Audio CD review:
Scorpions - Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years

Scorpions - Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years

Band: Scorpions Title: Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years Rating: Release Date: 15 July, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Loving You Sunday Morning 2: Lovedrive 3: Holiday 4: Make It Real 5: The Zoo 6: Blackout 7: Can't Live Without You 8: No One Like You 9: China White 10: Dynamite 11: Bad Boys Running Wild 12: Rock You Like A Hurricane 13: Coming Home 14: Big City Nights 15: Still Loving You 16: Coast To Coast (Live) 17: Don't Stop At The Top 18: Rhythm Of Love 19: Passion Rules The Game 20: Walking On The Edge 21: Believe In Love 22: I Can't Explain 23: Tease Me Please Me 24: Don't Believe Her 25: Wind Of Change 26: Hit Between The Eyes 27: Send Me An Angel 28: Alien Nation 29: Under The Same Sun 30: Woman 31: In Trance (Live) 32: Over The Top 33: Life Goes Around

Editoral Review Beginning with their Billboard debut Lovedrive, which featured "Loving You Sunday Morning" and "Holiday" (contained here), the first disc follows the band through the platinum success of Blackout and the mind-blowing popularity of Love at First Sting. Although the 2 CD set Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years starts with the Scorpions' fifth studio album Lovedrive, it effectively traces and relives most of the German outfit's development from buzz band to rock stars. Included are the guitar-buzzing, pulse-pounding cuts "The Zoo," "No One Like You," "Rock You Like a Hurricane," and "Still Loving You. " But with the second disc, Deadly Sting unabashedly captures a star-dazed band on the way down. Four cuts from the sappy, mediocre Savage Amusement are included, as well as numbers from the equally unimpressive Crazy World and the comeback-of-sorts Face the Heat. Although only the first CD is essential, it's the entire package that reveals the complete picture. --Jon Wiederhorn .. You can see a complete list of all Scorpions discography, or go back to the Scorpions tabs