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| Released | April 25, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1972–2002 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Label | Hip-O | |||
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Gold is a compilation album by German hard rock band Scorpions. [1] It was released in 2006 on Hip-O Records.
The record, released as part of the Gold album series, is one of the group's few career-spanning sets. It is one of the only compilations to feature songs from both the RCA and Mercury Records catalogue.
Gold spans the era from 1972's Lonesome Crow through 1993's Face The Heat , including at least one song from all studio albums of that period. It is capped off with two tracks previously released on hits compilations from 1997 and 2002.
All tracks are written by Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine, except noted
| No. | Title | Original release (date) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It All Depends" (Michael Schenker, Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Wolfgang Dziony, Lothar Heimberg) | Lonesome Crow (1972) | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Speedy's Coming" | Fly to the Rainbow (1974) | 3:33 |
| 3. | "In Trance" | In Trance (1975) | 4:43 |
| 4. | "Pictured Life" (R. Schenker, Meine, Uli Jon Roth) | Virgin Killer (1976) | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Catch Your Train" | Virgin Killer | 3:34 |
| 6. | "Virgin Killer" (Roth) | Virgin Killer | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Steamrock Fever" | Taken by Force (1977) | 3:37 |
| 8. | "We'll Burn the Sky" (R. Schenker, Monika Dannemann) | Taken by Force | 6:27 |
| 9. | "The Sails of Charon" (Roth) | Taken by Force | 4:23 |
| 10. | "Top of the Bill" (Live) | Tokyo Tapes (1978) | 6:47 |
| 11. | "Loving You Sunday Morning" (R. Schenker, Meine, Herman Rarebell) | Lovedrive (1979) | 5:37 |
| 12. | "Holiday" | Lovedrive | 6:30 |
| 13. | "Lovedrive" | Lovedrive | 4:48 |
| 14. | "The Zoo" | Animal Magnetism (1980) | 5:30 |
| 15. | "Can't Live Without You" | Blackout (1982) | 3:46 |
| 16. | "Dynamite" (R. Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) | Blackout | 4:13 |
| 17. | "Blackout" (R. Schenker, Meine, Rarebell, Sonja Kittelsen) | Blackout | 3:47 |
All tracks are written by Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine, except noted
| No. | Title | Original release (date) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No One Like You" | Blackout | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) | Love at First Sting (1984) | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Big City Nights" | Love at First Sting | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Still Loving You" | Love at First Sting | 6:25 |
| 5. | "Rhythm of Love" | Savage Amusement (1988) | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Believe in Love" | Savage Amusement | 5:23 |
| 7. | "I Can't Explain" (The Who cover, written by Pete Townshend) | Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell (1989) | 3:22 |
| 8. | "Tease Me Please Me" (Meine, Rarebell, Matthias Jabs, Jim Vallance) | Crazy World (1990) | 4:43 |
| 9. | "Don't Believe Her" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell, Vallance) | Crazy World | 4:54 |
| 10. | "Wind of Change" (Meine) | Crazy World | 5:11 |
| 11. | "Send Me an Angel" | Crazy World | 4:32 |
| 12. | "Hit Between the Eyes" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell, Vallance) | Crazy World | 4:32 |
| 13. | "Alien Nation" | Face the Heat (1993) | 5:44 |
| 14. | "Under the Same Sun" (Meine, Mark Hudson, Scott Fairbairn) | Face the Heat | 4:52 |
| 15. | "Woman" | Face the Heat | 5:55 |
| 16. | "Over the Top" (Jabs) | Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years (US release, 1997) | 4:23 |
| 17. | "'Cause I Love You" | Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions (2002) | 3:44 |
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