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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Teutonically Good(!), 28 Aug 2003
So, what are Scorpions famous for? Hmm? Yes, THAT song. Yet there is so much more to them, and so much more to this album.Lambasted when it was released for being too American, it can be overshadowed by 'Wind of Change' if you let it. If you don't let it, then it can be very rewarding. Good points - and there are a good number of them - include 'Kicks After Six', 'Hit Between The Eyes' & 'Lust or Love', although the whole thing stands up very well in the face of earlier material. 'Wind of Change' itself is actualy very good, with an excellant solo to go with it (this point being where radio normally fades out(!) The whole thing, tho' I would recommend to any discerning Rock fan. Sure you get the normal Scorp's lyrics at times - look at those titles(!) - but the music and playing is up there with the best of them. Go on. Take a chance . . .
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Patchy but likeable, 18 April 2006
As a devout fan of their music since 1982, I found this first Scorpions album of the Nineties to possess more bite than predecessor 'Savage Amusement', yet the songwriting lacked consistency. As such 'Crazy World' was, to me, something of a hit-and-miss affair and listening to it now, it still pleases and frustrates in equal measure.
Opening numbers 'Tease Me, Please Me' and 'Don't Believe Her' have plenty of quality, the latter an especially effective hard rocker with a catchy chorus, and 'Lust or Love' also follows in the same vein. Yet while 'To be With You in Heaven' and 'Restless Nights' are decent enough tracks, they lack the special something that makes them stick in the mind and the twin blast of 'Kicks After Six' and 'Hit Between the Eyes' leaves one feeling a little ashamed by their lyrical cheesiness. Elsewhere, 'Money and Fame' is filler material of the highest order and 'Send Me an Angel' makes you wonder what happened to the band's writing skills when they've been able to deliver consistently excellent power ballads in the past. The heaviest moment of the album comes with the title track and it really is a highlight, with a terrific guitar riff and a thumping rhythm marred slightly by a somewhat ill-conceived chorus. Finally, the song this album is most famous for, Wind of Change' is a definite acquired taste. Personally, I still feel slightly embarrassed that this is the song for which the band are best known, yet even I can't deny its importance in the band's musical history and, to be fair, it's perfectly listenable.
On the whole, 'Crazy World' offers nothing that can't be found of a much higher standard on other Scorpions albums. Taken on its own merits, it's a solid collection of melodic hard rock songs shot through with some welcome bursts of heavy metal.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Leave your preconceptions at the door..., 22 Dec 2007
Yeah it has THAT song on it but, in the context of this album, it's a good one. When hearing Winds Of Change on the radio it sounds poppy and contrived but sandwiched inbetween a batch of quality hard rock songs it doesn't half sound better. I originally bought this album on cassette via the old bargain bin for around 50p I think, I just took a chance because I liked some of the older Scorpions tracks. Anyway, it soon became a firm favourite in my car and I found myself many years later on Amazon buying the CD version. It has good rockers and good ballads, all in all a great 80s-sounding pop metal album.
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