Eye II Eye

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.

Eye II Eye
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
Pure Instinct (1996) Eye II Eye (1999) Moment of Glory (2000)
Singles from Eye II Eye
"To Be No. 1" Released: 1999 "Mysterious" Released: 1999 "10 Light Years Away / Start Me Up" Released: 1999 "Eye to Eye" Released: 1999 "Aleyah" Released: 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	2/10[2]
Metal Hammer (GER)	6/7[3]
Rock Hard	3.5/10[4]

For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded largely in German, namely "Du bist so schmutzig" ("You are so dirty").

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
15.	"You and I (“Butcher”-radio-remix)"	Meine	Meine	4:00

Eye II Eye single-only track

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
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals
• Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals
• James Kottak – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on 12

Additional musicians

• Peter Wolf – keyboards and piano on “A Moment in a Million Years”
• Michelle Wolf – backing vocals on “Skywriter”
• Mick Jones – acoustic guitar on “10 Light Years Away”
• Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Michelle Wolf, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry, Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals on “What You Give You Get Back”
• Herman Rarebell – drums, backing vocals on “Mind Like a Tree”

Production

• Peter Wolf – producer, mixing of 5, 6, 14, arrangements with Scorpions
• A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen, Kenji Nagano – engineers
• Bill Schnee – mixing
• Chris Kimsey – mixing on 2
• Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1999 German Albums Chart[6] 6 Finnish Albums Chart[7] 37 Swiss Albums Top 100[8] 49 French Albums Chart[9] 50 Japanese Albums Chart[10] 84

Singles Year Title Chart Position 1999 "Mysterious" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[5] 26 "To Be No. 1" German Singles Chart[11] 55

References

1. Huey, Steve. "Scorpions - Eye II Eye review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 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. 388. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. Scöwe, Andreas (April 1999). "Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
4. Breusch, Matthias (1999). "Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct". Rock Hard (in German). No. 144. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
5. "Eye II Eye Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
6. "Album – Scorpions, Eye II Eye". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
7. "Scorpions – Eye II Eye (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
8. "Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
9. "Scorpions – Eye II Eye (album)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
10. "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.
11. "Single – Scorpions, To Be No. 1". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

External links

• Official album page
• "To Be No. 1" video
• "A Moment in a Million Years" video
• "What U Give U Get Back" video