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词条 Love at First Sting
释义

  1. Background and recording

  2. Artwork

  3. Track listing

  4. Personnel[15]

  5. Charts

     Album  Singles 

  6. Certifications

  7. References

  8. External links

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| name = Love at First Sting
| type = studio
| artist = Scorpions
| cover = The_Scorpions_LatFS.jpg
| alt = A man and a partially nude woman locked in an embrace, with the man giving the woman a tattoo on her thigh.
| caption = Cover photo by Helmut Newton
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1984|3|27}}
| recorded = 1983–1984
| venue =
| studio = Dierks Studios, Stommeln, West Germany
| genre = Hard rock, heavy metal
| length = 40:55
| label = Harvest/EMI (Europe)
Mercury (US)
| producer = Dieter Dierks
| prev_title = Blackout
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Savage Amusement
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Love at First Sting
| type = studio
| single1 = Rock You Like a Hurricane" / "Coming Home
| single1date = February 1984
| single2 = Still Loving You
| single2date = March 1984
| single3 = Big City Nights" / "Bad Boys Running Wild
| single3date = August 1984
| single4 = Still Loving You" / "Holiday
| single4date = November 1984
}}{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternate "clean" cover
| type = Studio album
| cover = LoveAtFirstStingBandCover.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[1]
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 7/10[2]
| rev3 = Forces Parallèles
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}[3]
| rev4 = Rock Hard
| rev4Score = 7.5/10[4]
| rev5 = Rolling Stone
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[5]
| noprose = yes
}}

Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by German hard rock band Scorpions. It was released on 27 March 1984 on Harvest/EMI in Europe and Mercury in the US. The album contains "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Still Loving You", and "Big City Nights", three of the band's most famous songs.

Background and recording

The album was recorded in 1983 and 1984 at Dierks Studios in Stommeln, West Germany. Initial sessions took place in Stockholm's Polar Studios in the Summer of 1983 with ex-Rainbow members Jimmy Bain on bass and Bobby Rondinelli on drums, but nothing made it to the final album.[6] Love at First Sting is notable in that it was one of the first digitally recorded hard rock records ever released.

It became the group's most successful album in the US, where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984,[7] and went double-platinum by the end of the year, reaching triple-platinum status in 1995.[8] The song "Rock You Like a Hurricane" reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the same year,[7] "Still Loving You" reached number 64 on the same chart,[7] number 14 in Germany,[9] number 3 in the French[10] and Swiss[11] single charts.

Artwork

The original cover art was created by Kochlowski, which is a German graphic design company, and features a photo shot by renowned German photographer Helmut Newton. Despite the record company having shown the original cover art to retailers without any concerns, a complaint by Wal-Mart in the US after the album was released resulted in PolyGram Records issuing a "clean" cover for use in several department store chains. The alternative cover was designed to be less controversial by simply showing a photo of the band members, which was the same photo as the one on the inner sleeve.[12][13][14]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_lyrics = Klaus Meine except where noted
| all_music = Rudolf Schenker
| title1 = Bad Boys Running Wild
| note1 = lyrics by Meine, Herman Rarebell
| length1 = 3:54
| title2 = Rock You Like a Hurricane
| note2 = lyrics by Meine, Rarebell
| length2 = 4:11
| title3 = I'm Leaving You
| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = Coming Home
| length4 = 4:58
| title5 = The Same Thrill
| length5 = 3:30
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Big City Nights
| length6 = 4:08
| title7 = As Soon as the Good Times Roll
| length7 = 5:01
| title8 = Crossfire
| length8 = 4:31
| title9 = Still Loving You
| length9 = 6:26
}}{{Track listing
| headline = 2015 Bonus Tracks (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
| title10 = Coming Home
| length10 = 3:17
| lyrics10 = Meine
| music10 = Schenker
| note10 = Demo Version
| title11 = Living At Night
| length11 = 4:14
| lyrics11 = Meine
| music11 = Schenker
| note11 = Demo Song
| title12 = First Sting Jam
| length12 = 1:25
| lyrics12 =
| music12 = Matthias Jabs, Schenker
| note12 = Demo
| title13 = Anytime (You Want It)
| length13 = 5:16
| lyrics13 = Meine
| music13 = Schenker
| note13 = Demo Song
| title14 = Still Loving You
| length14 = 5:46
| lyrics14 = Meine
| music14 = Schenker
| note14 = Demo Version
}}

Personnel[15]

Scorpions
  • Klaus Meine – lead and backing vocals
  • Matthias Jabs – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Rudolf Schenker – rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals
  • Francis Buchholz – bass
  • Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion
Production
  • Dieter Dierks - producer, mixing
  • Gerd Rautenbach - engineer, mastering
  • Kochlowski/Missmahl/Pieczulski - cover design

Charts

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Album

YearChartPosition
1984French Albums Chart[16]4
German Albums Chart[17]6
Billboard 200 (US)[7]6
Swiss Albums Top 100[18]9
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[19]15
UK Albums Chart[20]17
Swedish Albums Chart[21]17
Austrian Top 40 Albums[22]19
New Zealand Albums Chart[23]48
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Singles

YearTitleChartPosition
1984"Rock You Like a Hurricane"Billboard Hot 100 (US)[7]25
RPM50 Singles (Canada)[24]37
UK Singles Chart[20]78
1987Dutch MegaCharts[25]47
1984"Still Loving You"Swiss Singles Top 75[11]3
French Singles Chart[10]3
German Singles Chart[9]14
Billboard Hot 100 (US)[7]64
1987Ultratop 50 Belgian Chart (Flanders)[26]3
Dutch MegaCharts[27]5
1984"Big City Nights"UK Singles Chart[20]76
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Certifications

CountryOrganizationYearSales
USARIAA19953xPlatinum (+ 3,000,000)[8]
CanadaCRIA19882xPlatinum (+ 200,000)[28]
GermanyBVMI1985Gold (+ 250,000)[29]

References

1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-at-first-sting-mw0000195649 | title = Scorpions Love at First Sting review | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | last = Weber | first = Barry | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
2. ^{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 319}}
3. ^{{cite web | url = http://fp.nightfall.fr/index_3286_scorpions-love-at-first-sting.html | title = Scorpion Love At First Sting review | accessdate = 28 October 2014 | last = Gaguet | first = Guillaume | work = Forces Parallèles | publisher = Forces Parallèles}}
4. ^{{cite magazine |title=Review Album: Scorpions - Love at First Sting |magazine=Rock Hard |year=1984 |last=Lerch |first=Uwe |issue=5 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=5666 |accessdate=18 June 2017 |language=German}}
5. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/scorpions/albums/album/245795/review/5941957/love_at_first_sting | title = Album Reviews: Scorpions - Love at First Sting | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | last = Loder | first = Kurt | authorlink = Kurt Loder | date = 26 April 1984 | publisher = Rolling Stone | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071014033951/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/scorpions/albums/album/245795/review/5941957/love_at_first_sting | archivedate = 14 October 2007}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scorpions-guitarist-doesn-t-rule-out-recording-new-album-with-michael-schenker-uli-jon-roth/|title=SCORPIONS Guitarist Doesn't Rule Out Recording New Album With MICHAEL SCHENKER, ULI JON ROTH|date=2005-08-30|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=2017-09-17|language=en-US}}
7. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-at-first-sting-mw0000195649/awards | title = Love at First Sting Billboard Albums | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125135523/http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-at-first-sting-mw0000195649/awards |archivedate=25 November 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=scorpions#search_section |title=RIAA Searchable Database: search for Scorpions |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=5 February 2017 }}
9. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1190| title = Single – Scorpions, Still Loving You | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Charts.de | publisher = Media Control Charts |language=German }}
10. ^{{cite web | url = http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Still+Loving+You&cat=s | title = Scorpions – Still Loving You (Chanson) | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Lescharts.com | publisher = Media Control Charts}}
11. ^{{cite web | url = http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Still+Loving+You&cat=s | title = Scorpions – Still Loving You | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Hitparade.ch | publisher = Media Control Charts|language= German}}
12. ^{{cite web |author=Jeffrey Easton |title=Metal Exiles interview with Klaus Meine' |url=http://www.metalexiles.com/_mgxroot/page_11070.html |publisher=metalexiles.com |accessdate=21 April 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421000657/http://www.metalexiles.com/_mgxroot/page_11070.html |archivedate=21 April 2010}}
13. ^{{cite book | last = Nuzum | first = Eric | title = Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America | publisher =HarperCollins |year=2001| location =New York City, New York | pages= 78, 245 | isbn= 978-0688167721}}
14. ^{{cite web |author=Nuzum, Eric |title= 1980's Censorship Incidents |url=http://www.ericnuzum.com/banned/incidents/80s.html |accessdate=19 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031005190352/http://www.ericnuzum.com/banned/incidents/80s.html |archivedate=5 October 2003}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=Love At First Sting |url=http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/discography/records/love_at_first_sting.asp |website=Scorpions |accessdate=31 December 2016 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121208170327/http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/discography/records/love_at_first_sting.asp |archivedate=8 December 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Liste_Selection2.php?Lettre=S |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artist: search for Scorpions |accessdate=11 November 2012 |publisher=Infodisc.fr}}
17. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-80 | title = Album – Scorpions, Love at First Sting | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Charts.de | publisher = Media Control Charts |language=German }}
18. ^{{cite web | url = http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Love+At+First+Sting&cat=a | title = Scorpions – Love at First Sting | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Hitparade.ch | publisher = Media Control Charts|language= German}}
19. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6752a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=bmivhvu7b25tv5321i0ebbne65| title = Top Albums/CDs - Volume 40, No. 15, June 16, 1984| accessdate = 11 November 2012 | date = 16 June 1984 | publisher = Library and Archives Canada}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17682/scorpions/ |title=Scorpions Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=9 June 2017 }}
21. ^{{cite web | url = http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Love+At+First+Sting&cat=a | title = Scorpions – Love at First Sting (album) | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Swedishcharts.com | publisher = Media Control Charts}}
22. ^{{cite web | url = http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Love+At+First+Sting&cat=a | title = Scorpions – Love at First Sting (album) | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Austriancharts.at | publisher = Media Control Charts|language= German}}
23. ^{{cite web | url = http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Love+At+First+Sting&cat=a | title = Scorpions – Love at first Sting (album) | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Charts.org.nz | publisher = Media Control Charts}}
24. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6788&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=hqtbcp1rkpu0kpvgfjh0b6j290 | title = Top Singles - Volume 40, No. 18, July 07 1984| accessdate = 11 November 2012 | date = 7 July 1984 | publisher = Library and Archives Canada}}
25. ^{{cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Rock+You+Like+A+Hurricane&cat=s | title = Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane (Nummer)| accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = GfK Dutch Charts | publisher = Media Control Charts|language= Dutch}}
26. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Still+Loving+You&cat=s| title = Scorpions – Still Loving You | accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = Ultratop| publisher = Media Control Charts|language= Dutch}}
27. ^{{cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Scorpions&titel=Still+Loving+You&cat=s | title = Scorpions – Still Loving You (Nummer)| accessdate = 11 November 2012 | work = GfK Dutch Charts | publisher = Media Control Charts|language= Dutch}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=scorpions&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist |title=Gold Platinum Search for Scorpions |accessdate=9 October 2012 |publisher=Music Canada |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031121750/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=scorpions&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist |archivedate=31 October 2013 |df= }}
29. ^{{cite certification|region=Germany|artist=Scorpions|accessdate = 22 February 2011}}

External links

  • Official website
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