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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