Eye II Eye
Eye II Eye | ||||
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Studio album by Scorpions | ||||
Released | 9 March 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
Studio | Little America Studios, Austria | |||
Genre | Hard rock, pop rock, experimental rock | |||
Length | 62:49 | |||
Label |
East West (Europe) Koch (US) WEA Japan (Japan) | |||
Producer | Peter Wolf | |||
Scorpions chronology | ||||
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Singles from Eye II Eye | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 2/10[2] |
Metal Hammer (GER) | 6/7[3] |
Rock Hard | 3.5/10[4] |
Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previous work, which alienated some fans, despite the single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[5] It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature James Kottak on drums and also the final Scorpions studio album to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar (unless one counts symphonic Moment Of Glory).
For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded largely in their native language, namely "Du bist so schmutzig".
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Mysterious" | Klaus Meine | Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron | 5:28 |
2. | "To Be No. 1" | Meine | Peter Wolf, Jabs | 3:57 |
3. | "Obsession" | Meine | Meine, Wolf | 4:09 |
4. | "10 Light Years Away" | Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker | Jones, Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker | 3:52 |
5. | "Mind Like a Tree" | Meine | Schenker, Wolf | 5:34 |
6. | "Eye to Eye" (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf's fathers.) | Meine | Schenker | 5:04 |
7. | "What U Give U Get Back" | Meine, Schenker | Schenker, Wolf | 5:02 |
8. | "Skywriter" | Meine | Schenker | 4:55 |
9. | "Yellow Butterfly" | Meine | Schenker, Frederiksen | 5:44 |
10. | "Freshly Squeezed" | Meine | Schenker, Wolf | 3:58 |
11. | "Priscilla" | Meine | Schenker | 3:17 |
12. | "Du bist so schmutzig" | Meine, Jabs, James Kottak | Jabs, Schenker | 3:55 |
13. | "Aleyah" | Meine, Schenker | Schenker | 4:19 |
14. | "A Moment in a Million Years" | Meine | Meine | 3:38 |
Japanese edition bonus track | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
15. | "You and I (“Butcher”-radio remix)" | Meine | Meine | 4:00 |
Eye II Eye single-only track | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
1. | "Mind Power" (from the "To Be No.1" CD-single) | Meine | Meine | 4:28 |
Personnel
- Scorpions
- Klaus Meine – lead vocals
- Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals
- James Kottak – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on track 12
- Additional musicians
- Mick Jones – acoustic guitar on track 4
- Peter Wolf – keyboards and piano on track 14
- Michelle Wolf - backing vocals on track 8
- Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Michelle Wolf, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry, Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals on track 7
- Herman Rarebell - backing vocals on track 5
- Production
- Peter Wolf – producer, mixing of tracks 5, 6, 14, arrangements with Scorpions
- A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen, Kenji Nagano – engineers
- Bill Schnee - mixing
- Chris Kimsey - mixing on track 2
- Stephen Marcussen, Chris Von Rautenkranz – mastering
Charts
Album
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Singles
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References
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "Scorpions - Eye II Eye review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ↑ Scöwe, Andreas (April 1999). "Scorpions – Eye II Eye" (in German). Metal Hammer. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ Breusch, Matthias (1999). "Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct". Rock Hard (in German). No. 144. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- 1 2 "Eye II Eye Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Album – Scorpions, Eye II Eye". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Scorpions – Eye II Eye (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Scorpions – Eye II Eye (album)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "スコーピオンズ – スコーピオンズのアルバム売り上げランキング". Oricon. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ↑ "Single – Scorpions, To Be No. 1". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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