Scorpions: Klaus Meine (vocals); Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs (guitar); Francis Buchholz (bass); Herman Rarebell (drums). Recorded at Dierks Studios, Cologne, Germany. This title contains an edited cover. Although the Scorpions had already achieved fame after 1982’s Blackout, Love at First Sting brought them their biggest single of the decade, the slick anthem “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” with some greatly underrated songs to back it up. The album opens with the hair-raising “Bad Boys Running Wild” and continues with songs such as the memorable “Big City Nights” and the half-ballad, half-powerhouse rocker “Coming Home.” The record also contains what just may be the band’s best ballad ever, the tear-jerking “Still Loving You.” Considering the fact that it has some of their best-ever singles, Love at First Sting is definitely a must for all fans of the Scorpions. ~ Barry Weber

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: METAL
• RSD Date: n/a
• Released: 12/04/2015

Limited 180 gram vinyl LP pressing of this album by the German metal band. This heavyweight slab of vinyl is reissued to celebrate Scorpions’ 50th Anniversary. Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by Scorpions. It was released on March 27, 1984 on Harvest/EMI and Mercury. Love at First Sting is notable in that it was one of the first digitally recorded hard rock records ever released. It became the group’s most successful album in the USA, where it peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984, and went double-platinum by the end of the year, reaching triple-platinum status in 1995. The song “Rock You Like a Hurricane” reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the same year, “Still Loving You” reached #64 on the same chart, #14 in Germany, #3 in the French and Swiss Top 50.

Tracklist:

1. Bad Boys Running Wild 3:53
2. Rock You Like a Hurricane 4:10
3. I’m Leaving You 4:10
4. Coming Home 4:58