Face the Heat

Face the Heat
Studio album by Scorpions
Released 21 September 1993
Studio Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre Heavy metal
Length 52:04
Label Mercury/PolyGram
Producer Bruce Fairbairn and Scorpions
Scorpions chronology
Crazy World
(1990)		 Face the Heat
(1993)		 Pure Instinct
(1996)
Singles from Face The Heat
  1. "Alien Nation"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Woman"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Under the Same Sun"
    Released: November 1993
  4. "No Pain No Gain"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[2]
Metal Hammer (GER)6/7[3]
Rock Hard8.0/10[4]

Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by the German hard rock band Scorpions in 1993.

It was produced by the band and the late Bruce Fairbairn and released on the PolyGram label. This album marked their status as a sort of political band with the song "Alien Nation", which was about the re-unification of Germany. This album had a contemporary touch to it, as the band were then going with the current trends, before later returning to their original style in Unbreakable in 2004. This is last album to feature drummer Herman Rarebell, and the first with Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.

"Under the Same Sun" was played during the ending credits of the 1994 film On Deadly Ground.

"Alien Nation" was covered by the Italian heavy metal band Mastercastle, recorded by Pier Gonella at MusicArt Studios and released as Japanese bonus track of their album The Phoenix.

"Lonely Nights" was later included in the 2017 compilation album Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alien Nation"Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine5:44
2."No Pain No Gain"Schenker, Meine, Mark Hudson3:55
3."Someone to Touch"Schenker, Meine, Hudson4:28
4."Under the Same Sun"Hudson, Scott Fairbairn, Meine4:52
5."Unholy Alliance"Schenker, Meine5:16
6."Woman"Schenker, Meine5:56
7."Hate to Be Nice"Schenker, Meine3:30
8."Taxman Woman"Schenker, Meine4:30
9."Ship of Fools"Schenker, Meine4:15
10."Nightmare Avenue"Matthias Jabs, Meine, Hudson3:54
11."Lonely Nights"Schenker, Meine4:50

Personnel

Scorpions
Additional musicians
  • John Webster - keyboards
  • Luke Herzog - additional keyboards on "Woman" and "Lonely Nights", arrangements with Klaus Meine on "Woman"
  • Helen Donath - opera voice on "Ship of Fools"
  • Rhian Gittins - girl's voice on "Nightmare Avenue"
  • Paul Laine, Mark LaFrance - backing vocals
  • Bruce Fairbairn, Mark Hudson - backing vocals on "Under the Same Sun"
Production

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
France SNEP 1993 Gold (+ 100,000)[19]
Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 1993 Gold (+ 25,000)[20]

References

  1. ↑ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions Face the Heat review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 387. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ Scöwe, Andreas (October 1993). "Scorpions – Face the Heat" (in German). Metal Hammer. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Kupfer, Thomas (1993). "Review Album: Scorpions - Face the Heat". Rock Hard (in German). No. 77. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Album – Scorpions, Face the Heat". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artist: search for Scorpions". Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Scorpions – Face the Heat". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Scorpions – Face the Heat (album)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Scorpions – Face the Heat (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Face the Heat Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 58, No. 15, October 23, 1993". Library and Archives Canada. 23 October 1993. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Scorpions – Face the Heat (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "Scorpions Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Single – Scorpions, Alien Nation". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  16. ↑ "Scorpions – Under the Same Sun (chanson)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  17. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 59, No. 9, March 21, 1994". Library and Archives Canada. 21 March 1994. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  18. ↑ "Single – Scorpions, Under the Same Sun". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  19. ↑ "Les Certifications depuis 1973 : search for Scorpions" (in French). Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  20. ↑ "Awards". Hitparade.ch. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
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