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Scorpions - Return To Forever (2015) (Sony/Legacy Edition)

Posted By: apocalipsys2014

Date: 17 Sep 2015 11:25:00

Scorpions - Return To Forever (2015) (Sony/Legacy Edition)

German heavy metal icons the Scorpions hit the 50-year mark in 2015, being initially conceived all the way back in 1965 by a 16-year-old Rudolf Schenker as a beat band very much in line with the trends of the time, and slowly evolving into a hard rock force to contend with by the end of the '70s. Multi-platinum-selling singles and omnipresent commercial success peaked out for the Scorpions sometime in the early '80s, but they kept the flame alive for a dedicated army of followers for decades to come. Return to Forever is the band's 18th album of new studio material, following 2010's Sting in the Tail. While many of the group's '90s and 2000s efforts experimented with stylistic divergences or convoluted concept record themes, Sting in the Tail was a declarative return to the radio metal roots of the band's most popular work from the '80s. Return to Forever follows suit very much, with the 12 new songs here embodying the same over the top celebration and hedonistic revelry of a much younger Scorpions. At times the throwbacks are a little transparent. The gated reverse-reverb thump of the floor tom that propelled the band's 1984 über-hit "Rock You Like a Hurricane" shows up again on the anthemic chorus of "We Built This House." Power ballad "House of Cards" is constructed from the same formula of haunting minor-key chords and wailing feedback in the background that made "Winds of Change" a worldwide hit in 1991. Luckily, the energy of Return to Forever is all fun and swagger, not diminished at all by the '80s hair metal nostalgia trip that serves as its foundation. Production handled by longtime Scorpions collaborators Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen replaces some of the thin production choices of the '80s with smarter arrangements and better sound on radio-ready pop-metal jams like "Rollin' Home" and more introspective tunes like "Eye of the Storm." The songwriting here is on par with some of the band's best work, which figures, as they've been working in a field they helped originate for decades. Fans of the band's best-loved material will immediately connect with the fun-loving party burners and soft-edged power balladry of the album, all leaning just enough on the band's own storied past for influence but inspired enough to avoid dipping into self-parody. They pretty much wrote the book on sleazy FM radio metal, so in the case of revisiting their glory days on Return to Forever, who's to blame the Scorpions for taking a few pages from the book they wrote themselves?

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Musicians:

Vocals : Klaus Meine
Guitars : Matthias Jabs
Guitars : Rudolf Schenker
Bass : Pawel Maciwoda
Drums : James Kottak

Produced, recorded and mixed by Martin Hansen and Mikael Nord Andersson
Mastered by Mats "Limpan" Lindfors at Cuttingroom Studios, Stockholm

Track List:

01. Going Out With A Bang [3:47]
02. We Built This House [3:54]
03. Rock My Car [3:21]
04. House Of Cards [5:06]
05. All For One [2:58]
06. Rock'N'Roll Band [3:55]
07. Catch Your Luck nd Play [3:33]
08. Rollin' Home [4:04]
09. Hard Rockin' The Place [4:07]
10. Eye Of The Storm [4:28]
11. The Scratch [3:41]
12. Gypsy Life [4:52]
13. The World We Used To Know (Bonus Track) [3:52]
14. Dancing With The Moonlight (Bonus Track) [3:42]
15. When The Truth Is A Lie (Bonus Track) [4:28]
16. Who We Are (Bonus Track) [2:33]
17. Crazy Ride (Bonus Track) [4:22]
18. One And One Is Three (Bonus Track) [4:23]
19. Delirious (Exclusive Bonus Track) [2:58]

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