Lovedrive

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All music is composed by Rudolf Schenker, except "Another Piece of Meat" by Herman Rarebell and Schenker.

Lovedrive
Scorpions-album-lovedrive.jpg
Cover art by Hipgnosis
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1979
RecordedSeptember–December 1978 [1]
StudioDierks Studios, Stommeln, West Germany
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length36:49
Label Harvest
Producer Dieter Dierks
Scorpions chronology
Taken by Force
(1977)
Lovedrive
(1979)
Animal Magnetism
(1980)
Michael Schenker chronology
Strangers in the Night
(1979)
Lovedrive
(1979)
The Michael Schenker Group
(1980)
Side one
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Loving You Sunday Morning" Klaus Meine, Rarebell5:36
2."Another Piece of Meat"Rarebell3:30
3."Always Somewhere"Meine4:56
4."Coast to Coast"instrumental4:42
Side two
No.TitleLyricsLength
5."Can't Get Enough"Meine2:36
6."Is There Anybody There?"Meine, Rarebell3:58
7."Lovedrive"Meine4:49
8."Holiday"Meine6:32
2015 Bonus tracks (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
No.TitleLyricsLength
9."'Cause I Love You" (demo version)Meine4:31
10."Holiday" (demo version)Meine9:34


2015 Bonus DVD: Live in Japan 1979 / Documentary (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Intro"  0:50
2."We'll Burn the Sky" Monika Dannemann Schenker7:27
3."Lovedrive"  4:48
4."Life's Like a River"Corina Fortmann Ulrich Roth, Schenker4:04
5."Fly to the Rainbow"Roth Michael Schenker, Roth2:28
6."Is There Anybody There?"  4:07
7."Another Piece of Meat"  3:15
8."Can't Get Enough"  6:23
9."Kōjō no Tsuki"Bansui Doi Rentarō Taki, arranged by Scorpions3:09
10."Documentary: The Story of Lovedrive" (Interviews with Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs and Herman Rarebell)  46:57

Personnel

Scorpions

Additional musician

Production

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [19] 70
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 32
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 36
US Billboard 200 [22] 55

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [23] 2× Gold200,000*
Germany (BVMI) [24] Gold250,000^
United States (RIAA) [25] Gold500,000^

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

References

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  19. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
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