Including its original Painkiller Europe-only artwork, Pay It in Metal had at least three covers, with the Mercury Records "Talking Banana" U.S.
version being the one generally associated with this ten-song 1978 release.
As the group was taking a distinctly heavier, fuzzier, more "metal" approach, perhaps this re-titling of Painkiller made good business sense as it suggested the crunchier sound of Marc Storace-fronted big-sellers like Metal Rendez-Vous and Headhunter.
Instead, Pay It in Metal is distinctly un-metallic, with original vocalist Chris Von Rohr putting his best boogie foot forward on top of Fernando Von Arb's up-beat blues-rock and Southern-fried riffs.
The hard-edged good-time rock on Pay It in Metal basically works, but withers when compared to masters of the era like AC/DC -- a group Krokus outwardly mimicked years later.
Fans of '70s hard rock, curious about the genre's second-tier artists, would do better purchasing a dozen different April Wine and Triumph offerings before considering Pay It in Metal.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Killer | Krokus | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | Werewolf | Krokus | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | Rock Ladies | Krokus | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 4 | Bad Love | Krokus | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | Get Out Of My Mind | Krokus | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 6 | Rock Me Rock You | Krokus | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 7 | Deadline | Krokus | Play | 02:01 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 8 | Susie | Krokus | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | Pay It | Krokus | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 10 | Bye Bye Baby | Krokus | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 34 mins | 79 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 232 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krokus | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |