Eye II Eye

Eye II Eye
Studio album by Scorpions
Released March 9, 1999
Recorded 1998–1999
Studio Little America Studios, Austria
Genre Experimental rock
Length 62:49
Label East West (Europe)
Koch (US)
WEA Japan (Japan)
Producer Peter Wolf
Scorpions chronology
Pure Instinct
(1996)		 Eye II Eye
(1999)		 Moment of Glory
(2000)
Singles from Eye II Eye
  1. "To Be No. 1"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Mysterious"
    Released: 1999
  3. "10 Light Years Away / Start Me Up"
    Released: 1999
  4. "Eye to Eye"
    Released: 1999
  5. "Aleyah"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal2/10[2]

Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by German rock band Scorpions, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previous work, which alienated some fans, despite the single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature James Kottak on drums and also the final Scorpions studio album to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar (unless one counts symphonic Moment Of Glory).[3]

The song "To Be No. 1" gained some popularity.

For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded in their native language, namely "Du bist so schmutzig".

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Mysterious"  Klaus MeineRalph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron 5:28
2. "To Be No. 1"  MeinePeter Wolf, Jabs 3:57
3. "Obsession"  MeineMeine, Wolf 4:09
4. "10 Light Years Away"  Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, SchenkerJones, Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker 3:52
5. "Mind Like a Tree"  MeineSchenker, Wolf 5:34
6. "Eye to Eye"  MeineSchenker 5:04
7. "What U Give U Get Back"  Meine, SchenkerSchenker, Wolf 5:02
8. "Skywriter"  MeineSchenker 4:55
9. "Yellow Butterfly"  MeineSchenker, Frederiksen 5:44
10. "Freshly Squeezed"  MeineSchenker, Wolf 3:58
11. "Priscilla"  MeineSchenker 3:17
12. "Du bist so schmutzig"  Meine, Jabs, James KottakJabs, Schenker 3:55
13. "Aleyah"  Meine, SchenkerSchenker 4:19
14. "A Moment in a Million Years"  MeineMeine 3:38

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1999 German Albums Chart[4] 6
Finnish Albums Charts[5] 37
Swiss Albums Charts[6] 49
French Albums Charts[7] 50
Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[8] 84

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1999 "Mysterious" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[3] 26
"To Be No. 1" German Singles Chart[9] 55

References

  1. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Scorpions Eye II Eye review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. 1 2 "Eye II Eye Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  4. ↑ "Album – Scorpions, Eye II Eye". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  5. ↑ "Scorpions – Eye II Eye (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  6. ↑ "Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  7. ↑ "Scorpions – Eye II Eye (album)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  8. ↑ "スコーピオンズ - スコーピオンズのアルバム売り上げランキング". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  9. ↑ "Single – Scorpions, To Be No. 1". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-12-02.

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