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Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions, released in 1979.Considered by some critics to be the pinnacle of their career, [1] Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound, exhibiting their "classic style" that would be later developed over their next few albums.
Roth left Scorpions the following year, [11] which he has since explained was because he "began getting dissatisfied with the direction of the music" the band were making. [12] Michael Schenker briefly returned to the band after being fired from UFO in late 1978, performing on four tracks for the album Lovedrive , although he was replaced the ...
In 2015, as part of Scorpions' 50th Anniversary, Tokyo Tapes was remastered and re-released as a double-disc special edition, with all omitted songs ("Polar Nights" and the three excluded songs) restored and including alternate version of several songs originally found on the album. [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 .
The performance was later released as a music video on YouTube. [24] As of 2024, the Scorpions have changed the opening lyrics again to adopt a more neutral tone, displaying these on the video screens at gigs: "Now listen to my heart, it still believes in love, waiting for the wind to change.
Rudolf Schenker - rhythm guitar, lead guitar on tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 10; Matthias Jabs - lead guitar, rhythm guitar on tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 10; Uli Jon Roth - lead guitar on "Born to Touch Your Feelings" Michael Schenker - lead and acoustic guitars on "Holiday" Francis Buchholz - bass; Herman Rarebell - drums
[10] [11] In 1971 he began studying piano and classical guitar. His influences broadened, now including spanish guitar virtuoso Andrés Segovia and violinist Yehudi Menuhin. [12] Roth performing in 2018. Roth's solo on Scorpion's "Sails of Charon," off the Taken by Force album, is notable for impressive speed and precision.
Matthias Jabs (born 25 October 1955) is a German musician, best known as the lead/rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Scorpions. He has played on all but the first five Scorpions studio albums starting with Lovedrive (1979). He owns a music store, MJ Guitars, in Munich.