Crack My Nut is the third studio album by Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 rock and roll

Rock and roll

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 band Claw Boys Claw

Claw Boys Claw

Claw Boys Claw are a Dutch rock and roll band, formed in Amsterdam. The core members of the band are Peter Te Bos and John Cameron . The band released eight full-length albums between 1983 and 1997...

. This was their last album on Polydor, which terminated the band's record deal the next year, citing disappointing sales. The album was recorded when the band's popularity was reaching a high point. The band had played all over Europe (including the Roskilde Festival

Roskilde Festival

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) and had gained a strong reputation as a live band. Crack My Nut was produced by the Australian producer Victor Van Vugt

Victor Van Vugt

Victor Van Vugt is an award-winning music producer, mixer and engineer. An Australian based in New York, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton. He has also worked with the likes of P.J...

, and was recorded in the Hansa Tonstudio

Hansa Tonstudio

Das Hansa Tonstudio is a recording studio located on Köthener Strasse in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany. Amongst English-performing musical acts it used to be known as 'Hansa Studio By the Wall', 'Hansa by the Wall', or 'The Great Hall by the Wall' in reference to the fact that it was...

 in Berlin

Berlin

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.

While Polydor may have been disappointed with the album's sales (it never charted), the band had a very successful year, winning the prestigious BV Popprijs and having their debut album, Shocking Shades of Claw Boys Claw

Shocking Shades of Claw Boys Claw

Shocking Shades of Claw Boys Claw is the debut studio album by Dutch rock and roll band Claw Boys Claw. The album was released on their own label, Hipcat records. The Claw Boys Claw had been founded in 1983 by drummer Allard Jolles, who played guitar and sang in L'Attentat, another band from the...

, re-released by Polydor.

Track listing

• Tracks 6 and 12 only on the CD version.

Personnel

• John Cameron - guitar
  Guitar
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• Pete TeBos - vocals
• Bobbie Rossini - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Marius Schrader - drums

• Victor Van Vugt
  Victor Van Vugt
  Victor Van Vugt is an award-winning music producer, mixer and engineer. An Australian based in New York, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton. He has also worked with the likes of P.J...
  
   - producer
• Recorded at Hansa Tonstudio
  Hansa Tonstudio
  Das Hansa Tonstudio is a recording studio located on Köthener Strasse in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany. Amongst English-performing musical acts it used to be known as 'Hansa Studio By the Wall', 'Hansa by the Wall', or 'The Great Hall by the Wall' in reference to the fact that it was...
  
  , Berlin
  Berlin
  Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...