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.
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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 | |||
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Source | Rating |
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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 |
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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 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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15. | "You and I (“Butcher”-radio-remix)" | Meine | Meine | 4:00 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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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
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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". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- Breusch, Matthias (1999). "Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct". Rock Hard (in German). No. 144. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- "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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