Scorpions Comeback (CD, Sony Music, 2011) ***
Genre: European pop/ rock
Places I remember: Both came from my time in the Middle East - an Al Ain music store and Dubai Mall's Virgin Mega Store
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Blackout (Comeback); Raised On Rock (SITT)
Gear costume: Winds Of Change (always great hearing this); Tainted Love (both Comeback)
Active compensatory factors: Appropriately, I developed a thing for Scorpions during my stay in the Middle East (2009 to 2012). We did come across a few of the real thing in the desert and around an oasis in Al Ain.
Places I remember: Both came from my time in the Middle East - an Al Ain music store and Dubai Mall's Virgin Mega Store
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Blackout (Comeback); Raised On Rock (SITT)
Gear costume: Winds Of Change (always great hearing this); Tainted Love (both Comeback)
Active compensatory factors: Appropriately, I developed a thing for Scorpions during my stay in the Middle East (2009 to 2012). We did come across a few of the real thing in the desert and around an oasis in Al Ain.
As for the German rock group: there was something great about blasting their brand of hard rock while driving to and from the school where I was advising.
Sting In The Tail is the band having one last hurrah (almost) in 2010 as they subsequently said their goodbyes during a farewell tour. My only quibble: even though it's only got 12 songs, it feels too long (a common problem in the CD years).
Comeback is the actual last hurrah and on the surface sounds a dubious proposition: one last visit to the studio to re-record their high points and pay tribute to bands and songs that had inspired them (Beatles, Stones, Kinks, T Rex, Small Faces, Soft Cell).
The redone songs sound great and of the uneven cover versions Tainted Love is massive and a perfect fit for them. On the whole this is a worthy package.
Where do they all belong? Concludes the European section of my CD collection.
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