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Box of Scorpions

Scorpions - Box of Scorpions Audio CD

A fair review of the Scorpions "Box of Scorpions" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Scorpions reviews here, or go back to the Scorpions tabs.

Band: Scorpions
Title: Box of Scorpions
Rating:

Release Date: 2004-05-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I'm Goin' Mad 2: Speedy's Coming 3: Fly To The Rainbow 4: In Trance 5: Pictured Life 6: Virgin Killer 7: Catch Your Train 8: Steamrock Fever 9: We'll Burn The Sky 10: He's A Woman - She's A Man 11: Backstage Queen 12: Top Of The Bill 13: Dark Lady 14: Robot Man 15: Loving You Sunday Morning 16: Holiday 17: Coast To Coast 18: Lovedrive 19: Make It Real 20: Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep) 21: Twentieth Century Man 22: The Zoo 23: Blackout 24: Can't Live Without You 25: No One Like You 26: Dynamite 27: Bad Boys Running Wild 28: Rock You Like A Hurricane 29: Coming Home 30: Big City Nights 31: Still Loving You 32: Another Piece Of Meat 33: Don't Stop At The Top 34: Rhythm Of Love 35: I Can't Explain 36: Tease Me Please Me 37: Believe In Love 38: Don't Believe Her 39: Wind Of Change 40: Send Me An Angel 41: Hit Between The Eyes 42: Alien Nation 43: Under The Same Sun 44: Woman 45: Over The Top 46: Life Goes 'Round 47: You And I 48: Mysterious 49: Hurricane 2000 (Rock You Like A Hurricane) 50: Cause I Love You 51: Bad For Good

Product purchase
Very happy with my purchase, and have ordered 2 other products since and have been very satisfied with all my purchases.

Everything the casual Scorpions fan will need and more!
Led by Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker, their music fueled the late-'70s/1980s heavy metal scene. Scorpions have changed the way people look at heavy metal.

Hip-O/Mercury's 'Box of Scorpions' collects every aspect of their career. From their 1970s years on RCA, to their 1980s years on Mercury, to their 1990s years on Sanctuary, they are all covered here. And, every single hit from every single era is here. 'In Trance,' 'Rock You Like A Hurricane,' 'No One Like You,' 'Can't Live Without You,' 'Another Piece of Meat' and 'Winds of Change' all appear on this set.

And, I give Hip-O tons of credit for remastering this. The sound quality is simply incredible!

Overall, if you are just a casual fan looking for a complete set without buying the studio records (Their RCA records are getting harder and harder to find), than this set is perfect for you.

Highly recommended for any Scorpions fan. ENJOY!!!.

This is a fun set of Scorpions music
Some were critical of the fact that it isn't really a "box", some were critical of the song selection, or the mastering (which is important), and some were saying that it is okay for the casual Scorpions fan but not the serious fan because of the lack of extras or B sides. After reading several of the positive and negative reviews of this compilation I have a different way of reviewing this "box set". But for an older, serious fan of the Scorpions like me who had most of the albums on vinyl and who doesn't want to deal with that format anymore, this is a great way to get a comprehensive set of Scorpions music on CD without having to replace all the LP's with CD's. I know that having the individual CD's is great because most of the songs that didn't make the top 40 or top 10 are some of the best songs available from any group but for $40 this is a great collection. Just remember to have fun with it and enjoy the music!! .

Four-and-a-half stars...
I have to say, though, the remastering is 24 bit and good on this one, but I think when the band switched over to Capital Records to release the "Platinum Collection" it must have also remixed or something, because the sound quality on THAT, especially the bass response is just UNREAL (awesome). This is the most comprehensive of any of the best of collections out there, even the newest "Platinum Collection", which did well on the newer stuff "Animal Instinct", which was a vastly underrated CD, but everything is way better on the "Scorps Box Of". The best remaster but not the best collection. Too many softies on Disc 3 (reminds of their new Humanity Volume 1, which is going for the world politics approach again), but we don't have as much of that on this Scorpions Box.

I can't give this collection an affirmitive five stars only because it missed a few key tracks like "Hey You" and from Animal Magnetism, "Falling in Love" and "Only a Man". Someone may disagree and I think most critics do, but "Animal Magnetism" was actually overall just as good an album as the U. S. chart-breaking "Blackout", which came out a year later. The good thing is this includes some tracks that will likely never be seen on a compilation like this again: "Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)" and "Twentieth Century Man"- both excellent songs and a surprise to me; finally some representation from the mighty "Animal Magnetism" album! Let's not forget this collection includes "Don't Believe Her" from "Crazy World" and also "We'll Burn the Sky" the od to Jimi Hendrix from his former girlfriend, who then went on to date Ulrich Roth. Lots of passion and some memorable guitar riffs. Good stuff. .

Probably the best of all the Scorpions compilations, thus far
Credit must be given to the folks at Universal Music for getting it done right with this set. The "Box Of Scorpions" 3-disc set is probably the best of the many Scorpions compilations that have been released to date.

Here's what makes this set pretty decent compared to the other Scorpions packages:

1. A fair representation of tracks from the entire era of Scorpions music, including tracks from albums released under the RCA label. (Not to complain, but it would have been nice to see "It All Depends" here).

2. A number of tracks that have not appeared on other sets, such as "Don't Make No Promises", "20th Century Man" and "Mysterious". It's good to see different tracks other that the same ones that appear over and over again.

3. Three discs as opposed to two or one. Let's face it, any compilation of the Scorpions that does not contain at least 3 discs or maybe 4 just doesn't do justice to the band or its fans. The Scorpions have been around too long to have one-disc CDs being released with their hits. These small compilations will not contain all of their best stuff.

If you are new to the Scorpions or a long-time fan, do yourself a favor and pick up this set. It has the best of what the Scorpions are all about and you won't be disappointed.

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