Crazy World (Scorpions album)

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Crazy World
ScorpionsCrazyWorld.jpg
Cover design by Richard Evans
Studio album by
Scorpions
Released6 November 1990 (1990-11-06)
Recorded1990
StudioGoodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, U.S.
Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre
Length52:53
Label Vertigo, Mercury
Producer
Scorpions chronology
Savage Amusement
(1988)		Crazy World
(1990)		 Face the Heat
(1993)
Singles from Crazy World
  1. "Tease Me Please Me"
    Released: November 1990
  2. "Don't Believe Her"
    Released: December 1990
  3. "Wind of Change"
    Released: 21 January 1991
  4. "Send Me an Angel"
    Released: 17 September 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 5/10 [5]
Forces ParallèlesStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [7]

Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released on 6 November 1990. [8] The album peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart for albums in 1991. [9] That same year, the song "Wind of Change" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 [9] and "Send Me an Angel" reached No. 44 on the same chart. [9] It also has the only Scorpions track to credit bassist Francis Buchholz as a writer, "Kicks After Six". This album was the band's first album in a decade and a half to not be produced by Dieter Dierks.

Contents

Crazy World became the band's only album to reach number one in their home country of Germany. [10] In the UK, it remains the only Scorpions album to attain Silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in November 1991. [11] In the United States, it is the band's second best-selling album to 1984's Love at First Sting , and their last one to be certified at least gold by the RIAA. [12] It was the band's last studio album to feature the Lovedrive -era lineup, with Buchholz leaving the band in October 1992.

"Hit Between the Eyes" was played during the ending credits of the 1992 film Freejack .

"Send Me an Angel" was played at the closing scene in the 2004 Cold Case episode "Who's Your Daddy." "Wind of Change" was also used during the 2009 film Gentlemen Broncos and towards the end of the 2014 film The Interview and international version soundtrack featured Nutri Ventures in pilot episode.

Reception

Adrien Begrand writing for PopMatters called the album "pop metal by [the] numbers". [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Tease Me Please Me" Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Vallance Matthias Jabs, Jim Vallance 4:44
2."Don't Believe Her"Rarebell, Meine, Vallance Rudolf Schenker, Vallance4:55
3."To Be with You in Heaven"MeineSchenker4:48
4."Wind of Change"MeineMeine5:13
5."Restless Nights"Meine, Rarebell, VallanceSchenker5:44
6."Lust or Love"Meine, Rarebell, VallanceMeine4:22
7."Kicks After Six"Rarebell, Meine, Vallance Francis Buchholz, Vallance3:49
8."Hit Between the Eyes"Rarebell, Meine, VallanceSchenker4:33
9."Money and Fame"Jabs, RarebellJabs5:06
10."Crazy World"Meine, Schenker, Rarebell, VallanceSchenker5:08
11."Send Me an Angel"MeineSchenker4:32
Total length:52:51

Personnel

Scorpions

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [48] Platinum50,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [49] 2× Platinum200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [50] Gold40,716 [50]
Germany (BVMI) [51] 2× Platinum1,000,000^
Italy (FIMI) [52] Gold100,000 [52]
Mexico (AMPROFON) [53] Gold100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [54] Gold50,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [55] Gold25,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [56] 3× Platinum150,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [57] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [58] 2× Platinum2,000,000^
Summaries
Southeast Asia—400,000 [59]
Worldwide—7,000,000 [60]

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

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  1. "Bad Boys Running Wild"
  2. "Hit Between the Eyes"
  3. "Tease Me Please Me" (VideoClip)
  4. "I Can't Explain"
  5. "The Zoo"
  6. "Don't Believe Her" (VideoClip)
  7. "Rhythm of Love"
  8. "Crazy World"
  9. "Can‘t Live Without You"
  10. "Blackout"
  11. "Dynamite"
  12. "Lust or Love"
  13. "Send Me an Angel" (VideoClip)
  14. "Big City Nights"
  15. "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
  16. "Wind of Change" (VideoClip)
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