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│ + Scorpions - Savage Amusement (50th Anniversary Deluxe Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Dec-28-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2015 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........15 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.the-scorpions.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Scorpions Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Savage Amusement (50th AnniverLabel : BMG ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Deluxe edition celebrating the 50TH anniversary ║ │
│║ of the German band. Eight albums have been ║ │
│║ published in total, mainly from 80's era. Some ║ │
│║ of them content rare, outtakes or previously ║ │
│║ unreleased songs as bonus tracks. Additionally, ║ │
│║ some of the CD editions are accompanied by a DVD ║ │
│║ with TV appearances, video-clips and or the band ║ │
│║ talking about the making of the album. ║ │
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│║ The CD of this deluxe edition has six bouns ║ │
│║ tracks, 5 demos and one cover of The Who. ║ │
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│║ The DVD includes the promo clips of the album, a ║ │
│║ documentary with band members telling how it was ║ │
│║ made and a documentary with live performances of ║ │
│║ the band in their first tour into the URRS. ║ │
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│║ ------------------------------------------------ ║ │
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│║ Scorpions were at the top of their career by the ║ │
│║ late 80Æs Their hits were on radio and TV, their ║ │
│║ stadium massive shows were sold out and their ║ │
│║ popularity and fame were tremendous. It must ║ │
│║ have been such a serious challenge to make ║ │
│║ another great album, right after a true ║ │
│║ successful classic like ôLove At First Stingö. ║ │
│║ No matter what the result of the following ║ │
│║ record was, it would be condemned to be ignored ║ │
│║ behind the huge impact of its predecessor. ║ │
│║ ThatÆs what happened with ôSavage Amusementö, ║ │
│║ Scorpions 10th studio full-lenght. However, ║ │
│║ Meine and co. Definitely tried their best on it, ║ │
│║ under the pressure of their record label and the ║ │
│║ commercial common trends of those times. ThereÆs ║ │
│║ some fine moments here that shouldnÆt be ║ │
│║ forgotten, though. ║ │
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│║ Their intentions here are inevitably much more ║ │
│║ commercial, leaving behind their distinctive ║ │
│║ aggression and intensity for a while. The ║ │
│║ current heavy metal sound of those days was ║ │
│║ pretty simple, repetitive, melodic and truly ║ │
│║ polished. Scorpions were forced in some way to ║ │
│║ satisfy the requirements of those years and ║ │
│║ include those elements in ther new compositions, ║ │
│║ making them part of their philosophy. ôWalking ║ │
│║ On The Edgeö or ôEvery Minute Everydayö show a ║ │
│║ considerable change from anything they did ║ │
│║ before. Melody has become absolutely ║ │
│║ omnipresent; vocals take now all attention, very ║ │
│║ insistent while instruments are relegated to ║ │
│║ support them rather discreetly. The German ║ │
│║ metallers simplify their methods to keep away ║ │
│║ from their characteristic technique and certain ║ │
│║ complexity to reach peopleÆs ears easier. Their ║ │
│║ commercial attempt on ôMedia Overkillö or the ║ │
│║ ballad that failed, ôBelieve In Loveö, becomes ║ │
│║ excessively explicit and pretentious. Their ║ │
│║ excellent performance and competent execution ║ │
│║ make their music decent and amusing, but the ║ │
│║ lack of the bandÆs usual roughness and strength ║ │
│║ keeps it from being memorable. On other hand, ║ │
│║ their formula is working suprisingly at times, ║ │
│║ on ôPassion Rules The Gameö and ôRhythm Of ║ │
│║ Loveö, particularly, whose structures might be ║ │
│║ repetitive and dumb, but their sound exquisite ║ │
│║ and irresistible. The sweet voice of Klaus ║ │
│║ becomes totally seductive once again, along with ║ │
│║ the hypnotizing charming guitar lines. Those ║ │
│║ became instant classics, featuring some ║ │
│║ brilliance left among these wrongly focused ║ │
│║ numbers. More exceptions can be found here, ║ │
│║ luckily. Jabs & SchenkerÆs impressive harsh ║ │
│║ riffs show no mercy on the devastating ôWe Let ║ │
│║ It Rock...You Let It Rollö and the terminal ║ │
│║ velocity of the pure speed metal track ôLove On ║ │
│║ The Runö. Scorpions couldnÆt get rid completely ║ │
│║ of their genuine attitude, power and brutality. ║ │
│║ Those 2 are from the heaviest they ever did. ║ │
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│║ During those times of cheesy ballads, MTV ║ │
│║ videoclips and glam clothing fashion, the ║ │
│║ pressure from recorld labels and producers ║ │
│║ became bigger than ever before. Specially, on ║ │
│║ popular legendary groups like these guys. Not ║ │
│║ even Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple or ║ │
│║ Accept, along with many NWOBHM victims of Def ║ │
│║ Leppard influence, could escape from the ║ │
│║ unstoppable destructive trends of those old ║ │
│║ days. Scorpions either, although at least, they ║ │
│║ kept some of their original intentions on this ║ │
│║ album, as those 2 raging metal exceptions I ║ │
│║ mentioned demonstrate. The general pattern here ║ │
│║ goes further into that inoffensive mainstream ║ │
│║ musical path, unfortunately. Guitars have been ║ │
│║ reduced to be background support to the leading ║ │
│║ vocals. The excess of voices and lyrical ║ │
│║ repetition contributes to make these tunes ║ │
│║ absolutely catchy and perfect to sing along. ║ │
│║ Instrumentally mediocre and poorly conceived, ║ │
│║ itÆs such a shame they wasted the immense ║ │
│║ potential of a combo of the level of Matthias ║ │
│║ and Rudolf. Their guitars are still amazingly ║ │
│║ merciless, with that violent slashing tone that ║ │
│║ makes me tremble. Unfortunately, the ║ │
│║ overproduced atmosphere and mixing doesnÆt give ║ │
│║ the 6 string section the presence and solidity ║ │
│║ they crave. Vocals are what have become the main ║ │
│║ attraction, and Klaus is completely brilliant on ║ │
│║ giving them their appropriate texture, ║ │
│║ modulation and emotion. His voice can be ║ │
│║ touching and soft on the quietest compositions, ║ │
│║ but also crude and wicked on the straighter ║ │
│║ moments here. The song-writing is convincing ║ │
│║ too, each track is well-developed and defined. ║ │
│║ The weak spots are the persisting melody and the ║ │
│║ supremacy of vocals, while this material gets ║ │
│║ stripped down instrumentally. What could have ║ │
│║ been heavy and hard turns into something ║ │
│║ inoffensive, casual. The lyrics have been also ║ │
│║ transformed into something more cheesy, away ║ │
│║ from the groupÆs usual horny/kinky/explicit cool ║ │
│║ words. ║ │
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│║ After all, this is not that bad. Of course, this ║ │
│║ LP is far from the glorious magnificence of ║ │
│║ ôBlackoutö or ôTaken By Forceö, but still offers ║ │
│║ totally enjoyable moments and a few fierce metal ║ │
│║ cuts. ItÆs easy to criticize them for following ║ │
│║ a wrong direction and trying to emulate what ║ │
│║ popular 80Æs glam acts were doing. Some had no ║ │
│║ other chance, like most of the NWOBHM ║ │
│║ underground groups that in the end, were dropped ║ │
│║ by their record labels (Atlantic, Capitol, and ║ │
│║ those famous ones). On other hand, those bizarre ║ │
│║ albums give us the chance to listen to the ║ │
│║ classic big of metal doing something alternative ║ │
│║ and different. I enjoyed some of the ôSeventh ║ │
│║ Starö numbers by Iommi and guests, a bit of ║ │
│║ PriestÆs ôTurboö and AcceptÆs ôMetal Heartö from ║ │
│║ the mid-80Æs, and this one provides also ║ │
│║ amusement, as its title suggests. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Don┤t Stop At The Top [04:03] │
│ 02 - Rhythm Of Love [03:51] │
│ 03 - Passion Rules The Game [04:00] │
│ 04 - Media Overkill [03:34] │
│ 05 - Walking On The Edge [05:09] │
│ 06 - We Let It Rock... You Let It Roll [03:41] │
│ 07 - Every Minute Every Day [04:23] │
│ 08 - Love On The Run [03:39] │
│ 09 - Believe In Love [05:24] │
│ 10 - Taste Of Love (Demo Song) (Bonus Track) [04:38] │
│ 11 - Edge Of Time (Demo Version) (Bonus Track) [03:42] │
│ 12 - Fast And Furious (Demo) (Bonus Track) [03:11] │
│ 13 - Dancing In The Moonlight (Demo Version) (B [03:09] │
│ 14 - Living For Tomorrow (Demo Song) (Bonus Tra [03:39] │
│ 15 - I Can┤t Explain (Bonus Track) [04:37] │
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│ Total Length : [60:40 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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