Scorpions - Gold

Review by Crystal Wright

Gold by Scorpions is a classic rock album that showcases the band's prowess in creating timeless music. The album features some of the band's most iconic tracks such as "Rock You Like a Hurricane," "Wind of Change," and "Still Loving You." The album is a compilation of the band's greatest hits, spanning their career from the 70s to the 90s.

The album is a testament to the band's longevity and their ability to stay relevant in the ever-changing music industry. The Scorpions' distinct sound, characterized by Klaus Meine's powerful vocals and the band's electrifying guitar riffs, is showcased throughout the album.

Artist: Scorpions
Album: Gold

2006

Rating: 4.38

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Tracks

Track	Duration	Preview
Top Of The Bill - Live	6:47
Catch Your Train	3:34
Always Somewhere	4:55
Bad Boys Running Wild	03:56
The Sails Of Charon	4:23
Rock You Like a Hurricane	04:14
Don't Believe Her	4:54
No One Like You	3:54
We'll Burn The Sky	6:27
Blackout	3:47
It All Depends	3:24
Over the Top	04:23
Holiday	6:31
Lady Starlight	6:24
Send Me An Angel	4:32
In Trance	4:43
Speedy's Coming	03:33
Over The Top	4:23
We'll Burn the Sky	06:27
Dynamite	4:13
Tease Me, Please Me	4:43
Is There Anybody There?	04:17
I Can't Explain	03:22
Don't Believe Her	04:54
Believe in Love	04:49
Rock You Like A Hurricane	4:11
Under The Same Sun	4:52
I'm Leaving You	04:17
Big City Nights	3:56
Wind Of Change	5:10
Top of the Bill	06:47
The Sails of Charon	04:23
Hit Between The Eyes	4:32
Woman	5:55
Is There Anybody There	4:16
Loving You Sunday Morning	5:37
Rhythm of Love	03:50
Steamrock Fever	3:37
Coming Home	05:01
When the Smoke Is Going Down	03:47
Speedy's Coming	3:33
Wind of Change	05:16
Coast to Coast	04:44
Alien Nation	5:44
Pictured Life	3:23
Can't Live Without You	3:46
Moment of Glory	05:08
Virgin Killer	3:42
Under the Same Sun	04:54
Send Me an Angel	04:34
Big City Night	03:58
Hurricane 2000	06:04
When The Smoke Is Going Down	3:46
Still Loving You	6:08
Cause I Love You	3:44
Can't Live Without You	05:35
Believe In Love	5:20
I Can't Explain	3:22
White Dove	4:20
The Zoo	5:30
Lovedrive	4:48
Hit Between the Eyes	04:32
Sene Me An Angel	4:34
Rhythm Of Love	3:47

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Catalog Numbers

S-017, 7243 8540792 5
B0006545-02
B000654502

Labels

EMI (Malaysia)
Hip-O Records

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CD
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2 × CD
Club Edition

Companies

Role	Company
Distributed By	Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Manufactured For	BMG Direct

Credits

Role	Credit
Art Direction	Vartan
Backing Vocals	Rudolf Schenker (tracks: 2-02 to 2-16)
Bass	Francis Buchholz (tracks: 1-02 to 2-12), Ralph Rieckermann (tracks: 2-13 to 2-17)
Compilation Producer	Mike Ragogna
Coordinator	Ryan Null
Design	Coco Shinomiya
Drums	Herman Rarebell (tracks: 1-07 to 2-17), Rudy Lenners (tracks: 1-03 to 1-06)
Effects	Matthias Jabs (tracks: 2-05 to 2-07)
Engineer	Dieter Dierks (tracks: 1-03 to 1-09, 1-11 to 2-01, 2-05, 2-06, 2-17), Erwin Musper (tracks: 2-07 to 2-16), Gerd Rautenbach (tracks: 2-02 to 2-06), Keith Olsen (tracks: 2-08 to 2-12)
Guitar	Matthias Jabs (tracks: 1-14 to 2-17), Rudolf Schenker (tracks: 1-03 to 1-10, 1-14 to 2-17)
Keyboards	John Webster (tracks: 2-13 to 2-15)
Lead Guitar	Ulrich Roth (tracks: 1-03 to 1-10)
Rhythm Guitar	Matthias Jabs (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Michael Schenker (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Rudolf Schenker (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13)
Management	Robin Kirby
Mastered By	Erick Labson
Other	Kelly Martinez
Percussion	Herman Rarebell (tracks: 1-07 to 1-10), Rudy Lenners (tracks: 1-03 to 1-06)
Photography	Jodi Summers Dorland/Retna
Photography [Pages 8	William Hames
16]	William Hames
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn (tracks: 2-07, 2-13 to 2-15), Dieter Dierks (tracks: 1-03 to 2-06, 2-17), Keith Olsen (tracks: 2-08 to 2-12), Scorpions (tracks: 1-02, 2-08 to 2-16)
Research	Geary Chansley
Synthesizer	Francis Buchholz (tracks: 2-02 to 2-04)
Vocals	Klaus Meine, Ulrich Roth (tracks: 1-03 to 1-10)
Written-By	Herman Rarebell (tracks: 1-11, 1-16, 1-17, 2-02, 2-08, 2-09, 2-12), Klaus Meine (tracks: 1-01 to 1-07, 1-10 to 2-06, 2-08 to 2-15, 2-17), Rudolf Schenker (tracks: 1-01 to 1-05, 1-07, 1-08, 1-10 to 2-06, 2-09, 2-11 to 2-13, 2-15, 2-17)

Notes

Official EMI Malaysia release.
This compilation (P) & (C) 1996 EMI (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Ⓟ Ⓒ 2006 Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mastered @ Universal Mastering West - North Hollywood, CA.
Performing credits are by albums only (not by single tracks), so it is possible that some artists do not actually perform a particular role on certain tracks.
Track 1-01 from the album "Lonesome Crow". Ⓟ 1974 Polydor, a Division of Universal Music Gmbh. Courtesy of Universal Music Gmbh.
Track 1-02 from the album "Fly To The Rainbow". Ⓟ 1974 BMG Ariola Hamburg Gmbh, under license from Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
Track 1-03 from the album "In Trance". Ⓟ1975 BMG Ariola Hamburg Gmbh, under licence from Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
Tracks 1-04 to 1-06 from the album "Virgin Killer". Ⓟ 1976 BMG Ariola Hamburg Gmbh, under license from Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
Tracks 1-07 to 1-09 from the album "Taken By Force". Ⓟ 1977 Breeze Music Gmbh. Courtesy of Breeze Music Gmbh.
Track 1-10 from the album "Tokyo Tapes". Recorded live at Sun Plaza Hall - Tokyo, Japan. Ⓟ 1978 Breeze Music Gmbh. Courtesy of Breeze Music Gmbh.
Tracks 1-11 to 1-13 from the album "Lovedrive". Ⓟ 1979 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Track 1-14 taken from the album "Animal Magnetism". Ⓟ 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Tracks 1-15 to 2-01 from the album "Blackout". Ⓟ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Tracks 2-02 to 2-04 from the album "Love At First Sting". Ⓟ 1984 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Tracks 2-05 and 2-06 from the album "Savage Amusement". Ⓟ 1988 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Track 2-07 from the album "Rockers And Ballads". Ⓟ 1989 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Tracks 2-08 to 2-12 from the album "Crazy World". Ⓟ 1990 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Tracks 2-13 to 2-15 from the album "Face The Heat". Ⓟ 1993 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Track 2-16 from the album "Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years". Ⓟ 1997 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Track 2-17 from "Bad For Good: The Very Best Of Scorpions". Ⓟ 2002 Scorpions GbR. Courtesy of Scorpions.
Manufactured and distributed by Universal Music Canada Inc., 2450 Victoria Park Ave. Suite #1, Toronto, Ontario M2J 5H3.

Barcodes

Barcode: 72438 54079 2 5
Matrix / Runout: S-017 SCORPIONS GOLD
Pressing Plant ID: SMA 20383
Barcode: D215189
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): [EDC LOGO] B00 065 4502CD01 01$ G
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L009
Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 0383
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): [EDC LOGO] B00 065 4502CD02 01% D
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L007
Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 0320
Matrix / Runout (Moulid zone cd 1,2): MADE IN USA BY UML.
Barcode: 6 02498 38690 3
Matrix / Runout (CD 1, mirrored): [cinram Logo] LT36 B0006545021 #60404Z21
Matrix / Runout (CD 1, inner ring): MADE IN CANADA 6
Mastering SID Code (CD 1, without [IFPI], mirrored): LT36
Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 6000
Matrix / Runout (CD 2, mirrored): [cinram Logo] L387 B0006545022 #60814Y27
Matrix / Runout (CD 2, inner ring): MADE IN CANADA 6
Mastering SID Code (CD 2, without [IFPI], mirrored): L387
Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 6000

About Scorpions

Hard Rock band formed in 1965 in Hannover, Germany by . They are a band who experimented with many styles of Rock music including 1970's Hard Rock and 1980's Hair / Glam Metal (Heavy Metal). Known for their 80's rock anthem, "Rock You Like a Hurricane," as well as other popular songs such as, "No One Like You

Name Vars

Scorpion
Scorpionce
Scorpions, The
Skorpions
The Scorpions
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Aliases

The Rasselbande
The Hunters

Members

Michael Schenker
Curt Cress
Luke Herzog
Klaus Meine
Lothar Heimberg
Wolfgang Dziony
Rudolf Schenker
Ulrich Roth
Francis Buchholz
Rudy Lenners
Jürgen Rosenthal
Herman Rarebell
Matthias Jabs
James Kottak
Werner Löhr
Paweł Mąciwoda Jastrzębski
Ralph Rieckermann
Achim Kirschning
Johan Franzon
Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou

Summary by Crystal Wright

Gold is a must-have for any classic rock fan. It is a great introduction to the Scorpions' music and a reminder of why they are one of the most influential bands of all time. The album is a celebration of the band's legacy and their contribution to the rock genre.