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Animal Magnetism (Scorpions album)

Animal Magnetism is the seventh studio album by German rock band Scorpions, released in 1980. The RIAA certified the record as Gold on 8 March 1984, and Platinum on 28 October 1991.[5]

In the 2001 remaster edition by EMI, an extra track "Hey You" (rare single), sung by Rudolf Schenker is included (although Klaus Meine sings the chorus). The song was originally recorded during the Lovedrive sessions in 1978 and released two years later as side-A (together with "The Zoo" as side-B). A shorter remix from 1989 was used on the 2001 and 2015 reissues instead of the longer original single version.[6]

"Lady Starlight" is the only song in the entire Scorpions discography so far (as of 2018) to include an arrangement for strings and orchestral winds.

Artwork

The album cover was created by Storm Thorgerson of the design firm Hipgnosis and, as with earlier Scorpions album sleeves, courted controversy. However, unlike several of their previous album sleeves the controversy did not result in the cover being replaced with an alternate sleeve. Recalling the cover photo, Thorgerson remarked, "That one was funny. I don't think we figured it out. We just knew there was something rude somewhere."[7]

Scorpions bassist at the time, Francis Buchholz, recalls that, "Herman came up with the title for the album Animal Magnetism and we all liked it because it's an interesting title. So we had this guy Storm who was doing album covers for Pink Floyd, I think he did the one with the guy with the flames. So Storm came up with the idea for the Animal Magnetism cover, I personally didn't like it, but the rest of the band loved it. I liked the dog though."[8]

Track listing

All music composed by Rudolf Schenker, except where noted

Personnel

Scorpions

Additional musicians on "Lady Starlight"

Production

Charts

Certifications

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 721. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions Animal Magnetism review". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 318–319. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ Fricke, David (26 June 1980). "Album Reviews: Scorpions - Animal Magnetism". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  5. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Scorpions. Retrieved on 22 February 2011.
  6. ^ Animal Magnetism (CD Booklet). Scorpions. EMI. 2001. 7 24353 51542 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Steven Cerio (24 May 2010). "Interview with Storm Thorgerson". Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  8. ^ Syrjälä, Marko. "Interview with Francis Buchholz". Metal-rules.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  9. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6956b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Scorpions – Animal Magnetism" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  11. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Scorpions – Animal Magnetism". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  13. ^ "Scorpions Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  14. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Scorpions – Animal Magnetism". Music Canada.
  15. ^ "American album certifications – Scorpions – Animal Magnetism". Recording Industry Association of America.

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