Fly to the rainbow
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1st November 1974 |
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| Label (s) | RCA Records | |||
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Hard rock |
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Title (number) |
7th |
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running time |
40 min 47 s |
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Studio (s) |
1974 in Musicland Studios, Munich and Sachsen Studios |
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Fly to the Rainbow is the second studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions , released at the end of 1974. It is the first album produced by the band itself and was only recorded with two band members of the previous album Lonesome Crow (Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker). However, it still contains compositions by the former guitarist Michael Schenker .
Features and meaning
Musical style
Due to the massive reshuffle that has taken place since the release of the predecessor Lonesome Crow (1972), a completely different style emerged on Fly to the Rainbow than on the previous album . This was rather experimentally designed through rather low vocal interludes and wild, sometimes improvisational title structures. The style tended more towards Krautrock , although this release was much harder for this music genre. On Fly to the Rainbow , however, you found a more secure, clearer oriented and harder sound that can definitely be classified as Heavy Rock. In addition, some of the songs on their second album are becoming more catchy (e.g. Speedy's Coming , This is My Song ), although pompous pieces like Fly to the Rainbow or Drifting Sun are not dispensed with. In addition, it is not only Klaus Meine who single-handedly takes on the main vocals. Guitarist Uli Jon Roth can be heard as a singer on Drifting Sun and Fly to the Rainbow , Rudolf Schenker on They Need a Million .
Album cover
The cover of the album shows how the predecessor to the "classic" Scorpions lettering before a special, brand character like band logo was used on subsequent albums. The logo used on this album has since been the first time for the cover of the 2007 album Humanity - Hour I used. Uli Jon Roth was asked about the cover and others of his time in the band in a 2008 interview and commented: “Don't ask me what this cover means… I didn't like it from the start. It looked so ridiculous then and looks just as lousy today. It was made by a company in Hamburg that did a really good job on the Lonesome Crow album, but I think they failed miserably this time. As for the meaning, I can only guess, but I would rather not do that… ” (translated).
tour
In 1974 the band toured with Casey Jones , Edgar Broughton and Dr. Hook through Germany.
Criticism and sale
The critic Manfred Gillig wrote the following comment on Fly to the Rainbow : "It rocks that the wooden walls of my room tremble at half volume."
The album has sold over a million copies worldwide to date.
additional
The band recorded the demo recordings for the album in the auditorium of the Robert Koch Secondary School in Langenhagen near Hanover , which was used by the band as a rehearsal room.
Track list
- 1. Speedy's Coming (R. Schenker / Meine) - 3:36
- 2. They Need a Million (R. Schenker / Meine) - 4:50
- 3. Drifting Sun (Roth) - 7:42
- 4. Fly People Fly (M. Schenker / Meine) - 5:03
- 5. This is My Song (R. Schenker / Meine) - 4:18
- 6. Far Away (R. Schenker, M. Schenker / Meine) - 5:38
- 7. Fly to the Rainbow (M. Schenker / Roth) - 9:40
Live recordings
On their first live album Tokyo Tapes in 1978 the Scorpions released live recordings of the songs Speedy's Coming and Fly to the Rainbow .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fly to the Rainbow Tour 1974 on the band's official homepage ( memento of the original from November 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
