Crazy World (Scorpions album)

Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by German hard rock band Scorpions, released on 6 November 1990.[6] The album peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart for albums in 1991.[7] That same year, the song "Wind of Change" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100[7] and "Send Me an Angel" reached No. 44 on the same chart.[7] It also has the only Scorpions track to credit Buchholz as a writer, "Kicks After Six". This album was the band's first album in a decade and a half to not be produced by Dieter Dierks and is widely considered to be the last "classic" Scorpions album. In the UK, it remains the only Scorpions album to attain Silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in November 1991.[8] In the United States, it is the band's second best-selling album to 1984's Love at First Sting, and their last one to be certified at least gold by the RIAA.[9]It was the last studio album to feature the Lovedrive-era lineup, with bassist Francis Buchholz leaving the band in January 1992.

Crazy World
Cover design by Storm Thorgerson and Hollywood & London
Studio album by Scorpions
Released	6 November 1990 (1990-11-06)
Recorded	1990
Studio	Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	52:53
Label	Vertigo, Mercury
Producer	Keith Olsen Scorpions
Scorpions chronology
Savage Amusement (1988) Crazy World (1990) Face the Heat (1993)
Singles from Crazy World
"Tease Me Please Me" Released: November 1990 "Don't Believe Her" Released: December 1990 "Wind of Change" Released: 20 January 1991 "Send Me an Angel" Released: 17 September 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10[3]
Forces Parallèles	[4]
Rock Hard	8.0/10[5]

"Hit Between the Eyes" was played during the ending credits of the 1992 film Freejack.

"Send Me an Angel" was played at the closing scene in the 2004 Cold Case episode "Who's Your Daddy." "Wind of Change" was also used during the 2009 film Gentlemen Broncos and towards the end of the 2014 film The Interview.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tease Me Please Me"	Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Vallance	Matthias Jabs, Jim Vallance	4:44
2.	"Don't Believe Her"	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Rudolf Schenker, Vallance	4:55
3.	"To Be with You in Heaven"	Meine	Schenker	4:48
4.	"Wind of Change"	Meine	Meine	5:10
5.	"Restless Nights"	Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Schenker	5:44
6.	"Lust or Love"	Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Meine	4:22
7.	"Kicks After Six"	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Francis Buchholz, Vallance	3:49
8.	"Hit Between the Eyes"	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Schenker	4:33
9.	"Money and Fame"	Jabs, Rarebell	Jabs	5:06
10.	"Crazy World"	Meine, Schenker, Rarebell, Vallance	Schenker	5:08
11.	"Send Me an Angel"	Meine	Schenker	4:32

Personnel

Scorpions

• Klaus Meine – lead vocals
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead guitar on "Wind of Change" and "Send Me an Angel"
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals, rhythm guitar on "Wind of Change" and "Send Me an Angel"
• Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals
• Herman Rarebell – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Koen van Baal, Robbie Buchanan – keyboards on "Wind of Change"
• Jim Vallance – keyboards on "Send Me an Angel"
• Michael Thompson – guitar on "Wind of Change"
• Roy Tesse, Dries van der Schuyt, Ria Makker, Gerard v.d. Pot, Louis Spillman, Wolfgang Praetz, Inka Esser, Claudia Frohling, Cliff Roles, Peter Angmeer, Tony Ioannoua and Jim Lewis, supported by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker, Erwin Musper and Keith Olsen – "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me"
• Marcel Gelderblom, Mirjam Erftemeijer, Henk Horden and Patrick Ulenberg, supported by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Erwin Musper and Keith Olsen - "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"

Production

• Keith Olsen – producer, engineer, mixing
• Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing
• Shay Baby – additional engineering, mixing
• Attie Bauw, Albert Boekholt, Tom Fletcher – assistant engineers
• Greg Fulginiti – mastering

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1990 German Albums Chart[10] 1 Austrian Top 40 Albums[11] 1 French Albums Chart[12] 2 Swiss Albums Top 100[13] 3 Norwegian Albums Chart[14] 4 Swedish Albums Chart[15] 6 Dutch MegaCharts[16] 6 The Official Finnish Charts[17] 14 Billboard 200 (US)[7] 21 RPM100 Albums (Canada)[18] 20 UK Albums Chart[19] 27 Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[20] 39 Australian Albums Chart[21] 49

Singles Year Title Chart Position 1990 "Tease Me, Please Me" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[7] 8 1991 "Don't Believe Her" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7] 13 UK Singles Chart[19] 77 "Wind of Change" German Singles Chart[22] 1 Swedish Singles Chart[23] 1 Austrian Top 40 Singles[24] 1 Swiss Singles Top 75[25] 1 French Singles Chart[26] 1 Norwegian Singles Chart[27] 1 Dutch MegaCharts[28] 1 Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[7] 2 UK Singles Chart[19] 2 Ultratop 50 Belgian Chart (Flanders)[29] 2 Billboard Hot 100 (US)[7] 4 Australian Singles Chart[30] 7 RPM50 Singles (Canada)[31] 10 New Zealand Singles Chart[32] 17 "Send Me an Angel" Swedish Singles Chart[33] 4 Dutch MegaCharts[34] 4 Ultratop 50 Belgian Chart (Flanders)[35] 4 German Singles Chart[36] 5 Austrian Top 40 Singles[37] 8 French Singles Chart[38] 8 Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[7] 8 Swiss Singles Top 75[39] 14 RPM50 Singles (Canada)[40] 23 UK Singles Chart[19] 27 Billboard Hot 100 (US)[7] 44

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[41]	Platinum	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[42]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[43]	Gold	40,716[43]
Germany (BVMI)[44]	2× Platinum	1,000,000^^
Italy (FIMI)[45]	Gold	100,000^*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[46]	Gold	100,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[47]	Gold	50,000^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[48]	Gold	25,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[49]	2× Platinum	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[50]	Silver	60,000^^
United States (RIAA)[51]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^^
Summaries
Southeast Asia	—	400,000[52]
Worldwide	—	7,000,000[53]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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