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Blackout

Scorpions | Format: Audio CD
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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“While we were working on our album these past few months, we could literally feel how powerful and creative our work was–and how much fun we were still having, in the process,” says SCORPIONS lead singer KLAUS MEINE about the band’s new album STING IN THE TAIL. “We want to end the SCORPIONS’ extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely gracious for ... Read more in Amazon's Scorpions Store

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  • Audio CD (31 Jan 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: EMI Music UK
  • ASIN: B00005Q66N
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 163,896 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Blackout
2. Can't Live Without You
3. No One Like You
4. You Give Me All I Need
5. Now!
6. Dynamite
7. Arizona
8. China White
9. When The Smoke Is Going Down

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Where the Scorpions really sting 14 April 2006
By Nev Daimler
Format:Audio CD
Raw and aggressive, 'Blackout' is the sound of the Scorpions stripped down to their grinding, metallic hearts. While other of their albums may be more accomplished, none possess the pure hi-octane heavy metal that is ever-present here. Opening the gates, the title track hurtles out of your speakers and savages your ears like a rabid wolf and second track 'Can't Live Without You' drops the pace but increases the bass, pummelling you into delirious submission before they turn down the aggression while maintaining the energy on 'No One Like You'. A Scorpions classic in the midst of an album full of classics, the use of light and shade is hugely effective when the chorus comes thudding in. 'You Give Me All I Need' follows the same lyrical vein of love and sex, but its run-of-the-mill hard rocking is set alight by a brief but incendiary guitar solo from Rudolph. 'Now!' gets the album back up to the speed it first came at you, with some furious fretwork and a rhythm section running like a full-steam locomotive and long-standing live favourite 'Dynamite' has exactly what the title suggests - the capacity to blow your head off. Only on 'Arizona' do the band take a breather; everything about the track is more laid-back and the music is perfectly in tune with the lyrics, a sweet reminiscence of a particularly memorable lover.

If this album were a zoo, then 'China White' would be the elephant enclosure - a huge, pounding monster, it's undoubtedly the heaviest the Scorpions have ever sounded, with a wonderful, twisted guitar dominating the sound. It creates the perfect prelude to the melancholic cool-down of beautiful closing number, 'When the Smoke is Going Down'.

'Blackout' is a definitive album of early 80's heavy metal, an album that stood out when it was released and stands the test of time, still sounding remarkably fresh in today's metal landscape. Not just a Scorpions classic, this is a metal classic that deserves continued appreciation.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars You beauty !!! 6 May 2007
By DavyA TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
A really excellent Scorpions album. If you want a bit of quality heavy rock then this album would be a really worthwhile addition to your collection . Blistering & frantic from start to finish, with only the briefest of pauses along the way, there isn't a single disappointing track on this record. The album kicks off with the really energetic "Blackout" which pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the album - some excellent guitar work & really enjoyable rock tunes.
I can't pick a duff track - "Can't Live Without You", "Now", "Dynamite" are amongst the pick of an outstanding crop. Well worth treating yourself to. Possibly,arguably, their finest work.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Vorsprung durch Technik! 28 Jan 2008
By J. Crampton VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Some feats of German engineering are so awesome that one can only gaze in wonderment and this album, fom 1982, is just such a beast. The Scorps, who had clumsily managed to lose not one but 2 highly-rated guitarists in their 10 year or so history (to 1982) in "mad" Micky Schenker and the enigmatic, mysterious and outright bonkers Uli Jon Roth, must have been written off by many at the start of the 1980's. Then this appeared, Kerrang! cover and all, and quite simply it's rock, rock, rock all the way. From opener "Blackout" to "Now" at the end of side 1 with just a brief pause on track 4 "You Give Me All I Need" for a breather, then kicking off again with "Dynamite", a wee diversion into less heavy territory with "Arizona" (about the only track I'm not entirely convinced about) to round off with "China White", an epic along the Kashmir-esque lines, all riffs, swirls and histrionics, and rounding things off nicely with the lighters-up "When The Smoke Is Going Down".
It's not a long album (only 2 tracks hang around for over 4 minutes and it barely manages 40 minutes in total) but that's part of its appeal - tease you then leave you wanting more, those naughty mullet-haired, pyramid-forming sexist German people!
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5.0 out of 5 stars blackout one of the famous covers
good album well worth owning got one of the famous covers if you a scorpions fan you will listen to it alot
Published 25 days ago by karalupo
5.0 out of 5 stars Old school
I had this album years ago in vinal, so glad they have it on cd now cracking album. Just a shame the new stuff is rubbish.
Published 3 months ago by fireblade
5.0 out of 5 stars black out
another great release from great scorpions,it was ,well it is still a milestone for hard rock music,klaus meine the singer has always been misunderstood,by some down here at... Read more
Published 4 months ago by panagiotis pitsiougkas
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have
Possibly the best Scorpions album ever. 9 tracks and no fillers, just killers. Ballads, rockers, heavy metal : nothing but a GREAT record
Published 7 months ago by Jean-pierre Straub
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic!
Bought this to replace my vinyl copy, which I hadn't played for over 20 years. I had forgotten what a brilliant album this is- hard, driving, rock mixed with a couple of more... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mad Mick
5.0 out of 5 stars golden age of the scorps still sounds great.
this was the third monster metal hit for the band. They had great releases back to 1972 though , but this period was one of the greatest for metal. Metal was melodic and popular. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael Dobey
5.0 out of 5 stars Still one of the best albums by the Scorpions
I listened to this album over and over again in my late teens and have always wanted it on CD. One of if not the best album the Scorpions have done and it really stands the test of... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ellis
4.0 out of 5 stars Back to their best
After a hiatus caused by Klaus losing his voice the scorps came back with a great album - some dubious lyrics at times but a fun listen all the same
Published on 21 Sep 2010 by Ged
5.0 out of 5 stars Blew me away
Fantastic powerful album, so hard to blieve that Klaus was having voice problems. Blackout is a thundering powerful studio anthem which kicks of the album nicely. Read more
Published on 24 July 2010 by Ms. Kimberley V. Boskovic
5.0 out of 5 stars delicious hard-rock
One of my favorites of my youth and rediscovered in my giant vinyl-collection. But I wanted it on CD. Read more
Published on 10 May 2010 by Patrick Mahieu
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