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Acoustica

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If you like this CD (or maybe especially if you didn't like it) see the excellent DVD!

18 great arrangements of Scorpions' classics + three cover versions of Kansas(Dust in the Wind), Queen(Love of my life) and the Cars(Drive).

Great video quality, shot with 12 cameras, excellent sound (DTS)!

Maybe a good reason to buy a DVD player .....

If you want Heavy Scorpions, this is not the Cd for you!
If your a fan of the Scorps Ballads then go ahead and Buy this one. If you think that Acoustical sets should all be heavy and loud, this your mistaken, Scorps finally have a way of showing us the raw talent of Rudolph and Mathias, and of course Klauss vocals are flawless.
Some new songs and some new versions of old songs of course,
and some delightful suprise covers of a few of the greats like "Dust in the Wind" and "Drive" Both songs respectably done with taste and original depth.
Over all......Scorpions have put together something very original with their talents, and I am very pleased!!

Call this the Scorpions version of an MTV Unplugged album. You CANT go wrong with this one. Meine's vocals really stand out. Versions of several well-known numbers here are just great. The arrangement of "rock you like a hurricane" is interesting. The cover of Queen's "love of my life" is good, and this is coming from a die-hard Queen fan. It makes you wish Freddie was still here to have done this himself. Also covered is Kansas' "dust in the wind" - and likewise, having seen Kansas live, I can say this version does justice to it, I prefer this up-tempo one. Aside from some hits, the lesser known (to most americans) songs here are executed nicely. This CD scores as many points as their orchestral rock album "moment of glory". Buy it.

When MTV was releasing the MTV Unplugged albums, I dreamed about the day when Scorpions could have their own acoustic album. With so many great acoustic songs, they could have easily filled an entire set with songs like "When the Smoke Is Going Down", "Born to Touch Your Feelings", "Lonely Nights", "When You Came Into My Life", "Under the Same Sun", and many, many more. Unfortunately, many of these songs aforementioned songs never made it onto Acoustica...instead Scorpions played several cover songs, which was not necessary since Scorpions have plenty of their own material to play. Nirvana just did not have enough material of their own to create an entire set of fully acoustic numbers, but those songs they covered worked well (if not even sounding better than the originals!). Like with Moment of Glory, some songs work well with an orchestra or fully acoustic set, and some songs don't. Harder songs like Rock You Like A Hurricane and Catch Your Train just don't work very well without the electricity and amps. "Catch Your Train" was (at first) pleasing to see that they pulled out this old classic, but it was "honkey-tonkey-fied" and sounds HORRIBLE.

Some of the songs like "Holiday" and "Send Me An Angel" were changed, which was somewhat interesting, but not particularly memorable.

This album had plenty of potential, but I feel that it did not come off nearly as well as it could have. With the large repertoire of songs at their disposal, Scorpions could have easily created a two hour set of beautiful acoustic melodies. Instead, what was sadly put out is one of the least memorable Scorpions albums. I have been listening to Unbreakable nearly non-stop for the past several weeks since its release, yet I have barely listened to Acoustica in the three years I've had the album. Live albums such as World Wide Live and Tokyo Tapes present Scorpions in a much better light in what they are capable live, as one of the best live acts ever.

Last year, the summer of 2001, I was on vacation. I was looking for new music I could listen to when traveling, and stumbled over this release. I didn`t even know it was out, it just suddenly appeared. I bought the cd, and started listening to it. And boy was I positively surprised. I did expect it to be good, but not to be so great it actually is.
The intimate mood and the special "Non" Scorpions sound make this a winner. A warm and welcome album from the best Rockers in Europe.
It is sort of a combined album. The sound is acoustic, but it doesn`t sound ALL acoustic. It is a special sound, but it is warm and welcome, just like a perfect relaxing summeralbum.
The songs. The songs are well performed, but the tracklisting could have been better. Some of the songs are sweet, and my personal favorites, like the new and Beautiful song "Life is too short", the catchy "The Zoo", the always fantastic "Still loving you" and the mystical and soothing "Send me an Angel". All these songs are the album`s highlight, but "Love of my life", "I wanted to cry(But the tears wouldn`t come)" and "Always somewhere" are great too. The songs that are not so good, would be "You and I", "Hurricane 2001" and "Dust in the wind". These songs are not very good here. Rock you like a hurricane is a great song original, but not stripped down.
(I would rather have songs like "When the smoke is going down", "Coast to Coast" and more classical Scorpions songs, but hey, we can`t get everything!)
Anyway, this album is great. I can`t wait for Scorpions to go into Studios again for another Studio-album, but until then this album will fill the time, along with "Love at first sting", "Animal Instinct" and "Blackout".

Know what? This simply shows how the legendary band still can rock hard. Even though they are at their late 40s and 50s they can still create the unique Scorpions amazing moments, also this shows that the Scorpions love to play live. Their live recordings are almost as great as their studio recordings.... the changed version of Holiday is as amazing as the original one... and the Queen's Love Of My Life has never sounded better. Klaus Meine's vocal is the key part in this acoustic album.

finnaly,a great album from the german legends. after waiting almost a decade, this is an album they really can be proud of. this album just shows how amazing this band is, and how good these guys are. The biggest surprise on this album is "Catch your train". This old song from the mid-seventies just rock!! And the "Holiday" version is great! But the best song on this album is "The Zoo". Its the first song on the album, and what a song! And they also have a few covers on the album, like "Love of my life", and the great "Drive", that is really good! The one thing i am waiting for now is that The Scorpions do a good studioalbum again....

Good live unplugged set from the German rockers. Recorded earlier this year on Feb. in Portugal. Featuring most of their hit songs plus their new single, "When Love Kills Love". Awesome album cover!!

Recommend this album to ALL Scorpion fans, and would be a good sampler for the "new" fans.

Acoustic albums by rock bands normally give us the opportunity to listen to normally electrified tracks in a new fashion. But the Scorpions choose to play mostly their ballads (of which they write WAY too many), which sound almost identical to the original tracks. For those of us waiting for the Scorpions to come to their senses and put out a solid hard rocking album, well, we will continue to wait. But it seems the band has permanently gone into a much softer direction. The album is not all that bad, it's just not all that good either. Most of the songs sound way too wimpy such as "I Wanted to Cry (But the Tears Wouldn't Come)", the title alone makes me nauseous. "The Zoo", the opening track, is a standout with a good arrangement and rocking groove, but the classic "Rock You Like a Hurricane" sounds incredibly lame, the song does NOT transfer well to the acoustic arrangement. However, on the plus side Klaus Meine's vocals are still in top form and there's an interesting cover of Kansas' "Dust In The Wind" with a more upbeat tempo. In closing, recommended for die-hard Scorpions fans only.

Very good sound. I have the DVD to this concert also, and it is great. Very well put together material. One of the best Live sounding recordings.