The Best of Scorpions

chronology
The Best of Scorpions
Compilation album by Scorpions
Publication ; (s)	Original: 1979 ; CD: 1984
admission	1974-1977
Label (s)	RCA
Genre (s)	Hard rock
running time	38:48
production	Dieter Dierks

The Best of Scorpions is the first compilation album by the German hard rock band Scorpions from 1979.

content

The album contains songs from the Scorpion albums between Fly to the Rainbow and Taken by Force . It doesn't include any songs from their debut album, Lonesome Crow . It should also be mentioned that the Japanese edition of this album contains the original version of The Sails by Charon with a length of 5:16 minutes. Other editions including the German edition and the US versions have an edited, shorter version of 4:24 minutes.

layout

The original German edition shows the buttocks of a young girl with a scorpion on it. The US re-release version of the cover shows a picture of a man wearing a leather jacket and a silver scorpion necklace. The Japanese edition has an alternative cover, it shows the bare bottom of a woman approached by a scorpion in a soap bubble.

reception

Barry Weber from Allmusic.com wrote that one should not think that the album is only for “Diehard” fans. The music is pretty enjoyable. It awarded four and a half stars out of five.

Track list

A side

Steamrock Fever (from the album Taken by Force ) (3:35)
Pictured Life (from the album Virgin Killer ) (3:23)
Robot Man (from the album In Trance ) (2:42)
Backstage Queen (from the album Virgin Killer ) (3:12)
Speedy's Coming (from the album Fly to the Rainbow ) (3:35)
Hell Cat (from the album Virgin Killer ) (2:54)

B side

He's a Woman, She's a Man (from the album Taken by Force ) (3:14)
In Trance (from the album In Trance ) (4:43)
Dark Lady (from the album In Trance ) (3:25)
The Sails of Charon (from the album Taken by Force ) (4:24)
Virgin Killer (from the album Virgin Killer ) (3:41)

Charts

year	Chart	position
1979	The Billboard 200	# 180

Web links

The Best of Scorpions on Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

↑ The Best of Scorpions. Discogs , accessed July 4, 2011 .
↑ www.allmusic.com: Review The Best of Scorpions Vol.1 by Barry Weber
↑ Charts and Awards for The Best of Scorpions. Allmusic , accessed July 4, 2011 .

[1] The Best of Scorpions. Discogs , accessed July 4, 2011 .

[2] www.allmusic.com: Review The Best of Scorpions Vol.1 by Barry Weber

[3] Charts and Awards for The Best of Scorpions. Allmusic , accessed July 4, 2011 .


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