Pure Instinct | ||||
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![]() Cover photo by Gered Mankowitz | ||||
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Released | 21 May 1996 | |||
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Length | 51:04 | |||
Label | East West (International), Atlantic (US) | |||
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Singles from Pure Instinct | ||||
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Alternative cover photo by Michel Comte | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10 [2] |
Metal Hammer (GER) | 5/7 [3] |
Rock Hard | 7.0/10 [4] |
Music Waves (FRA) | 2/5 [5] |
Pure Instinct is the thirteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions,released in 1996. The album received mixed reviews from music critics,with the many criticized the album for having too many ballads and not enough hard rock or even rock.
The cover art for this album,as with several earlier Scorpions albums,was replaced with an alternative cover for some releases due to the nudity on the original cover. [6] This is the only Scorpions album on which session musician Curt Cress plays drums. The album has more ballads than non-ballads. The song "You and I" gained some popularity and was often played in Scorpions concerts.
All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except "When You Came into My Life" by Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Titiek Puspa and James F. Sundah.
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Wild Child" | Schenker | 4:19 |
2. | "But the Best for You" | Meine | 5:26 |
3. | "Does Anyone Know" | Meine | 6:03 |
4. | "Stone in My Shoe" | Schenker | 4:42 |
5. | "Soul Behind the Face" | Schenker | 4:01 |
6. | "Oh Girl (I Wanna Be with You)" | Schenker | 3:56 |
7. | "When You Came into My Life" | Meine, Schenker, Puspa, Sundah | 5:13 |
8. | "Where the River Flows" | Schenker | 4:16 |
9. | "Time Will Call Your Name" | Schenker | 3:21 |
10. | "You and I" | Meine | 6:16 |
11. | "Are You the One?" | Schenker | 3:15 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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12. | "She's Knocking at My Door" | Schenker | 3:21 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kiss of Borrowed Time" (from the "When You Came into My Life" CD-single) | Meine | 3:39 |
2. | "You and I" (special single mix from the "You and I" CD-single) | Meine | 4:21 |
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] | 20 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] | 37 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] | 95 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] | 10 |
French Albums (SNEP) [11] | 11 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] | 8 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [13] | 28 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] | 4 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] | 38 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] | 15 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [17] | 18 |
US Billboard 200 [18] | 99 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [19] | Gold | 25,000 [19] |
France (SNEP) [20] | Gold | 100,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [21] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Indonesia [22] | Platinum | 50,000 [23] |
Malaysia [24] | 6× Platinum | 150,000 [24] |
Portugal (AFP) [22] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Singapore (RIAS) [22] | Gold | 7,500 [23] |
South Korea (KMCA) [22] | Gold | 15,000 [23] |
Thailand [25] | Platinum | 50,000 [25] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |