Eye II Eye
Studio album by
Scorpions
Released9 March 1999
Recorded1998–1999
StudioLittle America Studios, Austria
Genre
Length62:49
LabelEast West (Europe)
Koch (US)
WEA Japan (Japan)
ProducerPeter Wolf
Scorpions chronology
Pure Instinct
(1996) 		Eye II Eye
(1999) 		Moment of Glory
(2000)
Singles from Eye II Eye
  1. "To Be No. 1"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Mysterious"
    Released: 1999
  3. "10 Light Years Away / Start Me Up"
    Released: 1999
  4. "Eye to Eye"
    Released: 1999
  5. "Aleyah"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal2/10[2]
Metal Hammer (GER)6/7[3]
Rock Hard3.5/10[4]

Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previous work, which alienated some fans, despite the single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[5] It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature James Kottak on drums and also the final Scorpions studio album to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.

For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded largely in German, namely "Du bist so schmutzig" ("You are so dirty"), with few English lyrics by Kottak.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Mysterious"Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron5:28
2."To Be No. 1"Peter Wolf, Jabs3:57
3."Obsession"Meine, Wolf4:09
4."10 Light Years Away" (Lyrics: Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker)Jones, Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker3:52
5."Mind Like a Tree"Schenker, Wolf5:34
6."Eye to Eye" (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf's fathers)Schenker5:04
7."What U Give U Get Back" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker)Schenker, Wolf5:02
8."Skywriter"Schenker4:55
9."Yellow Butterfly"Schenker, Frederiksen5:44
10."Freshly Squeezed"Schenker, Wolf3:58
11."Priscilla"Schenker3:17
12."Du bist so schmutzig" (Lyrics: Meine, Jabs, James Kottak)Jabs, Schenker3:55
13."Aleyah" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker)Schenker4:19
14."A Moment in a Million Years"Meine3:38
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleMusicLength
15."You and I (“Butcher”-radio-remix)"Meine4:00
Eye II Eye single-only track
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Mind Power" (from the "To Be No.1" CD-single)Meine4:28

Personnel

Scorpions
Additional musicians
Production

Charts and sales

References

  1. ^ Huey, Steve. "Scorpions - Eye II Eye review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Scöwe, Andreas (April 1999). "Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ^ Breusch, Matthias (1999). "Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct". Rock Hard (in German). No. 144. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Eye II Eye Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Scorpions: Eye II Eye" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Select Scorpions from the menu, then press OK.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Scorpions – Eye II Eye" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1999. 15. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  10. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Single – Scorpions, To Be No. 1". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  13. ^ "Scorpions bares its soul". New Straits Times. 19 April 1999. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

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