Acoustica

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Acoustica
Scorpions live album

Publication
(s)

May 14, 2001

Label (s) Eastwest

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Rock, hard rock, acoustics

Title (number)

15th

occupation
  • Bass : Ralph Rickermann
  • Guitar: Johann Daansen
  • Backing vocals: Hille Bemelmans, Liev van Aelst, Kristel Van Craen

production

Christian Kolonovits , Scorpions

Location (s)

Convento do Beato, Lisbon (Portugal)

chronology
Moment of Glory
(2000) 		Acoustica Unbreakable
(2004)

Acoustica is the fourth live album and the first acoustic album by the band Scorpions . After the recordings with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the release of the joint album Moment of Glory , the band and Christian Kolonovits realized this project, which has long been requested by many fans.

Origin, production

The album was recorded live on three evenings in the Convento do Beato , a former monastery near Lisbon in Portugal . In addition to the band members, some guest musicians were there and played their newly arranged classics and some newly composed or selected cover songs with the Scorpions in front of a few hundred spectators.

Track list

  1. The Zoo (5:48)
  2. Always Somewhere (4:11)
  3. Life is to Short (5:16)
  4. Holiday (5:55)
  5. You and I (5:19)
  6. When Love Kills Love (4:54)
  7. Dust in the Wind (3:49)
  8. Send me an Angel (5:24)
  9. Catch your train (3:41)
  10. I Wanted to Cry (But the Tears Wouldn't Come) (3:49)
  11. Wind of Change (5:34)
  12. Love of my life (2:32)
  13. Drive (4:00)
  14. Still Loving You (6:11)
  15. Hurricane 2001 (4:34)

Success and tour

The album reached number 13 in Germany and stayed in the German charts for 9 weeks. It was particularly successful in Southeast Europe, Asia and South America; in Brazil it went platinum. In total, the album sold over two million times worldwide.

During the 40-concert tour for the album, for example, they performed in Paris on the Place de la République (Paris) in front of 80,000 spectators, as well as in the Olympic Stadium in Seoul , South Korea , Malaysia, the Philippines , Indonesia , Bangkok , Thailand and for the first time in India in the city of Bangalore . In Germany they gave concerts on the Expo Plaza in Hanover, in Aachen and Travemünde and in other places.

Single release

When Love Kills Love , newly composed by Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine, was selected as the single . It also features a studio version of this song as well as the tracks Catch your Train and the Queen cover Love of my Life .

DVD

The concerts were also released on DVD, which was also very successful. In Brazil alone, the Scorpions were awarded a diamond record for more than 100,000 copies sold.

Title List  :

  1. Loving You Sunday Morning
  2. Is There Anybody There
  3. The zoo
  4. Always somewhere
  5. Life is short
  6. Holiday
  7. You and I
  8. When Love Kills Love
  9. Tease Me, Please Me
  10. Dust in the Wind
  11. Send me an Angel
  12. Under The Same Sun
  13. Rhythm of Love
  14. Back to you
  15. Catch your train
  16. I Wanted to Cry (But the Tears Wouldn't Come)
  17. Hurricane 2001
  18. Wind of Change
  19. Love of my life
  20. Drive
  21. Still loving you
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