Box of Scorpions [Box] by Scorpions (CD, May-2004, 3 Discs, Hip-O)

Album Features
UPC:	731458344827
Artist:	Scorpions
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2004
Record Label:	Hip-O
Genre:	Hard Rock, Rock & Pop
Number Of Discs:	3

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. I'm Going Mad
2. Speedy's Coming
3. Fly to the Rainbow
4. In Trance
5. Pictured Life
6. Virgin Killer
7. Catch Your Train
8. Steamrock Fever
9. We'll Burn the Sky
10. He's a Woman, She's a Man
11. Backstage Queen - (live)
12. Top of the Bill - (live)
13. Dark Lady - (live)
14. Robot Man - (live)
15. Loving You Sunday Morning
16. Holiday

DISC 2:
1. Coast to Coast
2. Lovedrive
3. Make It Real
4. Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)
5. Twentieth Century Man
6. Zoo, The
7. Blackout
8. Can't Live Without You
9. No One Like You
10. Dynamite
11. Bad Boys Running Wild
12. Rock You Like a Hurricane
13. Coming Home
14. Big City Nights
15. Still Loving You
16. Another Piece of Meat - (live)
17. Don't Stop at the Top
18. Rhythm of Love
19. I Can't Explain

DISC 3:
1. Tease Me, Please Me
2. Believe in Love
3. Don't Believe Her
4. Wind of Change
5. Send Me an Angel
6. Hit Between the Eyes
7. Alien Nation
8. Under the Same Sun
9. Woman
10. Over the Top
11. Life Goes Around
12. You and I
13. Mysterious
14. Hurricane 2000
15. Cause I Love You
16. Bad for Good

Details
Producer:	Scorpions, Bruce Fairbairn, Keith Olsen, Christian Kolonovits, Dieter Dierks, Mike Ragogna (Compilation), Conrad Plank, Erwin Musper
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Mixed
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Scorpions: Rudolf Schenker (guitar, background vocals); Francis Buchholz, Ralph Rieckermann (bass guitar); Herman Rarebell, Klaus Meine, Ulrich Roth, Wolfgang Dziony, Matthias Jabs.Personnel: Ulrich Roth (vocals, guitar); Klaus Meine (vocals); Matthias Jabs (guitar, voice box); Michael Schenker (guitar); Achim Kirschning, Jim Vallance, John Webster, Luke Herzog (keyboards); Francis Buchholz (Moog synthesizer); Curt Cress, Rudy Lenners, Herman Rarebell (drums, percussion); James Kottak (drums, background vocals); Jurgen Rosenthal, Wolfgang Dziony (drums); Jim Lewis, Tony Ioannoua, Claudia Frohling, Wolfgang Praetz, Cliff Roles, Ralph Rieckermann (background vocals).Liner Note Author: Geri Miller.Recording information: Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan (??/1970-??/2001).The average listener with only a passing interest in heavy metal might be surprised that the Scorpions had been recording since 1972 -- they actually formed in 1965 -- as their success in the United States didn't really begin until the release of 1982's Blackout. Hip-O's Box of Scorpions is the first U.S.-released box set from the veteran German rockers to sample from their entire 30-year career. Disc one pays keen attention to their progressive rock tendencies in the '70s with guitarist Uli Jon Roth. It opens with "I'm Going Mad," the leadoff cut from their debut 1972 album, Lonesome Crow, a meandering, psychedelic wish list of a record that begs for comparisons to Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, and proceeds through to 1978's Taken by Force -- the 96k/24-bit digital remastering does wonders for these early tracks, especially on the rhythm section. Disc two is the one that delivers the goods, as it contains pretty much every hit the band ever had -- the '80s were good to the Scorpions, spawning career solidifying smashes like "No One Like You," "Rock You Like a Hurricane," and the most powerful "power ballad" ever, "Still Loving You." The third disc collects material from the '90s and beyond, including the gentle whistling of Klaus Meine on the German reunification anthem "Winds of Change" and an unintentionally hilarious orchestral Berlin Philharmonic version of "Rock You Like a Hurricane." The accompanying booklet is a fairly standard "box set" collection of glossy photos, essays, and time lines, but the inclusion of a song-by-song commentary by Meine and guitarists Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs adds a nice personal touch, making Box of Scorpions really just a box of memories. ~ James Christopher Monger