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I'm with the crowd that lost interest after Love at First Sting. Love the Uli era the best.

@jupitermadcat

4 жыл бұрын

M K same here.

@lanceross3633

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly right, same here. Lost interest after LAFS. Still enjoy the albums with Uli the best of all.

@Skoora

4 жыл бұрын

I like the Mathias albums, pre LAFS a lot. I enjoy Uli’s playing a lot more but think their song writing got a lot stronger after Uli. What I love about the two era’s is I feel I’m getting two awesome bands for the price of one.

@gitaneVYS491R

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. I did buy the next two but with the benefit of hindsight I shouldn't have.

@husq48

3 жыл бұрын

LAFS was the beginning of the end.

I got into The Scorpions with Savage Amusement. So that is the kind of Scorpions that I love.

@galus14436

4 жыл бұрын

Kinda like 3 bands. Early, Prime, then Commercial Prime with everything else.

@cbh440

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that, John. They were stumbling right around then.

@Skycladatdusk78

4 жыл бұрын

That's the same era I got into them, still love that album, Crazy World and Face The Heat. I later discovered the 70s albums and that went on to become my favorite era, but still love that 1988-93 era.

@christianhaynes1954

3 жыл бұрын

Savage amusement is great 👍

@phillipanderson7398

2 жыл бұрын

That's the album where they wanted to be Def Leppard, Too commercial.

Looking forward to see ACCEPT!! another metal favorite

@PazBinv1

4 жыл бұрын

And just about the ONLY band who have reformed and are as good as they ever were!

@johnkatsoudas4767

4 жыл бұрын

@@PazBinv1 Absolutely!!! I love all four studio albums Accept have done with Mark Tornillo as their lead singer. Especially Blood Of The Nations and Blind Rage. I do admit that I am a little worried about their next studio album. It will be Accept's first studio album without Peter Baltes ever. According to Wolf Hoffman from past interviews , Peter Baltes had a major part in the songwriting process about 50% and Wolf Hoffman the other 50%. Now looks like Wolf Hoffman will be doing all songwriting for the music, unless he lets other members contribute.

Great vid. I grew up on the 80s and beyond Scorpions albums and really haven't spent much time on the 70s stuff that you praised so highly. I trust your musical knowledge and tastes so I am going to go back and spend some time of those albums over the next week or so. Thanks for all you do.

1. Love at First Sting 2. Blackout World Wide Live is one of my favorite live albums by any band. I'd rank it as #1 for me if it was between all Scorpions albums, not just studio. All great songs and great memories listening to it on cassette tape when it came out.

My top Scorpions albums: 1. Taken By Force 2. Virgin Killer 3. In Trance 4. Fly To The Rainbow 5. Lonesome Crow 6. Animal Magnetism 7. Lovedrive 8. Blackout 9. Love At First Sting Please do a Hawkwind top 10 studio albums, please please please pleeeease...

@Avalk9724

4 жыл бұрын

This could be my list also!

@NoHealerJustPain

4 жыл бұрын

Not exact but very close mine ;)

@smokerise

4 жыл бұрын

I mostly agree...I love those old scorpions albums...those hidden gems that never get radio play are beautiful. 🤘

@fuhrersavior9575

4 жыл бұрын

YYYYEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!

@macaronisalad5

3 жыл бұрын

Intrance is such a fine album

Great show once again, Pete! My first touch to Scorpions was World Wide Live at mid-80's when I was like 8 or 9 years. Loved it and still do! Starts off with barnburning and brainmelting pair of Coming Home and Blackout

Yes,i was just waiting for the Scorpions ranking. Many thanks.

My top ten 1.Taken by Force 2.In Trance 3.Blackout 4. Virgin Killer 5.Lovedrive 6.Animal Magnetism 7.Love at First Sting 8.Fly to the Rainbow 9.Crazy World 10.Lonesome Crow.

Lonesome Crow is my favorite Scorpions album. Glad to see it made your list.

@rd9219

3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE Lonesome Crow!!!! And Lovedrive

My Top 10: 1- Blackout 2- Love at First Sting 3- Taken By Force 4- Animal Magnestim 5- Lovedrive 6- Face The Heat 7- Fly To The Rainbow 8- Virgin Killer 9- Humanity Hour 1 10- Savage Amusement Honourable Mention: Tokyo Tapes

@galus14436

4 жыл бұрын

Really? Lovedrive is in the top 3, if not #2 or even #1 Animal Mag lower. But whatever.

@LuchaLibertaria

4 жыл бұрын

@@galus14436 yeah really.

@richbillionair

4 жыл бұрын

Tokyo tapes is a live album

@LuchaLibertaria

4 жыл бұрын

@@richbillionair yep, thats why its a Honourable Mention, otherwise it'd be in my Top 5:)

@TiltBrook

4 жыл бұрын

Quite often, like the guy in the video says, post mid 90s Scorpions gets overlooked. However, both Humanity Hour 1, and Unbreakable, are stellar albums! Some of their best work ever is on those albums

Good one Pete, One of my favorite bands! Saw them in 1979 open for Nugent/Blackfoot tour, and came back and Headlined in 1981 on the Blackout Tour , Iron Maiden and Girlschool opened. Met the whole band before the gig at the hotel and got their autographs which i still have. Seem them many times , even in Franfurt Germany in 90's. Love the ULI ERA! Saw him couple years ago in Atlanta, and he played those early classics. 1) Animal Magnetism 2) Lovedrive 3) Virgin Killer 4) Taken By Force 5) In Trance 6) Blackout 7) Love AT FIRST STING 8)Fly to the Rainbow

Drifting Sun is for me the manifesto-song of the Uli John Roth era. It's unbelievable, played with a Gibson Firebird, dirty, wild, furious.

My all time favorite group. No one else comes close. Thanks for doing this!

Pete thank you for doing this!!

You ranked them perfectly Pete! Tokyo tapes is one of my favorite live albums of all time

Waiting for this episode since I subscribed this channel!

Thank you for your ranking the Scorpions studio albums/CD's!🎤🎸🎵🥁

My top 10... 1. Love at First Sting (It just sounds like a party to me) 2. Animal Magnetism 3. Taken By Force 4. In Trance 5. Lonesome Crow 6. Virgin Killer 7. Lovedrive 8. Blackout 9. Savage Amusement 10. Crazy World

@j.j.4150

3 жыл бұрын

It's very interesting to see someone place Love At First Sting so high, yet Blackout relatively low.

Great video again Pete.

Been waiting for this one.

Love at first sting is number one on my list and they should be in the rock n roll hall of fame.

@thomassharpless3411

4 жыл бұрын

Here, Here! Scorps deserve to be in the (shameful) R&R Hall of Fame. They had a HUGE influence on the hard rock music scene and cast a wide net of popularity around the globe.

@MicahMicahel

3 жыл бұрын

Animal Magnetism is my favourite. I had a friend that was obsessed with the band.

@jamesmoss3424

3 жыл бұрын

@@MicahMicahel I should get that album. 😀👍🤘🎸

Nice thumbnail, Mr Pardo! 1. Savage Amusement 2. Blackout 3. Love At First Sting 4. Lovedrive

@toddedwards5144

4 жыл бұрын

Powerslave Same here! Savage Amusement is TOTALLY underrated! My favorite Scorps album.

@Intermentor

4 жыл бұрын

@@toddedwards5144 I like the songs on Savage. But the production is too slick.

@philouze1815

4 жыл бұрын

Thing about Savage is, Dieter Dierks thought he was Mutt Lange. He had Rarebell record the bass drum, then the snare, then the cymbals, and so on.. At least, that's what they said in an interview in 1990 and that was one of the reasons why they stopped working with him and they went with Keith Olsen for Crazy World.

@jm.martin4609

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Savage Amusement is my favorite also.

@jeffjackson9679

4 жыл бұрын

Savage Amusement was the first Scorpion's album I purchased, so it has some nostalgia value to me, that being said, other than Rythym of Love and maybe Media Overkill, their aren't many other tracks I care to listen to today off that album. I think the group was trying too hard to make Love at First Sting Pt. 2, and it didn't work out that well.

Been binge watching ur ranking vids man. Good stuff! New sub here and look forward to your vids in the future

Very solid review Pete!!!!

Havent listened to their catalogue recently, but Taken By Force is a timeless classic and surely one of their best

'BLACKOUT' WAS THE LAST 8TRACK I EVER BOUGHT! 'TOKYO TAPES' WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO THE SCORPION'S 🤘

I’ve watched about two dozen of your album ranking videos. For the first, and probably only time, your top ten match mine exactly. I was a huge fan in the mid and late 70’s, when almost no one else knew of the Scorpions. When they were on R.C.A. Records in America. I love the early 80’s albums as well, but nothing beats the Roth years.

Hi, cool to talk about Scorpions, Cheers from Caracas Venezuela, My top 10 Scorpions studio Albums: 1.Taken by force 2.Blackout 3.Love at first sting 4.Face the heat 5. Unbreakable 6.Savage Amusement 7.Humanity hour 1 8.Sting the tail 9.Crazy World 10.Pure Instinct Live albums 1.Tokyo Tapes 2. Wolrd wide live 3.Unplugged in Athens,

My list would go up to Love At First Sting everything after was never the same. 1 In Trance 2 Virgin Killer 3 Taken By Force 4 Fly To The Rainbow 5 Lovedrive 6 Blackout 7 Love At First Sting 8 Animal Magnetism 9 Lonesome Crow

Uli Jon Roth rules. 1. Taken By Force 2. Fly to The Rainbow 3. Virgin Killer 4. In Trance 5. Animal Magnetism 6. Love at First Sting 7. Blackout 8. Lovedrive 9. Rock Believer 10. Crazy World 11. Savage Amusement 12. Humanity: Hour 1 13. Unbreakable 14. Lonesome Crow 15. Face The Heat 16. Sting In The Tail 17. Return to Forever 18. Pure Instinct 19. Eye 2 Eye

I had never heard Scorpions. Just one song. Sails. A friend played it for me. That lead guitar!!! Bought the 4 Roth studio records the same day in 1980. Cut outs! Remember those? Like $3 a pop! Cherry new records still in the cellophane with a little chunk cut out each of the covers. What a wonderful way to be introduced to this band. I might have even got Tokyo Tapes that day too. Don't remember. The hunt for Crow was on! Somehow didn't hear it for years. I used to stand in the stores for hours going through the cut outs. CD's didn't exist yet. I ended up with like 800 albums after years of it.

@izzimichaels2892

4 жыл бұрын

the "cut outs" were promotional recording given away, not for resale, but the stores sold them just the same.

Can't wait for Accept. One of my favorite bands.Fast as a Shark is almost perfect metal to me.

The original Scorpions band that recorded Lonesome Crow album broke up soon after that album and young Michael Schencker joined UFO. With the band no more two of the ex Scorpions aproached Uli Jon Roth to join them in a new lineup but he refused and continued with his band Dawn Road. So singer Klaus Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schencker joined Dawn Road alongside lead guitarist Uli Jon Roth. bassist Francis Buchholtz , drummer Jürgen Rosenthal and Keyboardist Achim Kirschning . However after Dawn Road recorded their debut album they decided to change their name to Scorpions, and the rest is rock history.

I always thought Pure Instinct was really underrated. It is kind of commercial but the songs are really catchy.

Fabulous and fantastic,really enjoyable!

Hello there!,.. I enjoy watching your reviews of many of my favorite bands and albums. Would love to see your ranking of Marillion albums.

I'm so happy you gave a nod to World Wide Live. That is the perfect Scorpions album for me. I've always loved the Animal Magnetism cover. Nothing specific, but something wrong is going on there. Several songs from Lovedrive are on World Wide Live. My #1 album would be Blackout.

@bobthebear1246

4 жыл бұрын

Admit it, it's the guy's tight-jeans-clad ass. 😆

I thought I already Ranked the Scorpions, but here we go again! 12 - Unbreakable 11 - Love at First Sting 10 - Sting in the Tail 9 - Crazy World 8 - Blackout 7 - Animal Magnetism 6 - Fly to the Rainbow 5 - Lovedrive 4 - Virgin Killer 3 - Taken by Force 2 - In Trance 1 - Lonesome Crow Jesus Christ, Lonesome Crow is an Underrated Album. I wished this Era would've last longer, but we would've never gotten Jon Roth.

I had Lovedrive as an 8-track in my car in high school. It was the only one I had so it played non-stop for 2+ years and scarred a special place in my heart. I still get chills when I hear the opening riff to Loving You Sunday Morning!

Way to go, Uli shared this.

Fly to to the Rainbow (1974) In Trance (1975) Virgin Killer (1976) Taken by Force (1977) Lovedrive (1979) all classics and hard to pick my fav

I got into Scorpions after Blackout in 1982. I then found and bought albums with Uli Jon Roth. I love Uli and am glad that someone stepped up and highlighted those with him. I'm starting to watch some of your videos now.

My faves 1) Tokyo tapes. 2) lovedrive. 3) fly to the rainbow. 4) virgin killer 5) in trance 6) lonesome crow 7)taken by force. 8) blackout 9) love first sting. 10) face the heat

Scorps! Saw em' live 10 times-still not enough! 1.Taken By Force 2.Virgin Killer 3.In Trance 4.Lovedrive 5.Animal Magnetism 6.Blackout 7.Love At First Sting 8.Crazy World 9.Face The Heat 10.Sting In The Tail …….the Germans have produced some top shelf hard rock bands, Scorpions paving the way with skillful guitarists and great hooks and melodies-special shout out to Klaus Meine, whose instantly memorable voice never fails to impress, a very gifted singer!

Yes Pete, the cover of "Lonesome Crow" is a great work by Rodney Matthews. I own a 1982 lp reissue on clear vinyl. I think most of their albums have aged badly, but their first 3 are gems.

@Seniman3

2 жыл бұрын

I also own a cherished clear copy from the reissued run. And Pete nailed the list.

I can see "Eclipse" by Malmsteen behind you! It would be great to see a show ranking the Yngwie's albums someday. Great job btw!

The first time I heard Uli Roth was at a used record store. I put in Virgin Killer, and accidentally started with side II. After hearing the opening to "Hell Cat", I thought, "Wow, who the hell is this guy?" An amazing guitarist, that's for sure.

Omgs 😱 I just love all of their albums I a younger generation of Fan's but I am BIGGEST fan I have allot of scorpions CDs concert's guitar pics t-shirts my favorite album is pure instinct I love all about the SCORPIONS I can go on taking about them thanks for this post U ROCK 👍

Great ranking. My personal favorites by Scorpions are from the Uli Roth-,ära, too. 01 Taken by Force 02 Virgin Killer 03 In Trance 04 Fly to the Rainbow 05 Lovedrive 06 Animal Magnetism 07 Lonesome Crow 08 Blackout 09 Savage Amusement 10 Love at first Sting

I’m right there with you with dropping them after Sting. It was a pretty brief affair for me and the Scorps. But they were great for about 4 albums!

Scorpions are a brilliant band, and were my gateway into metal music. I have split the rankings up The top 4 I consider essentially perfect albums with 1 and 2 being perfect. 5-11 are pretty strong while 12 onwards have their moments. 1. Lovedrive 2. In Trance ----- 3. Blackout 4. Love At First Sting ----- 5. Taken By Force 6. Crazy World 7. Return To Forever 8. Virgin Killer 9. Fly To The Rainbow 10. Animal Magentism 11. Humanity Hour 1 ----- 12. Face The Heat 13. Sting In the Tail 14. Savage Amusement 15. Pure Instinct 16. Unbreakable ----- 17. Lonesome Crow 18. Eye II Eye

@tobismusicchannel3033

4 жыл бұрын

Great list! Our lists are kinda similar.

So much great stuff from the debut to Blackout, but the Uli era...KILLER! They also did some of my favorite power ballads, along with Priest and UFO. Also, the dog on the cover Animal Magnetism (doberman?) is what made Pete's dog bark. Hadto'vebeen. 10/10.

I’m in complete agreement for cut off point with Scorpions and am completely looking forward to your horror reviews. 20’s, 30’s and 40’s are my favorite eras, but I enjoy stuff after too.

I got into the Scorpions right when Tokyo Tapes came out and I used to wear that album out. That of course led me to other Scorpions albums. I did get to see them twice. I like both the Uli and Jabs eras. In their heyday they were a fantastic band.

Love Drive, Animal Magnetism, Blackout, and Love at First Sting....that's all I need and all that exists for me in terms of Scorpions music. Each one superb! First rock band I saw in concert. I was 17. Never forget it.

@crusheverything4449

2 жыл бұрын

Have you heard the Uli stuff? If not, you’re missing out.

@d.nakamura9579

Жыл бұрын

@@crusheverything4449 yes, I was going to say it. Very different, at times Hendrixy, but Uli era is actually still my favorite.

I still listen to Uli era scorpions every day. I think right now I would say In Trance is probably my favorite, but I love them all

Lonesome crow. In trance. Virgin killer. Fly to the rainbow. Taken by force. Lovedrive. The rest nada.

@mmk7340

4 жыл бұрын

I like that Lonesome Crow album too. 16 yr old M. Schenker has some blistering guitar work on there. I think we're in the minority however, most people I talk to hate it.

Never heard a bad song from the Scorps. Pete, ever think about doing a combo ranking, like "Top 10 Iron Maiden/Judas Priest albums" as a comparative exercise? Also maybe doing a combo of bands with smaller catalogs. Just a thought.

@crusheverything4449

2 жыл бұрын

You’ve never heard “To Be No. 1, apparently.

Always liked the radio songs from the Scorpions. I went back to check out their older albums and In Trance is such a good album.

So I was in high school when Love at First Sting came out. My first taste of the Scorpions, which I loved!! Sometime after that, I found Virgin Killer on cassette I believe in a bargain bin. Which lead me all the great Uli stuff. One of the great things about KZread is I always thought Uli was soooo underrated, and come to find out, there are a lot of people who love him. (though I still think he's way underrated). I loved the fact he recently revisited those years and put out a couple albums of it!!!!!

Pete, our tastes so closely align on both UFO and Scorpions album rankings.

My rank: 1 Lovedrive 2 Virgin Killer 3 Taken By Force 4 Blackout 5 In Trance 6 Fly to the Rainbow 7 Lonesome Crow 8 Animal Magnetism 9 Love at First Sting 10 Crazy World 11 Rock Believer 12 Humanity - Hour 1 13 Sting in the Tail 14 Face the Heat 15 Unbreakable 16 Savage Amusement 17 Return to Forever 18 Pure Instinct 19 Eye II Eye

I guess that Tokyo Tapes was the introduction to the band for many, like it was for me back in the days. Accept - can't wait..

sails of Charon could quite possibly be the most important song of the late 70’s absolutely epic Without this song and Ulrich’s exploration on the harmonic minor scale you wouldn’t have had the whole Neo Classical guitar phase of metal do you hear me Yngwie ! They owe it all to Ulrich Roth probably the most underrated guitar player of all time an absolute Monster player thanks Pete

@GMHG777

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent point, Uli was definitely a trail blazer as far as being one of the very first neo classical “rock” players

I agree with you again Pete. I rather the older SCORPIONS albums also. The only two newer albums I have is World Wide Live from 1985 and Sting in the Tail from 2010 which in my opinion is a very good album. I really love Fly to the Rainbow and probably would rank it my #1 but it's very close with Blackout and Love at First Sting and Lovedrive. But all the older albums are very close in rankings for me. Verygood video Pete. And by the way I love horror movies also. That's my favorite types of movies.🙂 \m/

I don't have to do a list because my top ten are very similar to yours. One or two might be different, but your top five is exactly what my top five is. I also love both live albums that you mentioned, but I also love their third live album Live Bites also. Also the 50th anniversary edition of Tokyo Tapes is the best version to get. It is finally a 2 CD version with some bonus live songs that was not on the original version. It is definitely worth getting because of the bonus songs and it sounds phenomenal. I was a little kid when I first heard of the Scorpions and it was around the time that Blackout and Love At First Sting had come out. I loved them big time. I did not hear about the Uli Jon Roth era until I was a young teenager years later in the early 90's and the first thing I got was Tokyo Tapes. I loved it even more than the 79-84 era big time and way more than the World Wide Live album which I still loved alot. Of course I next got the very first five albums and they instantly became my favorite Scorpions era ever since. Those albums are so underrated and should have been massive everywhere around the world. I got a bootleg DVD and a 2cd of a show that the Scorpions did back in 2005 in Wacken called A Night To Remember. They played close to three hours and celebrated every era they have. They had Uli Jon Roth on stage with them for his era, Michael Schenker for his era, and Herman (The German) Rarebell for his era. I wish that I could have been there in person because it was a phenomenal show.

Been binging on Scorps for a couple weeks to get my list. Here we go! 18. Eye to Eye. (1999) (Just awful) 17. Return to Forever (2015) 16. Lonesome Crow. (1972) 15. Pure Instinct. (1996) 14. Humanity Hour 1. (2007) 13. Sting in the Tail. (2010) 12. Unbreakable. (2004) 11. Face the Heat. (1993) 10. Crazy World. (1990) 9. Fly to the Rainbow. (1974) 8. Savage Amusement. (1988) 7. In Trance. (1975) 6. Taken by Force. (1977) 5. Animal Magnetism. (1980) 4. Blackout. (1982) 3. Virgin Killer. (1976) 2. Love at First Sting. (1984) 1. Lovedrive. (1979) Thanks.

1-fly to the rainbow 2-in trance 3-virgin killer 4-lonesome crow 5-tokyo tapes 6-taken by force 7-animal magnatism 8-lovedrive 9-blackout 10- love at first sting 84' my birth year

@izzimichaels2892

4 жыл бұрын

good to see someone else ranking fly to the rainbow up there!

May be chalk for most fans as myself but my favorite album is still "Love at first Sting". Love the Uli John Roth stuff though, 2nd favorite is "In Trance"

1) Virgin Killer 2) Taken By Force 3) In Trance. 4) Fly To The Rainbow 5) Lovedrive 6) Animal Magnetism 7) Blackout 8) Love At 1st Sting 9) Face The Heat 10) Crazy World 11) Savage Amusement 12) Unbreakable 13) Sting In The Tail 14) Return To Forever 15) Humanity hour 1 16)Pure Instinct 17) Lonesome Crow 18)Eye II Eye

@petebull8233

4 жыл бұрын

I'm in agreement though the first 4 could rotate depending on the one playing in my player lol all amazing yet these guys aren't in the hall of fame???

@crusheverything4449

2 жыл бұрын

Please forget about the “hall of fame”. It’s a bullshit money grab that has nothing to do with rock music or its importance. It’s run by a bunch of eternal college boys who think rock ‘n’ roll begins and ends with Lou Reed and the Sex Pistols. It’s a complete farce!

@jollyroger4331

2 жыл бұрын

@@crusheverything4449 you forgot about Bruce Springsteen and U2😝

Absolutly - the Uli Jon Roth Albums are the Best !!! 1. In Trance 2. Virgin Killer 3. Taken by Force 4. Fly to the Rainbow

@tonyjames8665

4 жыл бұрын

Looking at the comments from everyone, I hit thumbs up for anyone who has Virgin Killer and/or Animal Magnetism in their top 3!!! Cool!!!

@tonyjames8665

4 жыл бұрын

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You're not going to believe this, but I was just thinking about suggesting a top ten song video by Accept. Also, a top ten song video by Montrose and Traffic. You might have done one already on these. I think you did a Ranking the studio albums video on Traffic, but I don't know about a top ten song video. Anyway, I enjoy watching your videos, even if you do ignore my comments....lol (Just kidding). Well, I hope you're staying safe from the Coronavirus, and keep up the good work.

'70's Scorps for sure...Tokyo Tapes covers it all for me👍

I never thought of which studio album that I liked the most. I will tell you what album I do associate the most with is Tokyo Tapes. I own most of their catalog but, Tokyo Tapes just rules!

Great that he has the Uli Roth albums ranked at the top, my favorite era of the Scorpions as well

Great stuff with the horror movies coming up, as a big horror fan too I was wondering if something like that would one day happen on the SoT channel.

Uli stuff for sure, but the first 3 after him were great as well. Tokyo tapes, wow. Uli's guitar tone on that is off the charts.

Last 4 studio albums are great especially 2004's Unbreakable and 2007's Humanity Hour 1

I'm good up through 'Savage Amusement.' I first heard Scorpions when 'No One Like You' was getting lots of airplay on FM radio. It got stuck in my head, and I never forgot it. Then, of course came 'Rock You Like a Hurricane, but 'Savage Amusement' was the first Scorps album that I had the money to buy new. Before that, I listened to the radio A LOT and recorded the songs that I liked off of that. The songs were always stuck with the DJ talking all over the intros! They almost became an expected part of the songs for me! Here's my list: Top 10 Scorpions: 01. In Trance 02. Fly to the Rainbow 03 Animal Magnetism 04. Lovedrive 05. Virgin Killer 06. Taken By Force 07. Love at First Sting 08. Blackout 09. Savage Amusement 10. Lonesome Crow

I love the alternate cover for Lonesome Crow (predominantly yellow/golden cover, of a giant scorpion emerging from behind a castle)... it may be a regional release or a re-release (remastered, etc), but I love it. It has the proper Scorps logo instead of the generic font. It prompted me to "photoshop" the Fly To The Rainbow album cover to have the formal Scorps logo as well (for consistency).

1) Lonesome Crow A great album that deserves more recognition, no other scorpions album sounds anything like it. 2) In Trance My favorite Roth album. Like Lonesome Crow, a blast to listen to. 3) Fly To The Rainbow Almost as good as In Trance. 4) Taken By Force

@planetbarrett6055

3 жыл бұрын

Lonesome Crow is the Gem that gets Shit On for a Stupid Reason. Lonesome Crow is my Favorite Scorpions Album. I like that old Album Cover with the guy holding a Guitar better than the new one.

I was at a festival where these guys were playing...they rocked!

1. Love at first sting 2. Blackout 3. In trance 4. Lovedrive 5. Animal magnetism 6. Savage amusement 7. Taken by force 8. Humanity hour 1 9. Crazy world 10.face the heat 👍 9.

Your Scorpions shirt rocks!🎤🎸🎵🥁

Thanks Pete, top reviews. I'd have Animal Magnetism higher (the first I had). In Trance my no. 1. Agree Tokyo Tapes is great, with Uli to the fore.

my list would look the same except in trance would be one..virgin killer number two...also...i kinda lost interest from lovedrive on...had up to animal magnetism but those two, along with blackout, got sold to a used record store pretty quickly....another great video...hope you and the family are doing well...peace....

Hey Pete, it would be cool if you continued the classic album wars, but made a bracket system where the albums would be sorted by genre and go up against each other. Just a thought.

Return to Forever from 2015 is definitely worth a listen. I wasn’t a fan either of the 90’s Scorpions stuff but this one was definitely worth a listen.

Hi Pete and everyone!!! Not a lot of Scorpions either, but here we go: Top 5 albums in my opinion! 1: Animal Magnetism 2. Virgin Killers 3. Love at First Sting 4. Blackout 5. Lovedrive # 1 Scorions songs (tie) Poar Nights and Falling in Love!!! Awesome!!!! 5.

How many T-shirts have you got Peter.

@crusheverything4449

Жыл бұрын

Looks like one of each.

Not sure of your opinion on Motörhead but ranking their albums would be amazing!

Humanity Hour 1 is a very underrated later day album !

Scorps are my favorite rnr act of all-time. I lean toward the Uli years like you, but there was stuff with Matthias that was worthy. I also agree with you that things kind of fell off a bit after LAFS. Savage Amusement, Crazy World, and Alien Nation had some good tunes, but didn't have the depth of the other albums. Virgin Killer was not the only controversial album cover as the original work on In Trance, Taken By Force, Lovedrive, and LAFS raised eyebrows as well. Glad you have the lineup with Rudy Lennars as that was my favorite lineup. Also, Toyko Tapes (particularly with the extended version of additional tracks) is one of the best live albums ever.

9) Love at first sting 8) Animal Magnatism 7) Blackout 6) Lonesome Crow 5) Fly to the rainbow 4) In trance 3) Taken by force 2) Virgin Killers 1) Lovedrive

Good list! For me Taken by Force is clearly the best of those 3 big Uli era Scorpions. In Trance & Virgin Killer are also great albums.

I understand Matthias Jabs can never be as good as Uli was, but I think is underrated guitar player... he really has a lot of good melodic ideas and some really fluid solos... So, in my opinion, Love at first sting and especially Crazy World need to be present upper in that top.

1. Taken By Force 2. Virgin Killer 3. In Trance 4. Fly To The Rainbow 5. Lonesome Crow 6. Animal Magnetism 7. Blackout 8. Lovedrive 9. Love At First Sting

Humanity: Hour 1 is very underrated.