Track Listing
1. Mysterious
2. To Be No 1
3. Obsession
4. 10 Light Years Away
5. Mind Like a Tree
6. Eye to Eye
7. What You Give You Get Bac
8. Skywriter
9. Yellow Butterfly
10. Freshly Squeezed
11. Pricilla
12. Du Bist So Schmutzig - (German)
13. Aleyah
14. Moment in the Million Yea
15. You & I
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | James Ingram, Mick Jones, Peter Wolf, Phil Perry, Siedah Garrett | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Scorpions: Klaus Meine (vocals); Mathias Jabs (acoustic, electric & slide guitars, mandolin); Rudolf Schenker (acoustic & electric guitars, sitar, background vocals); Ralph Rieckermann (bass, background vocals); James Kottak (drums, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Mick Jones (acoustic guitar); Peter Wolf (piano, keyboards); Herman Rarebell (background vocals).
Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Michelle Wolf, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry, Kevin Dorsey (background vocals).
Engineers include: A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen.
Mention the Scorpions to your average music fan, and they'll say, "You mean those German metal dudes, right?" They probably won't say anything about ballads. Well, give them EYE TO EYE, and they might have to rethink things. Filled with loud slow jams, this edition of the 1999 session features the bonus track "You & I."
Teutonic terrors Scorpions return with EYE TO EYE, their first album for Koch Records. The band retains the crunchy hard rock style that has kept it potent since the '70s and adds a contemporary commercial touch that proves Scorpions are not living in the past. "Mysterious" and "To be No.1" kick off the album, and both may raise the eyebrows of longtime fans. These excellent tunes contain beats and loops-a first for the group. The latter is the first single, with a video spoofing the Clinton/Lewinsky affair.
The slower groove of "Obsession" is primed for radio airplay. "Mind Like a Tree" shows the group trading its lightning fast licks for a more plodding, Soungarden-ish feel. "What U Give you get Back" is an acoustic number showcasing the fine vocal talents of Klause Meine. The album closing "A Moment in a Million Years" features Peter Wolf on piano, another sign of maturity for a band labeled as heavy metal its entire career. EYE TO EYE rocks hard while venturing into uncharted pop territories. Scorpions keep current without selling out, and veteran fans will have a newfound respect for the band after multiple listens.
Editorial Reviews
Performance 8.4 / Sound 9.2
CD Review Reader Consensus
CD Review Reader Consensus Performance 8.4 / Sound 9.2
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