Face the Heat

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Face the Heat
ScorpionsFacetheHeat.jpg
Studio album by
Scorpions
Released21 September 1993
Studio Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre
Length52:04
Label Mercury
Producer
Scorpions chronology
Crazy World
(1990)		Face the Heat
(1993)		 Pure Instinct
(1996)
Singles from Face The Heat
  1. "Alien Nation"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Woman"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Under the Same Sun"
    Released: November 1993
  4. "No Pain No Gain"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 4/10 [2]
Metal Hammer (GER)6/7 [3]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [4]

Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by the German hard rock band Scorpions in 1993.

Contents

It was produced by the band and the late Bruce Fairbairn and released on the Mercury label. This album marked their status as a sort of political band with the song "Alien Nation", which was about the re-unification of Germany.[ citation needed ] This album had a contemporary touch to it, as the band were then going with the current trends, before later returning to their original style in Unbreakable in 2004. This is the last album to feature drummer Herman Rarebell, and the first with Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar replacing Francis Buchholz.

"Under the Same Sun" was played during the ending credits of the 1994 film On Deadly Ground .

"Alien Nation" was covered by the Italian heavy metal band Mastercastle, recorded by Pier Gonella at MusicArt Studios and released as Japanese bonus track of their album The Phoenix .

"Lonely Nights" was later included in the 2017 compilation album Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alien Nation" 5:44
2."No Pain No Gain"Schenker, Meine, Mark Hudson 3:55
3."Someone to Touch"Schenker, Meine, Hudson4:28
4."Under the Same Sun"Meine, Hudson, Scott Fairbairn4:52
5."Unholy Alliance" 5:16
6."Woman" 5:56
7."Hate to Be Nice" 3:30
8."Taxman Woman" 4:30
9."Ship of Fools" 4:15
10."Nightmare Avenue" Matthias Jabs, Meine, Hudson3:54
11."Lonely Nights" 4:50
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Kami O Shin Jiru[ sic ]"3:49
13."Daddy's Girl"4:18
European edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Destin"3:17
13."Daddy's Girl"4:18
US edition hidden track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" (Elvis Presley cover) Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 2:27
Face the Heat single-only tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rubber Fucker" (from the "Alien Nation" maxi-single) Herman Rarebell 3:39
2."Partners in Crime" (from the "Under the Same Sun" maxi-single) 4:24

Personnel

Scorpions
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 12
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6] 34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 34
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [8] 8
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 4
Italian Albums ( Musica e Dischi ) [11] 22
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] 29
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [13] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 9
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 51
US Billboard 200 [17] 24

Certifications and sales

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RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [18] Gold100,000*
Germany—350,000 [19]
Norway (IFPI Norway) [20] Gold25,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [21] Gold25,000^
United States—450,000 [19]
Summaries
Worldwide—1,500,000 [19]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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