Acoustica (Scorpions album)

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Acoustica
Acoustica - Scorpions.jpg
Live album by
Scorpions
Released14 May 2001
Recorded8–10 February 2001
VenueConvento do Beato, Lisbon, Portugal
Genre Acoustic rock
Length70:20
Label East West
Producer
  • Scorpions
  • Christian Kolonovits
Scorpions chronology
Moment of Glory
(2000)		Acoustica
(2001)		 Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions
(2002)
Scorpions live albums chronology
Live Bites
(1995)		Acoustica
(2001)		Live 2011: Get Your Sting & Blackout
(2011)

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  2. "Hit Between the Eyes"
  3. "Tease Me Please Me" (VideoClip)
  4. "I Can't Explain"
  5. "The Zoo"
  6. "Don't Believe Her" (VideoClip)
  7. "Rhythm of Love"
  8. "Crazy World"
  9. "Can‘t Live Without You"
  10. "Blackout"
  11. "Dynamite"
  12. "Lust or Love"
  13. "Send Me an Angel" (VideoClip)
  14. "Big City Nights"
  15. "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
  16. "Wind of Change" (VideoClip)
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