Scorpions Album: “20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Scorpions”

As far as `80s metal goes, bands tend to fall into one of two categories: party-metal bands like Poison, with blues-based songs and good-looking members, and darker bands like Iron Maiden and Megadeth, with classically-influenced songs and members who only get chicks because they're famous.

Precious few bands fall between the two categories, but the Scorpions do it quite well. They sing catchy songs about women, but at the same time they fall well short of Def Leppard in the looks department. Also, they combine classical ("The Zoo") and blues ("Big City Nights") influences.

Their biggest radio hits from the `80s (their mostly-overseas `70s career is essentially ignored) were chronicled on The Millennium Collection: The Scorpions.

I bought this CD to replace my Best of Rockers `N' Ballads cassette, and there are only a few tracks that are different. Two of the songs that appear here, "Believe in Love" and "Wind of Change," make it definitely the better buy.

All the crucial tracks-"Rock You Like a Hurricane," "Rhythm of Love" and "Still Loving You," among others-remain, though "Holiday" is absent.

With a listen through the CD, it's amazing how many audiences the Scorpions can appeal to simultaneously. Any fan of music will enjoy the ultra-catchy songs that manage to be emotional and accessible at the same time.

Those impressed with musical proficiency will like the guitar work, and the amazing, distinctive singing of Klaus Meine.

Though the songs fall prey to a flashy `80s sound, they do not sound as dated as Poison rip-offs like Ratt or Warrant. In fact, the Scorpions were pioneers of metal music; they formed in 1965 in Germany. As a result, the tracks remain original and powerful.

I really do not like the 20th century Masters line up of discs that try to cover all of the "Best&Greatest" songs from various bands. The problem is that 10 tracks hardly constitutes enough coverage to do a group justice.And here for the Scorpions, one of my favorite bands, this horrible series rears it's horrendus,ugly head.Now it does have some of the Scorps best songs that you might of heard on the radio like "Rock you like a Hurricane" "Still Loving You" "big city Nights" "Winds of Change" "No One Like You" ect, but i just cant imagine a Scorpions song collection with out "Blackout" "Love Drive" "Passion Rules the Game" "Now!" "Lady Star Light" ect. There are just better collections out there.

This is the first Scorpions CD i bought just to fill my collection, and it covers most of their hits.

There are not enough words in Webster's Dictionary to define the music produced by the Scorpions. They are, simply put, the best band ever with such a talent for instrumentation, vocals, and lyrics, and I highly doubt that I will ever love another rock group as much as I love the Scorpions and their music. This CD is just another example of their perfect talents well combined. If anyone has any doubts,well, take my word for it, this is perfection beyond belief.

Scorpions. When it comes to heavy metal, very few bands did it better than Scorpions. And, this timeless CD of Scorpions makes their legacy larger than life. Read on for further details.

On this disc, as always you get the 24.bit remastering, meaning it's the best possible sound. And this is all the casual fan will need. I Can't Explain, Rock You Like A Hurricane and The Zoo are all here, and they all sound excellent.

There is not one bad thing I have to say about this disc. And, at 12 tracks, you get a mighty fine overview of Scorpions best. And if you want an excellent sampler for Scorpions, this the one to pick.

Overall this CD is highly recommended!

12 Tracks 57:24 total time~Universal entertainment-24.bit remastering. ENJOY!