Hard Rock – Hipgnosis Album Art

Biography

Scorpions is a German rock band formed in 1970 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker.Since the band’s inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock to heavy metal.The lineup from 1978–92 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass guitar), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band’s only constant member has been Schenker, although Meine has been the lead singer for all of the band’s studio albums, and Jabs has been a consistent member since 1979. During the mid-1970s, with guitarist Uli Jon Roth part of the line-up, the music of the Scorpions was defined as hard rock.After the departure of Roth in 1978, Matthias Jabs joined and, following the guidance of producer Dieter Dierks, the Scorpions changed their sound towards hard rock/heavy metal, mixed with rock power ballads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpions_(band)

Album & Cover

Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by German hard rock band Scorpions, released on 6 November 1990. The album peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart for albums in 1991.That same year, the song “Wind of Change” reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Send Me an Angel” reached No. 44 on the same chart. Crazy World was the last album to feature bassist Francis Buchholz, and by that extent, the last to feature the band’s classic line up. It also has the only Scorpions track to credit Buchholz, “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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_World_(Scorpions_album)

Cover Location:
Who Did What: Photography – R. Evans/Q. Fitch/R. Halfin. Cover Design & Art Direction – ICON/PO
Label: Mercury 846908-1
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Tracklist

Side One
Tease Me Please Me
Don’t Believe Her
To Be With You In Heaven
Wind Of Change
Restless Nights

Side Two
Lust Or Love
Kicks After Six
Hit Between The Eyes
Money And Fame
Crazy World
Send Me An Angel

Credits

Vocals – Klaus Meine

Bass – Francis Buchholz
Drums – Herman Rarebell
Engineer – Erwin Musper, Keith Olsen
Engineer [Assistant Engineer, Goodnight Studios] – Shay Baby
Engineer [Assistant Engineer, Wisseloord Studios] – Attie Bauw
Guitar, Lead Guitar – Rudolf Schenker
Lead Guitar, Guitar – Matthias Jabs
Management – Doc McGhee, Scott McGhee
Mixed By – Erwin Musper, Keith Olsen, Shay Baby
Producer – Keith Olsen, Scorpions
Recorded By [Second Assistant, Goodnight Studios] – Tom Fletcher
Recorded By [Second Assistant, Wisseloord Studios] – Albert Boekholt