Classic Bites

Greatest hits album by Scorpions

Released

5 February 2002^[1]

Recorded

1990-1994

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

79:16^[1]

Label

Mercury

Producer

Keith Olsen, Bruce Fairbairn, Scorpions^[2]

Scorpions compilations chronology

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Scorpions
(2001)

Classic Bites
(2002)

Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions
(2002)

Classic Bites is a compilation album released in 2002 by the German hard rock/heavy metal band Scorpions. It features songs from two studio albums—Crazy World (1990) and Face the Heat (1993)—as well as a single track from the 1995 live album Live Bites.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Greg Prato of AllMusic criticises the compilation, claiming that it "falls very short" as it "focuses entirely on their early-'90s period... and nothing earlier". He suggests that Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions is "a much more thorough collection".^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Crazy World"	Meine, Herman Rarebell, Schenker, Jim Vallance	Crazy World	5:09
2.	"Alien Nation"		Face the Heat	5:43
3.	"Tease Me Please Me"	Matthias Jabs, Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Crazy World	4:36
4.	"No Pain No Gain"	Mark Hudson, Meine, Schenker	Face the Heat	3:46
5.	"In Trance" (live)		Live Bites	4:02
6.	"Hit Between the Eyes"	Meine, Rarebell, Schenker, Vallance	Crazy World	4:21
7.	"Under the Same Sun"	Bruce Fairbairn, Hudson, Meine	Face the Heat	4:51
8.	"Lonely Nights"		Face the Heat	4:40
9.	"Send Me an Angel"		Crazy World	4:30
10.	"Ship of Fools"		Face the Heat	4:15
11.	"Restless Nights"	Meine, Rarebell, Schenker, Vallance	Crazy World	5:22
12.	"Lust or Love"	Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Crazy World	4:22
13.	"Don't Believe Her"	Rarebell, Vallance	Crazy World	4:51
14.	"Unholy Alliance"		Face the Heat	5:15
15.	"Kicks After Six"	Francis Buchholz, Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Crazy World	3:46
16.	"To Be with You in Heaven"		Crazy World	4:36
17.	"Wind of Change"	Meine, Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren	Crazy World	5:11
Total length:				79:16

Personnel

Klaus Meine – lead vocals, whistling on "Wind of Change"
Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, acoustic guitar on "Send Me an Angel", backing vocals
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals
Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 11-13, 15-17)
Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals (tracks 2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 14)
Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion, backing vocals

References

1 2 3 4 "Classic Bites - Scorpions : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
↑ "Classic Bites - Scorpions : Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

Scorpions

Rudolf Schenker Klaus Meine Matthias Jabs Paweł Mąciwoda Mikkey Dee James Kottak Herman Rarebell Francis Buchholz 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

Studio albums	Lonesome Crow Fly to the Rainbow In Trance Virgin Killer Taken by Force Lovedrive Animal Magnetism Blackout Love at First Sting Savage Amusement Crazy World Face the Heat Pure Instinct Eye II Eye Unbreakable Humanity: Hour I Sting in the Tail Return to Forever

Live albums	Tokyo Tapes World Wide Live Live Bites Acoustica

Cover albums	Moment of Glory Comeblack

Compilations	Best of Scorpions Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads Still Loving You Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years Big City Nights Classic Bites Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions Box of Scorpions Gold

Songs	"The Zoo" "No One Like You" "Can't Live Without You" "Rock You Like a Hurricane" "Big City Nights" "Still Loving You" "Rhythm of Love" "Passion Rules the Game" "I Can't Explain" "Wind of Change" "Send Me an Angel" "Humanity" "Raised on Rock"

Videos	World Wide Live Crazy World Tour Live... Berlin 1991 Moment of Glory Acoustica Live at Wacken Open Air 2006

Tours	Blackout Tour Love at First Sting World Tour Eye to Eye Tour Scorpions Tour 2002 Scorpions Tour 2003 Unbreakable World Tour Humanity World Tour Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour

Related articles	Discography The Wall – Live in Berlin

Categories	Albums Concert Tours Members Songs

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