Eye II Eye
| Eye II Eye | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 9 March 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
| Studio | Little America Studios, Austria | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 62:49 | |||
| Label | East West (Europe) Koch (US) WEA Japan (Japan) | |||
| Producer | Peter Wolf | |||
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| Singles from Eye II Eye | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| 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] |
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.
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"), with few English lyrics by Kottak.
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mysterious" | Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron | 5:28 |
| 2. | "To Be No. 1" | Peter Wolf, Jabs | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Obsession" | Meine, Wolf | 4:09 |
| 4. | "10 Light Years Away" (Lyrics: Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker) | Jones, Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Mind Like a Tree" | Schenker, Wolf | 5:34 |
| 6. | "Eye to Eye" (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf's fathers) | Schenker | 5:04 |
| 7. | "What U Give U Get Back" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker) | Schenker, Wolf | 5:02 |
| 8. | "Skywriter" | Schenker | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Yellow Butterfly" | Schenker, Frederiksen | 5:44 |
| 10. | "Freshly Squeezed" | Schenker, Wolf | 3:58 |
| 11. | "Priscilla" | Schenker | 3:17 |
| 12. | "Du bist so schmutzig" (Lyrics: Meine, Jabs, James Kottak) | Jabs, Schenker | 3:55 |
| 13. | "Aleyah" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker) | Schenker | 4:19 |
| 14. | "A Moment in a Million Years" | Meine | 3:38 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "You and I (“Butcher”-radio-remix)" | Meine | 4:00 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mind Power" (from the "To Be No.1" CD-single) | Meine | 4:28 |
Personnel[edit]
- 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, co-lead vocals on "Du bist so schmutzig"
- Additional musicians
- Peter Wolf – keyboards and piano on "A Moment in a Million Years"
- Michelle Wolf – backing vocals on "Skywriter" and "What U Give U Get Back"
- Mick Jones – acoustic guitar on "10 Light Years Away"
- Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals on "What U Give U Get Back"
- Herman Rarebell – backing vocals on "Mind Like a Tree"
- Production
- Peter Wolf – producer, mixing of tracks 5, 6 and 14, arrangements with Scorpions
- A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen and Kenji Nakai – engineers
- Bill Schnee – mixing
- Chris Kimsey – mixing on track 2
- Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] | 37 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[7] | 50 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 6 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] | 24 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] | 84 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 49 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[12] | 23 |
Sales[edit]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | — | 25,000[13] |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Scorpions: Eye II Eye" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2024. Select Scorpions from the menu, then press OK.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Scorpions – Eye II Eye" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1999. 15. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Scorpions bares its soul". New Straits Times. 19 April 1999. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
