Lyrics were at times hard to discern, but I could always make out enough to sing along to songs like “Another Piece of Meat” and “Don’t Make No Promises Your Body Can’t Keep”-tracks my mother most certainly would not have approved of. And I soon also picked up the strong follow up, “Animal Magnetism.”īut it was “Blackout” that seemed to vault them to next level, with the radio hit, “No One Like You.” They had a great guitar tone, some really memorable solos, and catchy songs that stuck with you right out of the gates. I fortunately found an alternate, non breast-baring edition of “Lovedrive” the following week and bought it again, so my withdrawal was limited. In fact, it must be stated right up front that the core trio of Meine, Rudolph Schenker and Matthias Jabs seem to all be taking steady doses of some unknown elixir, because despite their age, they’re still swaggering and delivering the goods.įor my tastes, the Scorpions hit their classic stride in a string of strong albums that began with 1979’s “Lovedrive.”-an album which had a hilarious, awkward album cover that was provocative enough that my Mom forced me to throw the record out.

Klaus still has a bit of awkwardness in his pronunciations, but I’ll be damned if he doesn’t sound astoundingly good for a guy still singing about girls and rock and roll in his 70s. So it’s with a mixture of nostalgia and amazement that I’m now writing a review in 2022 for a new Scorpions record. I loved it, and made a passionate but poorly written case that, despite Klaus Meine’s occasionally thick accent, the record was a classic. The year was 1982, and the record I reviewed was “Blackout” by Scorpions. I was just a kid in 8 th grade when I wrote my first music review for my school newspaper in the very metal town of Albuquerque, NM.

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