Scorpions Humanity Hour 1

[jt]

:D I no there are a lot of Scorps fans on the boards so i thought i`d give you all a heads up. There new album Humanity Hour 1 has just been released. Co written & produced by Desmond Child this is one of the best Metal albums released this year. Great catchy tunes. Modern style guitar sounds including Detunning etc but unlike alot of the current Metal scene these guys can write great tunes & boy have they. If you like your power metal melodic give this a listen.

 :D  8)

[Philly Q]

When I got my copy and looked at the cover my heart sank.  Here we go, I thought:

1. Produced by super-slick pop-rock hitmeister Desmond Child.
2. All songs committee-written with "pro" songwriters like Child and Marti Fredriksen.
3. No songs co-written by more than one Scorpion (what, don't they talk anymore?)
4. Four Matthias Jabs writing credits (sorry, I love his playing but his few previous credits were mostly single B-sides)

However... it's bloody good!  Yes, it's very "produced" and the songs are a bit formulaic - they don't really sound like classic Scorpions, but they're good, strong, melodic hard rock.  It's no Lovedrive or Love At First Sting (or Taken By Force for that matter), but it's the best Scorpions album for a very long time.

[keith]

Lookin forward to seeing them with MSG in Derbyshire at the end of the month.
cheers
keith