The Best of Scorpions Vol. 2

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The Best of Scorpions Vol. 2
Compilation album by Scorpions

Publication
(s)

1984

admission

1974-1988

Label (s) RCA Records

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Hard rock

Title (number)

10

running time

43:21

occupation
  • Bass : Francis Buchholz

production

Dieter Dierks

The Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 is a compilation album by the German hard rock band Scorpions , which was released in 1984.

History of origin

RCA Records owned the rights to the Scorpions albums from 1974 to 1978. In the 1970s / 1980s several similar compilations such as Hot & Heavy and The Best of Scorpions appeared , some in different versions. The Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 is a sequel to The Best of Scorpions from 1979. With Speedy's Coming , All Night Long and We'll Burn the Sky songs from the Tokyo Tapes album have been added. The albums Fly to the Rainbow ( They Need a Million , This Is My Song ), In Trance ( Top of the Bill , Longing for Fire , Sun in My Hand ), Virgin Killer ( Catch Your Train , Crying Days ) were also considered.

The cover shows a drawing of a scorpion on a woman's hand, whose fingernails are painted red, against a black background. A CD was released in 1990.

The album peaked at number 175 on the Billboard 200 when it was released .

reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.com wrote that there isn't much on the album that "the average metalhead" is familiar with because of the length of time chosen, but that it does include some highlights from the records in question. It awarded four and a half stars out of five.

Track list

  1. Top of the Bill - 3:22
  2. They Need a Million - 4:47
  3. Longing for Fire - 2:42
  4. Catch Your Train - 3:32
  5. Speedy's Coming (Live) - 3:21
  6. Crying Days - 4:36
  7. All Night Long (Live) - 2:55
  8. This Is My Song - 4:07
  9. Sun in My Hand - 4:20
  10. We'll Burn the Sky (Live) - 8:16

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Best of Scorpions Vol. 2. Retrieved July 12, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Charts & Awards. Allmusic , accessed July 12, 2011 .
  3. ↑ www.allmusic.com: Review The Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Scorpions
Rudolf Schenker  • Klaus Meine  • Matthias Jabs  • Mikkey Dee  • Pawel Maciwoda
Johan Franzon (live) • Herman Rarebell  • Francis Buchholz  • Achim Kirschning  • Uli Jon Roth  • Michael Schenker  • Ralph Rieckermann  • Rudy Lenners  • Jürgen Rosenthal  • Wolfgang Dziony  • Lothar Heimberg  • Karl-Heinz Vollmer • Joe Wyman • Ken Taylor  • Curt Cress  • Barry Sparks  • Ingo Powitzer • James Kottak


Studio albums

Lonesome Crow  (1972) • Fly to the Rainbow  (1974) • In Trance  (1975) • Virgin Killer  (1976) • Taken by Force  (1977) • Lovedrive  (1979) • Animal Magnetism  (1980) • Blackout  (1982) • Love at First Sting  (1984) • Savage Amusement  (1988) • Crazy World  (1990) • Face the Heat  (1993) • Pure Instinct  (1996) • Eye II Eye  (1999) • Moment of Glory  (2000) • Unbreakable  (2004) • Humanity - Hour I  (2007) • Sting in the Tail  (2010) • Comeblack  (2011) • Return to Forever  (2015)

Live albums

Tokyo Tapes  (1978) • World Wide Live  (1985) • Live Bites  (1995) • Acoustica  (2001) • Live 2011 - Get Your Sting and Blackout  (2011) • MTV Unplugged - in Athens  (2013)

Compilation albums

Best of Vol. 1  (1979) • Hot & Heavy  (1982) • Best of Vol. 2  (1984) • Gold Ballads (1988) • Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads  (1989) • Still Loving You  (1992) • Deadly Sting  (1995) • Deadly Sting - The Mercury Years (1997) • Best  (1999) • Millenium Edition (2001) • Bad for Good - The Very Best of (2002) • The Platinum Collection (2005) • Deadliest Stings (2008) • Icon (2010) • Icon 2 (2010) • Still in Trance (2012) • Born To Touch Your Feelings (Best of Rock Ballads) (2017)

Video albums

First Sting (1985) • World Wide Live (1985) • To Russia with Love and Other Savage Amusements (1988) • Crazy World Tour Live (1991) • Moment of Glory - Live (2000) • Acoustica (2001) • A Savage Crazy World (2002) • Unbreakable World Tour 2004 - One Night in Vienna (2005) • Live at Wacken Open Air 2006: A Night to Remember - A Journey Through Time  (2007) • Amazonia - Live in the Jungle (2009) • Scorpions Live in 3D (Blu-Ray 3D) (2011) • MTV Unplugged - in Athens  (2013) • Forever and a Day (2015) • Forever and a Day: Live in Munich (2016)

Singles

Is There Anybody There? • Lovedrive • Make It Real • The Zoo  • Blackout • No One Like You • Still Loving You • Can't Live Without You • Rock You Like a Hurricane  • Big City Nights • Rhythm of Love • Passion Rules the Game • Don't Believe Her • Wind of Change  • Send Me an Angel • Alien Nation • Under the Same Sun • White Dove • Does Anyone Know • When You Came Into My Life • Where the River Flows • To Be No. 1 • Moment of Glory • You Are the Champion • Humanity • Raised on Rock • The Good Die Young • Still Loving You - Je t'aime encore (feat. Amandine Bourgeios) • Dancing with the Moolight / Where the River Flows • We Built This House • Eye of the Storm • Going out with a bang