Deadly Sting | ||||
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Released | February 2, 1995 (Europe) July 15, 1997 (United States) | |||
Recorded | 1978–1995 | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock | |||
Length | 68:49, 76:07 (France) and 156:22 (US release) | |||
Label | EMI and Mercury (US release) | |||
Producer | Various | |||
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Deadly Sting is a compilation album of hits and previously unreleased material by the German hard rock band Scorpions. The songs were culled from their catalog on the Mercury label.
Background
[edit]Deadly Sting was released both as a single disc in 1995 and an expanded double-disc version in 1997. The single-disc album has 15 or 18 tracks depending on the country of release, which span from 1978 to 1988. The double-disc US release has 33 songs ranging from 1978 to 1995, including several previously unreleased studio tracks.
The original cover art gained controversy, as it depicted a naked woman being stung by a column of scorpions. An alternative cover with the woman airbrushed out was printed, which was used for the double-disc version of the album, subtitled The Mercury Years.[2]
Track listings
[edit]1995 European release
[edit]- "Coming Home" - 4:59 (from the album Love at First Sting - 1984)
- "Rock You Like a Hurricane" - 4:12 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "No One Like You" - 3:57 (from the album Blackout - 1982)
- "Lovedrive" - 4:49 (from the album Lovedrive - 1979)
- "Bad Boys Running Wild" - 3:55 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "I'm Leaving You" - 4:17 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "Passion Rules the Game" - 3:59 (from the album Savage Amusement - 1988)
- "China White" - 6:56 (from the album Blackout)
- "Walking on the Edge" - 5:07 (from the album Savage Amusement)
- "Coast to Coast" - 4:42 (from the album Lovedrive)
- "Loving You Sunday Morning" - 5:37 (from the album Lovedrive)
- "Another Piece of Meat" - 3:31 (from the album Lovedrive)
- "Dynamite" - 4:12 (from the album Blackout)
- "Can't Live Without You" - 3:46 (from the album Blackout)
- "Edge of Time" (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine) - 4:17 (previously unreleased)
French edition bonus tracks
[edit]- "Still Loving You" - 3:56 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "Can't Get Enough (Part 1)" (live) - 2:06 (from the album World Wide Live - 1985)
- "Can't Get Enough" (Part 2)" (live)- 1:42 (from the album World Wide Live)
1997 US release
[edit]- Disc one
- "Loving You Sunday Morning" - 5:37 (from the album Lovedrive)
- "Lovedrive (Remix)" - 4:53 (from the album Lovedrive)
- "Holiday (Remix)" - 6:49 (from the album Lovedrive)
- "Make it Real" - 3:50 (from the album Animal Magnetism - 1980)
- "The Zoo" - 5:30 (from the album Animal Magnetism)
- "Blackout" - 3:48 (from the album Blackout)
- "Can't Live Without You" - 3:47 (from the album Blackout)
- "No One Like You" - 3:58 (from the album Blackout)
- "China White" - 6:57 (from the album Blackout)
- "Dynamite" - 4:14 (from the album Blackout)
- "Bad Boys Running Wild" - 3:56 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "Rock You Like a Hurricane" - 4:14 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "Coming Home" - 5:00 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "Big City Nights" - 4:11 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "Still Loving You" - 6:29 (from the album Love at First Sting)
- "Coast to Coast" (live) - 4:53 (from the album World Wide Live)
- Disc two
- "Don't Stop at the Top" - 4:04 (from the album Savage Amusement)
- "Rhythm of Love" - 3:49 (from the album Savage Amusement)
- "Passion Rules the Game" - 4:01 (from the album Savage Amusement)
- "Walking on the Edge" - 5:09 (from the album Savage Amusement)
- "Believe in Love" - 5:24 (from the album Savage Amusement)
- "I Can't Explain" - 3:22 (from the album Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads - 1989)
- "Tease Me Please Me" - 4:45 (from the album Crazy World - 1990)
- "Don't Believe Her" - 4:56 (from the album Crazy World)
- "Wind of Change" - 5:13 (from the album Crazy World)
- "Hit Between the Eyes" - 4:33 (from the album Crazy World)
- "Send Me an Angel" - 4:34 (from the album Crazy World)
- "Alien Nation" - 5:45 (from the album Face the Heat - 1993)
- "Under the Same Sun" - 4:54 (from the album Face the Heat)
- "Woman" - 5:58 (from the album Face the Heat)
- "In Trance" (live) - 4:13 (from the album Live Bites - 1995)
- "Over the Top" (Matthias Jabs) - 4:25 (previously unreleased)
- "Life Goes Around" (Klaus Meine) - 3:41 (previously unreleased)
Charts
[edit]Year | Chart | Position |
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1995 | French Albums Charts[3] | 15 |
German Albums Chart[4] | 28 | |
Swiss Albums Charts[5] | 32 | |
Austrian Albums Charts[6] | 39 |
References
[edit]- ^ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ^ Jeffrey Easton. "Metal Exiles interview with Klaus Meine'". metalexiles.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ^ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artist: search for Scorpions". Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ^ "Album – Scorpions, Deadly Sting". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ^ "Scorpions – Deadly Sting". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ^ "Scorpions – Deadly Sting (album)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-12-06.