Ranking the Studio Albums: Scorpions

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

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[@mmk7340]

I'm with the crowd that lost interest after Love at First Sting. Love the Uli era the best.

[@jupitermadcat]

M K same here.

[@lanceross3633]

Exactly right, same here. Lost interest after LAFS. Still enjoy the albums with Uli the best of all.

[@Skoora]

I like the Mathias albums, pre LAFS a lot. I enjoy Uli’s playing a lot more but think their song writing got a lot stronger after Uli. What I love about the two era’s is I feel I’m getting two awesome bands for the price of one.

[@gitaneVYS491R]

Same here. I did buy the next two but with the benefit of hindsight I shouldn't have.

[@husq48]

LAFS was the beginning of the end.

[@JohnSmith-es9qx]

I got into The Scorpions with Savage Amusement. So that is the kind of Scorpions that I love.

[@galus14436]

Kinda like 3 bands. Early, Prime, then Commercial Prime with everything else.

[@cbh440]

Sorry to hear that, John. They were stumbling right around then.

[@Skycladatdusk78]

That's the same era I got into them, still love that album, Crazy World and Face The Heat. I later discovered the 70s albums and that went on to become my favorite era, but still love that 1988-93 era.

[@christianhaynes1954]

Savage amusement is great 👍

[@phillipanderson7398]

That's the album where they wanted to be Def Leppard, Too commercial.

[@missiontotransition641]

Looking forward to see ACCEPT!! another metal favorite

[@PazBinv1]

And just about the ONLY band who have reformed and are as good as they ever were!

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

@@PazBinv1 Absolutely!!! I love all four studio albums Accept have done with Mark Tornillo as their lead singer. Especially Blood Of The Nations and Blind Rage. I do admit that I am a little worried about their next studio album. It will be Accept's first studio album without Peter Baltes ever. According to Wolf Hoffman from past interviews , Peter Baltes had a major part in the songwriting process about 50% and Wolf Hoffman the other 50%. Now looks like Wolf Hoffman will be doing all songwriting for the music, unless he lets other members contribute.

[@sadusattack2628]

Lonesome Crow is my favorite Scorpions album. Glad to see it made your list.

[@rd9219]

I LOVE Lonesome Crow!!!! And Lovedrive

[@devildozer]

1. Love at First Sting 2. Blackout World Wide Live is one of my favorite live albums by any band. I'd rank it as #1 for me if it was between all Scorpions albums, not just studio. All great songs and great memories listening to it on cassette tape when it came out.

[@TheBorgian]

Yes,i was just waiting for the Scorpions ranking. Many thanks.

[@stompmod33]

My top Scorpions albums: 1. Taken By Force 2. Virgin Killer 3. In Trance 4. Fly To The Rainbow 5. Lonesome Crow 6. Animal Magnetism 7. Lovedrive 8. Blackout 9. Love At First Sting Please do a Hawkwind top 10 studio albums, please please please pleeeease...

[@Avalk9724]

This could be my list also!

[@NoHealerJustPain]

Not exact but very close mine ;)

[@smokerise]

I mostly agree...I love those old scorpions albums...those hidden gems that never get radio play are beautiful. 🤘

[@fuhrersavior9575]

YYYYEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!

[@macaronisalad5]

Intrance is such a fine album

[@patcogni7892]

Uli appreciater. A man with taste! "Charon", among the earliest "shredding" solos. "Drifting Sun" is perhaps my favorite song in their catalogue & "In Trance" is one of my favorite all-time LPs in any genre. As a young teen, I was so touched by "Life's Like a River" - such a beautiful, lyrically unique hard rock song - & I only appreciate it that much more the older I get. Good stuff, brother.

[@LuchaLibertaria]

My Top 10: 1- Blackout 2- Love at First Sting 3- Taken By Force 4- Animal Magnestim 5- Lovedrive 6- Face The Heat 7- Fly To The Rainbow 8- Virgin Killer 9- Humanity Hour 1 10- Savage Amusement Honourable Mention: Tokyo Tapes

[@galus14436]

Really? Lovedrive is in the top 3, if not #2 or even #1 Animal Mag lower. But whatever.

[@LuchaLibertaria]

@@galus14436 yeah really.

[@richbillionair]

Tokyo tapes is a live album

[@LuchaLibertaria]

@@richbillionair yep, thats why its a Honourable Mention, otherwise it'd be in my Top 5:)

[@TiltBrook]

Quite often, like the guy in the video says, post mid 90s Scorpions gets overlooked. However, both Humanity Hour 1, and Unbreakable, are stellar albums! Some of their best work ever is on those albums

[@keithoday9896]

My top ten 1.Taken by Force 2.In Trance 3.Blackout 4. Virgin Killer 5.Lovedrive 6.Animal Magnetism 7.Love at First Sting 8.Fly to the Rainbow 9.Crazy World 10.Lonesome Crow.

[@markbunton9919]

Great vid. I grew up on the 80s and beyond Scorpions albums and really haven't spent much time on the 70s stuff that you praised so highly. I trust your musical knowledge and tastes so I am going to go back and spend some time of those albums over the next week or so. Thanks for all you do.

[@TiltBrook]

“Unbreakable” from 2004, and “Humanity Hour 1” from 2007, are both better than “Sting in the Tail” from 2010

[@AngelLopez-vi3nr]

Agreed!

[@jamesmoss3424]

Love at first sting is number one on my list and they should be in the rock n roll hall of fame.

[@thomassharpless3411]

Here, Here! Scorps deserve to be in the (shameful) R&R Hall of Fame. They had a HUGE influence on the hard rock music scene and cast a wide net of popularity around the globe.

[@MicahMicahel]

Animal Magnetism is my favourite. I had a friend that was obsessed with the band.

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@MicahMicahel I should get that album. 😀👍🤘🎸

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

My top 10... 1. Love at First Sting (It just sounds like a party to me) 2. Animal Magnetism 3. Taken By Force 4. In Trance 5. Lonesome Crow 6. Virgin Killer 7. Lovedrive 8. Blackout 9. Savage Amusement 10. Crazy World

[@j.j.4150]

It's very interesting to see someone place Love At First Sting so high, yet Blackout relatively low.

[@missiontotransition641]

Good one Pete, One of my favorite bands! Saw them in 1979 open for Nugent/Blackfoot tour, and came back and Headlined in 1981 on the Blackout Tour , Iron Maiden and Girlschool opened. Met the whole band before the gig at the hotel and got their autographs which i still have. Seem them many times , even in Franfurt Germany in 90's. Love the ULI ERA! Saw him couple years ago in Atlanta, and he played those early classics. 1) Animal Magnetism 2) Lovedrive 3) Virgin Killer 4) Taken By Force 5) In Trance 6) Blackout 7) Love AT FIRST STING 8)Fly to the Rainbow

[@253timeandtimeagain2]

Drifting Sun is for me the manifesto-song of the Uli John Roth era. It's unbelievable, played with a Gibson Firebird, dirty, wild, furious.

[@kevinbrown1893]

Uli Jon Roth rules. 1. Taken By Force 2. Fly to The Rainbow 3. Virgin Killer 4. In Trance 5. Animal Magnetism 6. Love at First Sting 7. Blackout 8. Lovedrive 9. Rock Believer 10. Crazy World 11. Savage Amusement 12. Humanity: Hour 1 13. Unbreakable 14. Lonesome Crow 15. Face The Heat 16. Sting In The Tail 17. Return to Forever 18. Pure Instinct 19. Eye 2 Eye

[@RestlessGypsyChild]

Savage Amusement is their best album. This is where they reached their peak as songwriters and musicians. I love every track!

[@mdavis2703]

Can't wait for Accept. One of my favorite bands.Fast as a Shark is almost perfect metal to me.

[@aidenswords5809]

Havent listened to their catalogue recently, but Taken By Force is a timeless classic and surely one of their best

[@WhatsWrongWithTheStreet]

I'm so happy you gave a nod to World Wide Live. That is the perfect Scorpions album for me. I've always loved the Animal Magnetism cover. Nothing specific, but something wrong is going on there. Several songs from Lovedrive are on World Wide Live. My #1 album would be Blackout.

[@bobthebear1246]

Admit it, it's the guy's tight-jeans-clad ass. 😆

[@bmboldt]

I always thought Pure Instinct was really underrated. It is kind of commercial but the songs are really catchy.

[@EvilVonRetee]

Great show once again, Pete! My first touch to Scorpions was World Wide Live at mid-80's when I was like 8 or 9 years. Loved it and still do! Starts off with barnburning and brainmelting pair of Coming Home and Blackout

[@Montyhugo]

'BLACKOUT' WAS THE LAST 8TRACK I EVER BOUGHT! 'TOKYO TAPES' WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO THE SCORPION'S 🤘

[@RobertsOnMyTurntable]

Great video again Pete.

[@frankmathiesen1779]

My list would go up to Love At First Sting everything after was never the same. 1 In Trance 2 Virgin Killer 3 Taken By Force 4 Fly To The Rainbow 5 Lovedrive 6 Blackout 7 Love At First Sting 8 Animal Magnetism 9 Lonesome Crow

[@rjg2112]

Very solid review Pete!!!!

[@planetbarrett6055]

I thought I already Ranked the Scorpions, but here we go again! 12 - Unbreakable 11 - Love at First Sting 10 - Sting in the Tail 9 - Crazy World 8 - Blackout 7 - Animal Magnetism 6 - Fly to the Rainbow 5 - Lovedrive 4 - Virgin Killer 3 - Taken by Force 2 - In Trance 1 - Lonesome Crow Jesus Christ, Lonesome Crow is an Underrated Album. I wished this Era would've last longer, but we would've never gotten Jon Roth.

[@phillipanderson7398]

The original Scorpions band that recorded Lonesome Crow album broke up soon after that album and young Michael Schencker joined UFO. With the band no more two of the ex Scorpions aproached Uli Jon Roth to join them in a new lineup but he refused and continued with his band Dawn Road. So singer Klaus Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schencker joined Dawn Road alongside lead guitarist Uli Jon Roth. bassist Francis Buchholtz , drummer Jürgen Rosenthal and Keyboardist Achim Kirschning . However after Dawn Road recorded their debut album they decided to change their name to Scorpions, and the rest is rock history.

[@matthewalexander1943]

My all time favorite group. No one else comes close. Thanks for doing this!

[@Metalpakhok]

Hi, cool to talk about Scorpions, Cheers from Caracas Venezuela, My top 10 Scorpions studio Albums: 1.Taken by force 2.Blackout 3.Love at first sting 4.Face the heat 5. Unbreakable 6.Savage Amusement 7.Humanity hour 1 8.Sting the tail 9.Crazy World 10.Pure Instinct Live albums 1.Tokyo Tapes 2. Wolrd wide live 3.Unplugged in Athens,

[@spicykimchi1]

The first time I heard Uli Roth was at a used record store. I put in Virgin Killer, and accidentally started with side II. After hearing the opening to "Hell Cat", I thought, "Wow, who the hell is this guy?" An amazing guitarist, that's for sure.

[@philouze1815]

Nice thumbnail, Mr Pardo! 1. Savage Amusement 2. Blackout 3. Love At First Sting 4. Lovedrive

[@toddedwards5144]

Powerslave Same here! Savage Amusement is TOTALLY underrated! My favorite Scorps album.

[@Intermentor]

@@toddedwards5144 I like the songs on Savage. But the production is too slick.

[@philouze1815]

Thing about Savage is, Dieter Dierks thought he was Mutt Lange. He had Rarebell record the bass drum, then the snare, then the cymbals, and so on.. At least, that's what they said in an interview in 1990 and that was one of the reasons why they stopped working with him and they went with Keith Olsen for Crazy World.

[@jm.martin4609]

Yes, Savage Amusement is my favorite also.

[@jeffjackson9679]

Savage Amusement was the first Scorpion's album I purchased, so it has some nostalgia value to me, that being said, other than Rythym of Love and maybe Media Overkill, their aren't many other tracks I care to listen to today off that album. I think the group was trying too hard to make Love at First Sting Pt. 2, and it didn't work out that well.

[@sterioapple]

I had never heard Scorpions. Just one song. Sails. A friend played it for me. That lead guitar!!! Bought the 4 Roth studio records the same day in 1980. Cut outs! Remember those? Like $3 a pop! Cherry new records still in the cellophane with a little chunk cut out each of the covers. What a wonderful way to be introduced to this band. I might have even got Tokyo Tapes that day too. Don't remember. The hunt for Crow was on! Somehow didn't hear it for years. I used to stand in the stores for hours going through the cut outs. CD's didn't exist yet. I ended up with like 800 albums after years of it.

[@izzimichaels2892]

the "cut outs" were promotional recording given away, not for resale, but the stores sold them just the same.

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you for your ranking the Scorpions studio albums/CD's!🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@dylanhewitt2616]

Scorpions are a brilliant band, and were my gateway into metal music. I have split the rankings up The top 4 I consider essentially perfect albums with 1 and 2 being perfect. 5-11 are pretty strong while 12 onwards have their moments. 1. Lovedrive 2. In Trance ----- 3. Blackout 4. Love At First Sting ----- 5. Taken By Force 6. Crazy World 7. Return To Forever 8. Virgin Killer 9. Fly To The Rainbow 10. Animal Magentism 11. Humanity Hour 1 ----- 12. Face The Heat 13. Sting In the Tail 14. Savage Amusement 15. Pure Instinct 16. Unbreakable ----- 17. Lonesome Crow 18. Eye II Eye

[@tobismusicchannel3033]

Great list! Our lists are kinda similar.

[@alexanderdukeler3948]

I’ve watched about two dozen of your album ranking videos. For the first, and probably only time, your top ten match mine exactly. I was a huge fan in the mid and late 70’s, when almost no one else knew of the Scorpions. When they were on R.C.A. Records in America. I love the early 80’s albums as well, but nothing beats the Roth years.

[@romheleno]

Waiting for this episode since I subscribed this channel!

[@Heavy_metal_rulez]

You ranked them perfectly Pete! Tokyo tapes is one of my favorite live albums of all time

[@andrewboggs2978]

Pete thank you for doing this!!

[@treffbennett6534]

Scorps! Saw em' live 10 times-still not enough! 1.Taken By Force 2.Virgin Killer 3.In Trance 4.Lovedrive 5.Animal Magnetism 6.Blackout 7.Love At First Sting 8.Crazy World 9.Face The Heat 10.Sting In The Tail …….the Germans have produced some top shelf hard rock bands, Scorpions paving the way with skillful guitarists and great hooks and melodies-special shout out to Klaus Meine, whose instantly memorable voice never fails to impress, a very gifted singer!

[@davidduxbury7530]

Fabulous and fantastic,really enjoyable!

[@fabianpaicefan157]

sails of Charon could quite possibly be the most important song of the late 70’s absolutely epic Without this song and Ulrich’s exploration on the harmonic minor scale you wouldn’t have had the whole Neo Classical guitar phase of metal do you hear me Yngwie ! They owe it all to Ulrich Roth probably the most underrated guitar player of all time an absolute Monster player thanks Pete

[@GMHG777]

Excellent point, Uli was definitely a trail blazer as far as being one of the very first neo classical “rock” players

[@claytonavalanche4571]

Great ranking. My personal favorites by Scorpions are from the Uli Roth-,ära, too. 01 Taken by Force 02 Virgin Killer 03 In Trance 04 Fly to the Rainbow 05 Lovedrive 06 Animal Magnetism 07 Lonesome Crow 08 Blackout 09 Savage Amusement 10 Love at first Sting

[@mobilepsycho]

Love Drive, Animal Magnetism, Blackout, and Love at First Sting....that's all I need and all that exists for me in terms of Scorpions music. Each one superb! First rock band I saw in concert. I was 17. Never forget it.

[@crusheverything4449]

Have you heard the Uli stuff? If not, you’re missing out.

[@d.nakamura9579]

@@crusheverything4449 yes, I was going to say it. Very different, at times Hendrixy, but Uli era is actually still my favorite.

[@dawnpatrol700]

My faves 1) Tokyo tapes. 2) lovedrive. 3) fly to the rainbow. 4) virgin killer 5) in trance 6) lonesome crow 7)taken by force. 8) blackout 9) love first sting. 10) face the heat

[@mutant_blues]

Yes Pete, the cover of "Lonesome Crow" is a great work by Rodney Matthews. I own a 1982 lp reissue on clear vinyl. I think most of their albums have aged badly, but their first 3 are gems.

[@Seniman3]

I also own a cherished clear copy from the reissued run. And Pete nailed the list.

[@jollyroger4331]

1) Virgin Killer 2) Taken By Force 3) In Trance. 4) Fly To The Rainbow 5) Lovedrive 6) Animal Magnetism 7) Blackout 8) Love At 1st Sting 9) Face The Heat 10) Crazy World 11) Savage Amusement 12) Unbreakable 13) Sting In The Tail 14) Return To Forever 15) Humanity hour 1 16)Pure Instinct 17) Lonesome Crow 18)Eye II Eye

[@petebull8233]

I'm in agreement though the first 4 could rotate depending on the one playing in my player lol all amazing yet these guys aren't in the hall of fame???

[@crusheverything4449]

Please forget about the “hall of fame”. It’s a bullshit money grab that has nothing to do with rock music or its importance. It’s run by a bunch of eternal college boys who think rock ‘n’ roll begins and ends with Lou Reed and the Sex Pistols. It’s a complete farce!

[@jollyroger4331]

@@crusheverything4449 you forgot about Bruce Springsteen and U2😝

[@kennethjohnsson6241]

Lonesome crow. In trance. Virgin killer. Fly to the rainbow. Taken by force. Lovedrive. The rest nada.

[@mmk7340]

I like that Lonesome Crow album too. 16 yr old M. Schenker has some blistering guitar work on there. I think we're in the minority however, most people I talk to hate it.

[@damianczarnecki8775]

My rank: 1 Lovedrive 2 Virgin Killer 3 Taken By Force 4 Blackout 5 In Trance 6 Fly to the Rainbow 7 Lonesome Crow 8 Animal Magnetism 9 Love at First Sting 10 Crazy World 11 Rock Believer 12 Humanity - Hour 1 13 Sting in the Tail 14 Face the Heat 15 Unbreakable 16 Savage Amusement 17 Return to Forever 18 Pure Instinct 19 Eye II Eye

[@stevenvalenti3722]

I agree with you again Pete. I rather the older SCORPIONS albums also. The only two newer albums I have is World Wide Live from 1985 and Sting in the Tail from 2010 which in my opinion is a very good album. I really love Fly to the Rainbow and probably would rank it my #1 but it's very close with Blackout and Love at First Sting and Lovedrive. But all the older albums are very close in rankings for me. Verygood video Pete. And by the way I love horror movies also. That's my favorite types of movies.🙂 \m/

[@mickb44]

Fly to to the Rainbow (1974) In Trance (1975) Virgin Killer (1976) Taken by Force (1977) Lovedrive (1979) all classics and hard to pick my fav

[@ethosardour2320]

1) Lonesome Crow A great album that deserves more recognition, no other scorpions album sounds anything like it. 2) In Trance My favorite Roth album. Like Lonesome Crow, a blast to listen to. 3) Fly To The Rainbow Almost as good as In Trance. 4) Taken By Force

[@planetbarrett6055]

Lonesome Crow is the Gem that gets Shit On for a Stupid Reason. Lonesome Crow is my Favorite Scorpions Album. I like that old Album Cover with the guy holding a Guitar better than the new one.

[@metaldams78]

I’m in complete agreement for cut off point with Scorpions and am completely looking forward to your horror reviews. 20’s, 30’s and 40’s are my favorite eras, but I enjoy stuff after too.

[@b2tall239]

Never heard a bad song from the Scorps. Pete, ever think about doing a combo ranking, like "Top 10 Iron Maiden/Judas Priest albums" as a comparative exercise? Also maybe doing a combo of bands with smaller catalogs. Just a thought.

[@crusheverything4449]

You’ve never heard “To Be No. 1, apparently.

[@thomassharpless3411]

Pete, You and I are the same age and I've discovered over the years of watching S.O.T., we agree on about 85% of everything (music, monster movies, etc.). I totally agree with you that Scorpions' best music is between 1972 and 1984; however, since Scorpions are my favorite all-time band, I have to defend their later catalog to some extent. First, my favorite album order would be: 1. Blackout (this album hit me like a ton of bricks in 1982 and still does) 2. Lovedrive (probably their best songwriting...and Michael Schenker as a guest/member) 3. Virgin Killer (Uli's best playing) 4. Intrance (this was the first album where Scorpions discovered their style) 5. Taken By Force (Sails of Charon, Your Light and We'll Burn the Sky...nuff said) 6. Animal Magnetism (great writing, Matthias' guitar sound not quite as developed as it would become) 7. Fly to the Rainbow (Drifting Sun and Speedy's Coming are phenomenal) 8. Love At First Sting (Scorpions classic but a bit overrated...though some great deep cuts such as I'm Leaving You and Coming Home) ....Unlike you my friend (and with great respect),...I still find much joy in their later catalog. Here's the rest of my list plus a few suggested songs that you may want to give a chance/second chance.... 9. Unbreakable (great "comeback" album after some softer orchestral stuff...New Generation, Love 'Em or Leave 'Em, Blood Too Hot and Deep & Dark are all very strong..if this 13 song album were cut down to 9 or 10, this would be a classic) 10. Pure Instinct (underrated IMO...But the Best For You, Soul Behind the Face and Oh Girl are true Scorpions' gems) 11. Face the Heat (strong but some tracks are a bit dated....gotta love Alien Nation, No Pain No Gain, and Ship of Fools....Woman has a classic Scorps groove-rock feel plus some of Klaus' best vocals ever) 12. Savage Amusement (a few great tracks but a bit over-produced...worth it for Every Minute Every Day and Love On The Run...great Matthias' solo) 13. Crazy World (again, cut this down to 8 or 9 songs and its a much stronger album...Money and Fame is a hidden gem) 14. Return to Forever - (probably their last studio album....like VH's last album, contains bits of previously unfinished older material...Rock My Car and Hard Rockin' the Place are awesome) 15. Sting In The Tail (a couple decent songs but mostly written or co-written with outside writers) 16. Come Black (mostly re-worked versions of some older songs but about half the album are covers done with Scorpions' special flair...Tainted Love and All Day and All of the Night are excellent) 17. Eye To Eye (well-produced but a bit out of character for Scorps....A Moment In A Million Years is a truly moving ballad; 10 Light Years Away is cool ,too and con-written with Mick Jones of Foreigner) 18. Moment of Glory (interesting for sure as Scorpions meet the Berlin Philharmonic; the title track is not bad nor is the instrumental, Deadly Sting Suite) 19. Humanity (the title track is great but, again, most songs were written or co-written by the producers) There you have it! Because of their unique style, I think Scorps' catalog, as a whole, is superior to most other long-lived bands. Top to bottom, I'd put this catalog up against any other bands' entire catalog. I think the only bands that even come close, given the length and quality of their careers, would be UFO, Uriah Heep, Golden Earring and ZZ Top!

[@LuchaLibertaria]

Great suggestions! Just like Deep Purple, Scorpions continued to release solid albums in the 90s and 00s.(well, with the exception of eye ll eye, their 'reload' moment :) )

[@rocklives8251]

I still listen to Uli era scorpions every day. I think right now I would say In Trance is probably my favorite, but I love them all

[@OrangeHarrisonRB3]

Way to go, Uli shared this.

[@FordCosworth]

Great T-shirt, where did you buy it?

[@metalmat3651]

May be chalk for most fans as myself but my favorite album is still "Love at first Sting". Love the Uli John Roth stuff though, 2nd favorite is "In Trance"

[@bloomfrieda7234]

Omgs 😱 I just love all of their albums I a younger generation of Fan's but I am BIGGEST fan I have allot of scorpions CDs concert's guitar pics t-shirts my favorite album is pure instinct I love all about the SCORPIONS I can go on taking about them thanks for this post U ROCK 👍

[@LeonardKrupski1]

I never thought of which studio album that I liked the most. I will tell you what album I do associate the most with is Tokyo Tapes. I own most of their catalog but, Tokyo Tapes just rules!

[@GardettoJones]

So much great stuff from the debut to Blackout, but the Uli era...KILLER! They also did some of my favorite power ballads, along with Priest and UFO. Also, the dog on the cover Animal Magnetism (doberman?) is what made Pete's dog bark. Hadto'vebeen. 10/10.

[@chriskehoe8236]

Hello there!,.. I enjoy watching your reviews of many of my favorite bands and albums. Would love to see your ranking of Marillion albums.

[@marvinbattlejr.9365]

Been waiting for this one.

[@nelsono4315]

I got into the Scorpions right when Tokyo Tapes came out and I used to wear that album out. That of course led me to other Scorpions albums. I did get to see them twice. I like both the Uli and Jabs eras. In their heyday they were a fantastic band.

[@eddybamyasi]

Thanks Pete, top reviews. I'd have Animal Magnetism higher (the first I had). In Trance my no. 1. Agree Tokyo Tapes is great, with Uli to the fore.

[@gemini2012100]

You're not going to believe this, but I was just thinking about suggesting a top ten song video by Accept. Also, a top ten song video by Montrose and Traffic. You might have done one already on these. I think you did a Ranking the studio albums video on Traffic, but I don't know about a top ten song video. Anyway, I enjoy watching your videos, even if you do ignore my comments....lol (Just kidding). Well, I hope you're staying safe from the Coronavirus, and keep up the good work.

[@tramm3]

Last 4 studio albums are great especially 2004's Unbreakable and 2007's Humanity Hour 1

[@StevenCohenTeacher]

I’m right there with you with dropping them after Sting. It was a pretty brief affair for me and the Scorps. But they were great for about 4 albums!

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

I don't have to do a list because my top ten are very similar to yours. One or two might be different, but your top five is exactly what my top five is. I also love both live albums that you mentioned, but I also love their third live album Live Bites also. Also the 50th anniversary edition of Tokyo Tapes is the best version to get. It is finally a 2 CD version with some bonus live songs that was not on the original version. It is definitely worth getting because of the bonus songs and it sounds phenomenal. I was a little kid when I first heard of the Scorpions and it was around the time that Blackout and Love At First Sting had come out. I loved them big time. I did not hear about the Uli Jon Roth era until I was a young teenager years later in the early 90's and the first thing I got was Tokyo Tapes. I loved it even more than the 79-84 era big time and way more than the World Wide Live album which I still loved alot. Of course I next got the very first five albums and they instantly became my favorite Scorpions era ever since. Those albums are so underrated and should have been massive everywhere around the world. I got a bootleg DVD and a 2cd of a show that the Scorpions did back in 2005 in Wacken called A Night To Remember. They played close to three hours and celebrated every era they have. They had Uli Jon Roth on stage with them for his era, Michael Schenker for his era, and Herman (The German) Rarebell for his era. I wish that I could have been there in person because it was a phenomenal show.

[@georgetourlos5840]

1-fly to the rainbow 2-in trance 3-virgin killer 4-lonesome crow 5-tokyo tapes 6-taken by force 7-animal magnatism 8-lovedrive 9-blackout 10- love at first sting 84' my birth year

[@izzimichaels2892]

good to see someone else ranking fly to the rainbow up there!

[@beatlehmann3424]

Absolutly - the Uli Jon Roth Albums are the Best !!! 1. In Trance 2. Virgin Killer 3. Taken by Force 4. Fly to the Rainbow

[@tonyjames8665]

Looking at the comments from everyone, I hit thumbs up for anyone who has Virgin Killer and/or Animal Magnetism in their top 3!!! Cool!!!

[@tonyjames8665]

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[@tonyjames8665]

Hi Pete and everyone!!! Not a lot of Scorpions either, but here we go: Top 5 albums in my opinion! 1: Animal Magnetism 2. Virgin Killers 3. Love at First Sting 4. Blackout 5. Lovedrive # 1 Scorions songs (tie) Poar Nights and Falling in Love!!! Awesome!!!! 5.

[@d.nakamura9579]

Pete, our tastes so closely align on both UFO and Scorpions album rankings.

[@jeffpoehl9100]

Would you rank the Monster Magnet albums

[@EdwardBox]

Agree about Alien Nation, fab track and agree about LAFS. A classic album but not as good as we all thought. Like you Pete, I tend to go to the Uli era now for my more proggy, interesting lyrics, Scorps fix! (funnily enough, it's like this with Priest as well) My Top 10 Scorpions studio albums: 1. Lovedrive 2.Virgin Killer 3. In Trance 4.Black Out 5.Taken by Force 6. Animal Magnetism 7. Love at First Sting 8. Savage Amusement 9.Fly to the Rainbow 10.Humanity Hour 1 Tokyo Tapes and World Wide Live are both awesome as well. In many respects WWL bookends the classic era from In Trance in 75 to 85. A great 10 years, that stands with any of the greats in the hard rock and metal genre.

[@crusheverything4449]

Except there’s nothing from the Uli era on WWL.

[@bbishopski]

Uli stuff for sure, but the first 3 after him were great as well. Tokyo tapes, wow. Uli's guitar tone on that is off the charts.

[@gordy3714]

How many T-shirts have you got Peter.

[@crusheverything4449]

Looks like one of each.

[@rocky-o]

my list would look the same except in trance would be one..virgin killer number two...also...i kinda lost interest from lovedrive on...had up to animal magnetism but those two, along with blackout, got sold to a used record store pretty quickly....another great video...hope you and the family are doing well...peace....

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Your Scorpions shirt rocks!🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@walissonsilvapereira8550]

My favorito is the " Crazy world" 👏🏻

[@jasonyoung2968]

More into the 80s material but totally understand the love for the Uli era. I love most scorpions albums, except Eye II eye, that one was bad. 1. Blackout 2. Love at First Sting 3. Animal Magnetism 4. Lovedrive 5. Crazy World

[@crusheverything4449]

I wanted to hate Eye to Eye and I certainly have disdain for some of it, but if you revisit it with an open mind, you may be surprised. Yellow Butterfly, Skywriter, 10 Light Years Away and A Moment In A Million Years are really good songs! I give the band credit for taking a risk and not releasing Love At First Sting, Part 6, at that time.

[@malmsteen1973]

I understand Matthias Jabs can never be as good as Uli was, but I think is underrated guitar player... he really has a lot of good melodic ideas and some really fluid solos... So, in my opinion, Love at first sting and especially Crazy World need to be present upper in that top.

[@shaunsmith3538]

1. Love at first sting 2. Blackout 3. In trance 4. Lovedrive 5. Animal magnetism 6. Savage amusement 7. Taken by force 8. Humanity hour 1 9. Crazy world 10.face the heat 👍 9.

[@abe3802]

I guess that Tokyo Tapes was the introduction to the band for many, like it was for me back in the days. Accept - can't wait..

[@patriotpizzaman]

10) Crazy World (Hit Between The Eyes!) 09) Lonesome Crow 08) Animal Magnetism 07) Love At First Sting 06) Virgin Killer 05) Blackout 04) Fly To The Rainbow 03) Lovedrive 02) In Trance 01) Taken By Force If you would have asked me five or ten years ago Lovedrive would have taken the top spot. I've really been loving In Trance and Taken By Force these past four to five years. If I'm being completely honest, my favorite Scorpions album for the last twenty years has been Hot & Slow but, compilations aside, my top four are my Mount Rushmore of Scorps!

[@BegToDiffah]

I had Lovedrive as an 8-track in my car in high school. It was the only one I had so it played non-stop for 2+ years and scarred a special place in my heart. I still get chills when I hear the opening riff to Loving You Sunday Morning!

[@toneman8478]

I thought the 80s era was great until listening to Virgin Killer and Taken by Force again.. wow those are killer records. Roth is a dynamo on the guitar

[@cmiller6501]

Humanity Hour 1 is a very underrated later day album !

[@41sledge]

Been binging on Scorps for a couple weeks to get my list. Here we go! 18. Eye to Eye. (1999) (Just awful) 17. Return to Forever (2015) 16. Lonesome Crow. (1972) 15. Pure Instinct. (1996) 14. Humanity Hour 1. (2007) 13. Sting in the Tail. (2010) 12. Unbreakable. (2004) 11. Face the Heat. (1993) 10. Crazy World. (1990) 9. Fly to the Rainbow. (1974) 8. Savage Amusement. (1988) 7. In Trance. (1975) 6. Taken by Force. (1977) 5. Animal Magnetism. (1980) 4. Blackout. (1982) 3. Virgin Killer. (1976) 2. Love at First Sting. (1984) 1. Lovedrive. (1979) Thanks.

[@MultiCowboy8]

Great that he has the Uli Roth albums ranked at the top, my favorite era of the Scorpions as well

[@stevestersic4073]

I like the all the albums from In Trance to Blackout. No particular order. My number one favorite would probably be Virgin Killer.

[@markandreotti7323]

Been binge watching ur ranking vids man. Good stuff! New sub here and look forward to your vids in the future

[@kabband]

Humanity: Hour 1 is very underrated.

[@chuckpriselac7958]

Return to Forever from 2015 is definitely worth a listen. I wasn’t a fan either of the 90’s Scorpions stuff but this one was definitely worth a listen.

[@RaiderfanCali]

PETE!! Thanks as always for posting this! NOT a fan of Scorpions, but enjoy your rankings! DAMN! You really nailed it! Thats pretty much I feel about the Scorpions too

[@ged6975]

'70's Scorps for sure...Tokyo Tapes covers it all for me👍

[@reclaimerReclaimer]

Great stuff with the horror movies coming up, as a big horror fan too I was wondering if something like that would one day happen on the SoT channel.