Big City Nights (Scorpions album)

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Big City Nights
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Released11 July 1998
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock
Length49:51
Label Universal Special Products/Rebound
Scorpions compilations chronology
Hot & Slow: Best Masters of the 70's
(1998)
Big City Nights
(1998)
Best
(1999)
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Big City Nights is a compilation album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1998.

The song "No One Like You" is listed as a live version on the album. However, on some pressings, the track is replaced with the studio version.

Track listing

  1. "Big City Nights" - 4:09 (from the album Love at First Sting - 1984)
  2. "Animal Magnetism" - 5:57 (from the album Animal Magnetism - 1980)
  3. "Send Me an Angel" - 4:43 (from the album Crazy World - 1990)
  4. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (live) - 4:13 (from the album World Wide Live - 1985)
  5. "Still Loving You" (live) - 5:49 (from the album World Wide Live)
  6. "No One Like You" (live) - 4:09 (from the album World Wide Live)
  7. "Wind of Change" (live) - 5:45 (from the album Live Bites - 1995)
  8. "Kicks After Six" - 3:49 (from the album Crazy World)
  9. "Rhythm of Love" - 3:48 (from the album Savage Amusement - 1988)
  10. "No Pain, No Gain" - 3:54 (from the album Face the Heat - 1993)
  11. "Can't Live Without You" - 3:45 (from the album Blackout - 1982)

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  7. "Rhythm of Love"
  8. "Crazy World"
  9. "Can‘t Live Without You"
  10. "Blackout"
  11. "Dynamite"
  12. "Lust or Love"
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  14. "Big City Nights"
  15. "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Scorpions Big City Nights review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2012-12-07.