The first album with longtime guitarist Mathias Jabs, Magnetism was the first clear sign that the Scorpions were embracing the new '80s American metal sound and leaving...
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Although Animal Magnetism contains such classic songs as "The Zoo" and "Make It Real," the album is somewhat disappointing when compared to its predecessor, Lovedrive. The...
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When the Scorpions finally broke through to the mainstream in 1982, RCA released numerous compilations of the band's earlier work from the '70s. By no means should one think...
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Originally recorded as a soundtrack to small German movie called The Cold Paradise, this album features both Schenker brothers at a very young age. They briefly toured...
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The best album with original guitarist Uli Jon Roth, Virgin Killer was originally banned due to its cover art featuring a naked little girl, legs spread, whose privates were...
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Recorded just before the band began cranking out their earliest hits on classic albums like Lovedrive and Animal Magnetism, Virgin Killer is the first of four studio...
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Since the Scorpions' career was at its peak, World Wide Live could not have been recorded at a better time. This 19-track album contains all of their early-'80s hits, and...
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The first album produced by long-time Scorpions producer Dieter Dierks, this album features "Robot Man," Dark Lady In Trance, and "Top Of The Bill." While hard rockin' at...
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The Scorpions' third release, In Trance, continues to display their high-energy music, which is impossible to ignore. With the eyebrow-lifting "Dark Lady" as the opening...
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A huge record in its day, the now dated-sounding Love At First Sting was the album that put them over the top in the '80s with hits like "Rock You Like A Hurricane" and "Big...
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Although the Scorpions had already achieved fame after 1982's Blackout, Love at First Sting brought them their biggest single of the decade, the slick anthem "Rock You Like...
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The last record to feature the screaming guitar talent of Rudolph's younger brother, UFO/MSG member Michael Schenker, this album finds the band getting leaner and meaner,...
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Prior to Lovedrive's recording, the Scorpions' lineup had a major change when their lead guitarist, Uli Jon Roth, quit the group and the rock genre was rapidly changing....
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A completely forgettable slice of cheesy '80s metal that found the band losing their ability to write decent songs. While still getting radio and MTV airplay, the Scorpions'...
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The Scorpions' two previous releases, Blackout and Love at First Sting, were mostly successful due to the band's ability to adjust with the times; with Blackout, they used...
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It's no Live At Budokan, but it's not all that bad. The Scorpions' first live album marks the official departure of guitarist Uli John Roth. Good performances and a nice...
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If you played in a hard rock band during the '70s, what were you likely to be doing circa 1978? Why, recording a live album, of course. Preferably a double vinyl set, and in...
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The Best of the Scorpions, Vol. 2 contains ten songs from the Scorpions' late-'70s and early-'80s records, prior to their crossover hits "No One Like You" and "Rock You Like...
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This '80s metal classic featured their first major hit, the hard hitting ballad "No One Like You," as well as the searing "Can't Live Without You" and the hell-bent title...
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Blackout was the Scorpions' first majorly successful album, due to its clever balance of pop/rock (the title track), power ballads ("When the Smoke Is Going Down"), and...
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Just when the Scorpions seemed to be over, they broke through with a huge power ballad called "Winds Of Change," a song that caught on during the fall of the Berlin Wall....
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After the release of Savage Amusement in 1988, the Scorpions expressed disdain toward the album, feeling that it was too polished when compared to their other work. Their...
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Years of touring seemed to be sucking the life out of this band, and this album proves it. Not even Klaus Meine's hilarious receding hairline and annoyingly shrill screams...
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Not even renowned metal producer Bruce Fairbairn could save this disappointing follow-up to the outstanding release Crazy World. Instead of concentrating on melodic tunes,...
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Uli's
Hendrix influence is in full force on this album, as the band makes their official debut on this spacier, more '70s-sounding Scorpions blueprint. Featuring "Speedy's...
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On their second effort, Fly to the Rainbow, the Scorpions begin to establish their trademark hard-rock sound while exorcising the last of their remaining psychedelic hippie...
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Hot and Heavy, released in 1993, is another RCA compilation of all the Scorpions' best Uli Jon Roth recordings. As the title suggests, it features their heavier songs,...
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By one-upping the 1989 best-of Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads, Scorpions' 20th Century Masters makes the claim of being the hair metal band's definitive single-disc best-of. It...
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Even though it's the official greatest-hits compilation of the Scorpions' '80s releases, The Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads is actually missing some of their best rockers and...
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It's quite difficult to find a young person who knows about the Scorpions. Even when their careers were peaking in the '80s, they were never widely recognized, existing...
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It's quite difficult to find a young person who knows about the Scorpions. Even when their careers were peaking in the '80s, they were never widely recognized, existing...
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Are they really still around? It must be "pure instinct" that keeps these old timers kicking around the metal scene, because it sure isn't their questionable songwriting and...
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On the heels of Metallica's similarly conceived S&M comes the Scorpions' Moment of Glory, a presentation of past favorites (plus three new songs) with full orchestral...
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Clocking in at 79 minutes and 55 seconds, the Scorpions have yet another greatest-hits compilation, this 2002 release on Hip-O entitled Bad for Good: The Very Best of the...
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Less brutal than their two previous albums, the Scorpions' Taken by Force is nonetheless an underappreciated treat. Sure, there are some weak cuts, but there are plenty of...
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The average listener with only a passing interest in heavy metal might be surprised that the Scorpions had been recording since 1972 -- they actually formed in 1965 -- as...
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The Scorpions' latest studio outing comes on the heels of their triple-disc career retrospective, Box of Scorpions. For fans who view that box set's third disc -- mostly...
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Less brutal than the two previous albums, this one is nonetheless an underappreciated treat. Sure, there are some weak cuts, but there are plenty of strong ones to make up...
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Calling this Essential is far from accurate and slightly misleading. While it does contain some of the Scorpions' brighter moments as a band, it is far from a complete...
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Although Animal Magnetism contains such classic songs as "The Zoo" and "Make It Real," the album is somewhat disappointing when compared to its predecessor, Lovedrive. The...
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Every hard rock and heavy metal band has a soft spot, and the conduit by which they emote is the venerable power ballad. The Scorpions perfected this art with their 1984...
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