The Best of Scorpions
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| Compilation album by Scorpions | |||||
| Released | Original: 1978 CD: 1984 |
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| Recorded | 1974-1977 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock, Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 38:48 | ||||
| Label | RCA Records | ||||
| Producer | Various | ||||
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The Best of Scorpions is a compilation album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1978. It contains songs from their albums between Fly to the Rainbow and Taken by Force. It does not contain any songs from their debut album, Lonesome Crow.
The original German edition of the cover art featured an image of a scorpion stinging a naked girl's hip. The Japanese edition features an alternate "ass" cover. The 1984 U.S. re-release cover featured an image of a man wearing a leather jacket and a scorpion necklace.
[edit] Track listing
- "Steamrock Fever" (from the album Taken by Force) (3:35)
- "Pictured Life" (from the album Virgin Killer) (3:23)
- "Robot Man" (from the album In Trance) (2:42)
- "Backstage Queen" (from the album Virgin Killer) (3:12)
- "Speedy's Coming" (from the album Fly to the Rainbow) (3:35)
- "Hell Cat" (from the album Virgin Killer) (2:54)
- "He's a Woman, She's a Man" (from the album Taken by Force) (3:14)
- "In Trance" (from the album In Trance) (4:43)
- "Dark Lady" (from the album In Trance) (3:25)
- "The Sails of Charon" (from the album Taken by Force) (4:24)
- "Virgin Killer" (from the album Virgin Killer) (3:41)
Note that the Japanese edition of this album features the original version of 'The Sails of Charon' with a length of 5:16. Other editions including the German and US versions feature an edited, shorter version with a length of 4:24
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