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Subject: Re: Scorpions Discography Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:35 pm
This is an excellent album and if this is truly their last album they are going out on a high note, I was surprised how good this album.
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Subject: Re: Scorpions Discography Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:46 pm
It'll be sad to see'em go but STING IN THE TAIL is a decent way for the Scorps to call it a career (barring the inevitable string of posthumous live albums, "rarities" collections and best-of comps that are sure to follow over the next decade or so).
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MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
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Subject: Re: Scorpions Discography Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:10 pm
Stepping back a bit, I thoroughly enjoy Humanity: Hour 1. I got a free promo copy that was sent to work.
I had zero interest in the band at the time and seeing Desmond Child's name in the credits made me even less enthuiastic. But a free cd is a free cd, so I gave it a spin. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I really went in not expecting to like it at all. Go figure.
I shelved it for awhile and due to this thread, broke it out to give it a fresh spin. And again, I'm a little surprised how much I like it. Maybe since I've skipped over most of the Scorps output since around 1980, I have no notion as to what it is or isn't supposed to sound like. It's just a good rock album to me.
I have not heard Sting in the Tail, but I've read many a positive thing about it here, so I may eventually snag a copy. Especially if this is going to be their swan song.
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mlotek Metal master
Number of posts: 618 Age: 43 Registration date: 2010-01-01
Subject: Re: Scorpions Discography Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:42 am
I picked a random album to play yesterday,and it was Scorpions - Taken By Force. Possibly as I read the guys in the Bay Area were all nuts about them pre-Animal Magnetism LP/ pre-Blackout LP era.
My own first experience listineng to the Scorps was around the US Festival tv/radio airings and then Love at First Sting so when I get into older material, it's always an experience.
At first I'm thinking I will be bored, and the production is too small, too basic, and their hard rock/metal is not hammering me enough, then the more their riffs play on and Klaus Meine sings so well, I am hooked.
I usually have to play their older albums from start to finish.(Newer ones I might hear once or twice and rarely listen again).
wmcollis Metal novice
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Subject: Re: Scorpions Discography Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:10 pm
thejokeriv wrote:
Scorpions - Eye II Eye Released March 9, 1999
Track List: 1. Mysterious (5:28) 2. To be No. 1 (3:57) 3. Obsession (4:09) 4. 10 Light Years Away (3:52) 5. Mind Like a Tree (5:34) 6. Eye II Eye (5:01) 7. What U Give U Get Back (5:02) 8. Skywriter (4:55) 9. Yellow Butterfly (5:44) 10. Freshly Squeezed (3:58) 11. Priscillav3:17) 12. Du Bist So Schmutzig (3:55) 13. Aleyah (4:19) 14. A Moment in a Million Years (3:38)
Nothing to see here...... move along....
Scorpions, really? Seriously? What is this crap????? To paraphrase Ult's review of Queensryche's 'Hear In The Now Frontier' - this is NOT Scorpions. This is a group of aliens who have come down to earth and taken the form of Klaus and his cohorts in an effort to force feed us pure horse crap!
Since that is out of the way, I might as well write something about the album.......... Um...... The most interesting fact is that James Kottak was hired as the new Scorpions drummer. But, I have no idea why the even bothered to list him on the credits of this album as the drums on the entire album sounds like a drum machine.......
They did release a video for the song "To Be No. 1" which featured a Monica Lewinsky look alike and cigars. The video is just embarrassing - I felt embarrassed for Scorpions. The new "look" with Klaus strutting around thinking he is Bono and the dancing..... have a look for yourself if you can handle it:
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This is by far the absolute worst Scorpions album. This one makes 'Pure Instinct' sound like a masterpiece! Avoid at all cost - do not waste your money on this garbage!!!!!!
I am in the minority... I like this album, yup I think it is good and stands on its own. The band played songs they wanted and I apdlaud them for it. The stand out tracks for me are Obsession, Eye II Eye, and A Moment in a Million Years. I like this album because it is different. The song Eye II Eye conveys to me an honest emotional look inside and has particular meaning to me since I heard it a little after I had lost my father to cancer. This is one of those albums I listen to with headphones when I'm getting all introspective.
mlotek Metal master
Number of posts: 618 Age: 43 Registration date: 2010-01-01
Subject: Re: Scorpions Discography Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:05 pm
whoah, that video is really cool! The song is okay too.
I usually despise bands I am familiar with making a radical change in sound, but there are some that pull it off, (eg. Pyogenesis switching from death metal to Green Day-ish pop-punk) This has me interested enough to hear the album, than some more boring/annoying smurf poo like Winds of Change.
MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
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Subject: Re: Scorpions Discography Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:44 am
So who's gonna review the new one Comeblack?
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thejokeriv Metal is Forever
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Subject: Re: Scorpions Discography Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:47 am
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