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Moment of Glory

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I am hoping that the Scorpions release this on DVD/video because it was a spectacular melding of Rock music with orchestra. Far more successful than the Deep Purple or recent Moody Blues plus strings releases (both at the alber Hall). Although Metallica has the edge on arrangements with Kamen and shear size..(2cds) the Berliner Philharmoniker's performance is awe inspiring! Klaus' vocals cut through the arrangements better than James' growling with Metallica and the lead guitar riffs on Wind of Change and Still Loving You...are orgasmic and the tone with the orchestra elevates them to an ethereal level..if you are a scorpions fan ..what are you waiting for? the book is chocked full of cool photos and the bonus CD rom disc is FANTASTIC..with a Making of EPK and other goodies!! lots for the money...

I heard a cut from this album on the radio and it made the hairs on my arms stand up! Really powerful! There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking some hard rockin' music like this and putting some strings with it - it just gives you another reason to listen to some really great music! I've told so many people about this CD - they all agree it's excellent!

Hey fans, i've been a scorpions and a metallica fan for quite a long time. therefore i should be objective in the case of comparing the two projects. if you like heavy stuff more, it's very likely that you will prefer metallica's record. it just contains more of it. the scorpions try to melt the orchestra and the band. that's why their arrangements leave more space for the virtuosity of the orchestra (which is considered to be among the world's 3 best). the scorpions themselves try to change their songs to adapt them to classical playing. overall, the scorpions record sounds more symphonic and technically far better. the deadly sting suite can't be topped by any of the metallica songs. some songs are too schmaltzy but yet perfectly arranged and played. on metallica's record i had the imagination that sometimes the orchestra destroyed the power of the songs. the scorpions on the other hand were able to find a perfect arrangement for most of the songs. hurricane 2000 really rocks and the soft songs really sound more romantic than ever before - try it!

This CD is very well done. The band does not overpower the orchestra or vice-versa.

Moment of Glory and Here in My Heart are songs that are about as "beautiful" as a metal band can be. It was wise of the band to include the seemingly underrated "Crossfire." This instrumental arrangement is spectacular. The only song I was not overly impressed with was "Lady Starlight." But that doesn't mean it's bad.

Anyone who claims that Metal bands are not true artists will eat their words when they hear this. A Scorpions collection is incomplete if it does not include this CD.

Hmm... I am not a fan of hard rock music that much but I like those ballads scorpions played & this album is 1 of my favorites among them just different from what they've done before when rockers meet the orchestra it means new world of music begun approaching

I think it is the best performance of Scorpions! Absolutely fascinating! I have goose bumps every time I listen to this album!

This is my favorite album from The Scorpions. Its one that I can listen to over and over and not get tired of hearing. Hurricane 2000 sounds like a storm is brewing at full force.Here In My Heart is one of the most beautiful ballads of all time.As is the version of Lady Starlight.This is the cream of the crop of the Scorpions,and I own most of their albums.Great music while on a long trip someplace in car,turn it up! I highly recommend this one...its so different from their regular studio albums.I love the extra singers voices on Big Ciy Nights and Send Me A Angel....the only problem i have is......how are The Scorps ever going to top this album? :)

Before I start this review, let me just tell you that I absolutely abhor glam metal (better known as hair metal), minus a band here and there that captures my ears; other than that, I hate everything it represents: a radio-friendly, poppy approach to metal that glorifies sex, drugs, and overall immorality. Not to say that what our music is today is anything different, but as an authentic metalhead, hair metal defies everything that makes heavy metal great, and I am bitter against it for dominating the airwaves in the 1980s. However, I appreciate a good orchestral accompaniment to nearly any good rock band, and when I heard about this album from a friend of mine, I was somewhat torn. The Scorpions were indeed among the hair metal bands I did not like, but I didn't hate them as much because of their European professionality and wonderful power ballad "Wind of Change", so I decided to give it a listen. I must say, I was blown away by how seamlessly the orchestra combined with the simplicity of the band, making feel-good rock songs such as "Rock You Like A Hurricane" into orchestrations of epic proportions.

Before this I had heard symphony collaborations like Metallica's "S&M" and KISS' "Alive IV", but both of those albums were performed live and the orchestra wasn't as loud and prominent as I would've liked it to be, being overpowered by the sheer loudness of the band, so this album was a pleasant surprise for me. I did expect the album to be live, but as soon as I heard the opening track "Hurricane 2000" to be free of cheers and applause of any kind, my heart lept, and the track continued on to be audience-free. By the end of the song I was quite amazed at how well the orchestra fit in with the band. The album continued and this same seamless integration remained constant through all the songs, most noticeably in old favorites like "Wind of Change" and "Big City Nights" and the brand-new title track, which has a sentimentality similar to that of "Wind of Change".

Though I have heard orchestral accompaniments to rock bands before (being mainly a power metalhead), this is one of the better ones to accompany a mainstream rock band, beating the Metallica and KISS albums to the ground. Now that I've heard this album, I can't even listen to their old songs (the ones I even listened to, mind you) without imagining the songs that I've heard on here. So whether you're a Scorpions fan looking for something fresh (seeing as their '99 release "Eye II Eye" was a disappointing flop) or fiending for a quality orchestral rock hybrid in the vein of the inevitably mentioned Metallica and KISS, then you must check this out, for this album is a sure winner in any rock collection.

Track Selections: "Hurricane 2000", "Wind of Change", and "Big City Nights"

9/10

I've listen to this record and i've found it spetacullar, a perfect combination between rock and classic music and instrumentation.

finally, the scorpions palyed their songs with an orchestra in a way of getting the optimized quality for their songs.
the songs r great in ther new edited version.
thanks for this masterpiece