick Goes Boom: Live from da House of Rust'' took its title from the lead-off song on this release.

UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued ''One Vice at a Time'' on CD in 2014.

==Reception== At the time of release British press has negatively commented on the musical content of the album, condemning the musicians as copycats of AC/DC. Reviewer Dante Bonutto from ''Kerrang!'' magazine wrote in March 1982: "Krokus's infatuation with AC/DC seems to rule out even a hint of progress. On the evidence ''One Vice at a Time'' (and it's true of previous albums, also) the band are less concerned with creating something new than aping a tried, tested and successful formula. With the help of producer Tony Platt, who engineered on ''Highway to Hell'' and ''Back in Black'', Krokus create passable facsimile of Angus and Co's distinctively-layered sound. The motivations behind the music and that all-important AC/DC swagger, however, can't be reproduced, a fact that leaves the album sounding two-dimensional and soulless. Music by numbers (largely) predictable and uninspired".<ref name="Kerrangreview">{{cite magazine|last=Bonutto|first=Dante|date=1982|title=Review: Krokus — One Vice at a Time|url=https://archive.org/details/rang0010198ty/page/n21/mode/2up|magazine=Kerrang!|issue=10|page=22|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Inc.|access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>

== Track listing == ;Side one # "Long Stick Goes Boom" ''(Chris von Rohr, Fernando von Arb, Marc Storace)'' – 5:12 # "Bad Boys, Rag Dolls" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Storace)'' – 3:48 # "Playin' the Outlaw" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Freddy Steady, Storace)'' – 4:00 # "To the Top" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Storace)'' – 4:21

;Side two #<li value="5">"Down the Drain" ''(von Rohr, von Arb)'' – 3:12 # "American Woman" ''(Burton Cummings, Gary Peterson, Michael James Kale, Randy Bachman)'' – 3:37 (The Guess Who cover) # "I'm on the Run" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Storace)'' – 3:43 # "Save Me" ''(von Rohr, von Arb, Steady, Storace)'' – 4:27 # "Rock 'n' Roll" ''(von Rohr, von Arb)'' – 4:07

==Personnel== ;Krokus * Marc Storace – vocals * Fernando von Arb – lead guitar * Mark Kohler – rhythm guitar * Chris von Rohr – bass, percussion * Freddy Steady – drums

;Additional musicians * Bruce Dickinson – backing vocals on "I'm on the Run"

;Production * Co-produced by Tony Platt and Krokus * Engineered by Tony Platt * Barry Sage – assistant engineer * Chris von Rohr, Fernando von Arb – arrangements

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-break}}

===Album=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (1982) ! scope="col"| Peak position |- {{album chart|Netherlands|43|artist= Krokus|album=One Vice at a Time|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2021}} |- {{album chart|Germany|38|id=9681|artist= Krokus|album=One Vice at a Time|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2021}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|36|artist= Krokus|album=One Vice at a Time|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2021}} |- {{album chart|UK2|28|date=1982-02-21|artist=Krokus|album=One Vice at a Time|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2021}} |- ! scope="row"|''Billboard'' 200 (USA)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/krokus-mn0000105685/awards | title = Krokus Awards | accessdate = 6 August 2012 | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430041951/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/krokus-mn0000105685/awards | archivedate=30 April 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|53 |} {{col-break}}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" width="520px" !align="center"|Year !align="center"|Title !align="center"|Chart !align="center"|Position |- |align="center" rowspan="2"|1982 |align="center"|"American Woman" |align="center" rowspan="2"|Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (USA)<ref name="US charts">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/krokus-mn0000105685/awards | title = Krokus Awards | access-date = 6 August 2012 | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430041951/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/krokus-mn0000105685/awards | archive-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|53 |- |align="center"|"Long Stick Goes Boom" |align="center"|22 |} {{col-end}}

==Sales and certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Switzerland|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1982|certref=<ref name="KROKUSWISS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1982/1982-05-01-Billboard-Page-0052.pdf|title=Homegrown Krokus Gives Boost to Swiss Industry|magazine=Billboard|date=1 June 1982|page=54|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|nocert=true|certref=<ref name="KROKUSA">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1982/1982-05-29-Billboard-Page-0017.pdf|title=Krokus The Big Boom of '82!|magazine=Billboard|date=29 June 1982|page=17|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>|salesamount=100,000|salesref=<ref name="KROKUSA" />}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

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