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Scorpions: Face the Heat

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On September 21, 1993, “Mercury” label released “Face the Heat”, the twelfth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Little Mountain Sound Studios” in Vancouver, Canada, and was produced by Bruce Fairbairn,

Personnel:

  • Klaus Meine – lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • Rudolf Schenker – rhythm and lead guitar, sitar, EBow, backing vocals
  • Matthias Jabs – rhythm and lead guitar, talk box
  • Ralph Rieckermann – bass
  • Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion
  • John Webster – keyboards
  • Luke Herzog – additional keyboards, arrangements
  • Helen Donath – opera voice
  • Rhian Gittins – girl’s voice
  • Paul Laine, Mark LaFrance – backing vocals
  • Bruce Fairbairn – backing vocals, arrangements
  • Mark Hudson – backing vocals
  • Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Hubert Kretzschmar – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker, except where noted.

  1. Alien Nation
  2. No Pain No Gain – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Mark Hudson
  3. Someone to Touch – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Mark Hudson
  4. Under the Same Sun – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Scott Fairbairn
  5. Unholy Alliance
  6. Woman
  7. Hate to Be Nice
  8. Taxman Woman
  9. Ship of Fools
  10. Nightmare Avenue – Matthias jabs, Klaus Meine, Mark Hudson
  11. Lonely Nights

Scorpions: Eye II Eye

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On March 9, “East West” label released “Eye II Eye”, the fourteenth Scorpions studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Little America Studios” in Austria, and was produced by Peter Wolf.

Personnel:

  1. Klaus Meine – lead vocals, arrangements
  2. Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
  3. Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals, arrangements
  4. Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals, arrangements
  5. James Kottak – co-lead and backing vocals, drums, arrangements
  6. Mick Jones – acoustic guitar
  7. Peter Wolf – piano, keyboards, arrangements, mixing
  8. Michelle Wolf – backing vocals
  9. Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals
  10. Herman Rarebell – backing vocals
  11. A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen, Kenji Nakai – engineer
  12. Bill Schnee – mixing
  13. Chris Kimsey – mixing
  14. Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
  15. Dirk Rudolph – design
  16. Olaf Heine – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted, all music as noted.

  1. Mysterious – Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron
  2. To Be No. 1 – Peter Wolf, Matthias Jabs
  3. Obsession – Klaus Meine, Peter Wolf
  4. 10 Light Years Away – lyrics by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker
  5. Mind Like a Tree – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  6. Eye to Eye (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf’s fathers) – Rudolf Schenker
  7. What U Give U Get Back – Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  8. Skywriter – Rudolf Schenker
  9. Yellow Butterfly – Rudolf Schenker, Marti Fredericksen
  10. Freshly Squeezed – Rudolf Schenker, Peter Wolf
  11. Priscilla – Rudolf Schenker
  12. Du bist so schmutzig – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak, music by Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker
  13. Aleyah – lyrics by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, music by Rudolf Schenker
  14. A Moment in a Million Years – Klaus Meine