Love at First Sting [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Scorpions | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000001EUR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their best album, September 23, 2003

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John Alapick (Wilkes-Barre, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love at First Sting (Audio CD)

Love At First Sting was the Scorpions' most successful album in the U.S. and remains their strongest album. Although Savage Amusement would chart higher on the charts and their biggest hit "Wind Of Change" appeared on Crazy World, Love At First Sting was their best album featuring their strongest collection of songs.

This album features an equal balance of heavier tracks, catchy metal driven by memorable riffs, and power ballads, and most of them are top notch. The acoustic turned heavy rocker "Coming Home" is one of the strongest tracks and was the opening song for many of their live shows. "Rock You Like A Hurricane" would be one of their biggest hits and remains their signature song. The ballad "Still Loving You" remains one of the best of the metal era and features some excellent passionate soloing from lead guitarist Matthias Jabs. Tracks like "Big City Nights", "Bad Boys Running Wild", and "I'm Leaving You" are all very strong, featuring excellent melodies penned by rhythm guitarist Rudolf Schenker. The lesser known songs are also very good, particularly the anti-war track "Crossfire", driven by Herman Rarebell's hypnotic march beat and "As Soon As The Good Times Roll." An excellent album. Highly recommended to fans of great '80s melodic metal.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Released like a Hurricane in '84, December 4, 2005

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Captain Nemo (Central Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love at First Sting (Audio CD)

This is the release that followed the band's 1982 hit album Blackout. It is perhaps the peak of the Scorpions' recording plateau studio-wise. They were indeed firing on all 8 cylinders on this one.

Song listing and thoughts:

1. Bad Boys Running Wild - a great opening song with Schenker on rhythm and the frantic Jabs on lead guitar

2. Rock You Like A Hurricane - this song took the world by storm and wouldn't let go ... sleazy lyrics and A+ solo work by Matthias

3. I'm Leaving You - kinda a mixture of a mid tempo rocker/ballad which works really well

4. Coming Home - starts with the false ballad opening then rolls hard the rest of the way

5. The Same Thrill - a fast paced song, sounds kinda rushed though

6. Big City Nights - a Schenker masterpiece...don't let the guitar tracking fool you, this song is nearly all Schenker. Mr. Flying V starts off with the main rhythm and also plays the lead melody. Matthias plays the 2nd rhythm and the solo fills for the chorus, but Schenker returns with the lead melody along with his powerful lead solo. However, when played live Matthias had/has to play Rudolph's intro rhythm guitar part to compensate

7. As Soon As the Good Times Roll - a mid tempo song with different drum stops, a cool touch

8. Crossfire - a nice slow burning song with Matthias and his laser shooting guitar

9. Still Loving You - a ballad masterpiece featuring Schenker baby aka Mr. Flying V on the soaring lead guitar

Klaus' vocals are top notch throughout.

A great album by a hard rocking band that made it big and deserved it. Something that has always bugged me about Love At First Sting is that Matthias' guitar tracking volumes are noticeably low in the mix for whatever reason (compared to Blackout or Savage Amusement), but that's just a minor picky track mixing detail.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The highlight of the Scorps career, October 9, 2004

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Patrick Mitsdarfer (Williamsport, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love at First Sting (Audio CD)

Their best effort to date even better than Blackout, which I never thought could happen. This album starts off rockin with Bad boys running wild, (it just smokes), the classic Rock you like a hurricane,(a definite 1980's classic), My personal fave I'm leaving you,(Mindblowing song), the bombastic The same thrill, another classic Big city nights(How sweet),the groove of As soon as the good times roll, and the slow rocker that has been a mood maker for millions, Still loving you. I must admit I wore out my cassette twice over the years, this is soo damn good. On disc it is so much better, wow!! I always thought Mathias Jabs was one of the most underrated guitarists of the 80's, period! He had speed and finesse but he had some feeling that many others didn't. And who could forget Herman (the German) Rarebell, his playing was simple but this guy was really good. The solos on Bad boys, Hurricane, I'm leaving you and Big City nights are truly inspiring!!!An amazing record by an amazing band. A true metal classic that brings back many good memories. Take it from a 35 year old headbanger, buy this and rock on!!!!!