Scorpions

 

Artist:  Scorpions 
Origin:  Hanover, Germany
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop

Original line-up:

Rudolf Schenker:  Rhythm & Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Karl-Heinz Vollmer:  Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Lothar Heimberg:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Wolfgang Dziony:  Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Scorpions are a German Hard Rock Band formed in 1965 by Rudolf Schenker (Guitar), Karl-Heinz Vollmer (Guitar), Lothar Heimberg (Bass) and Wolfgang Dziony  (Drums, Percussion).  In 1970 Klaus Meine has been Lead Singer for all their studio albums and released many singles such as "No One Like You", "Still Loving You", "Wind Of Change", "Rock You Like A Hurricane", "When The Smoke Is Going Down", "Blackout".  The Band is one of The World's Best-Selling Bands Of All Time, with sales around 75 million to 100 million records worldwide.

Title:  Humanity - Hour 1 (Special Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop

Label:  BMG

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side 1:

 1.  Hour 1 (3:26)

 2.  The Game Of Life (4:04)

 3.  We Were Born To Fly (3:59)

 4.  The Future Never Dies  (4:03)

Side 2:

 1.  You're Lovin' Me To Death (3:15)

 2.  321 (3:53)

 3.  Love Will Keep Us Alive (4:32)

 4.  We Will Rise Again (3:49)

LP 2:

Side 3:

 1.  Your Last Song (3:49)

 2.  Love Is War (4:20)

 3.  The Cross (4:26)

 4.  Humanity (5:26)

Side 4:

 1.  Cold (3:52)

 2. Humanity (Radio Edit) (4:06)

Personnel:

Klaus Meine:  Lead Vocals 

Rudolf Schenker:  Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals

Matthias Jabs  Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals

Pawel Maciwoda:  Bass, Backing Vocals

James Kottak:  Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Additional Musicians:

Billy Corgan:  Vocals on Track 3/3

Eric Bazilain:  Guitar on Track 1/3

John 5:  Guitar on Track 1/1

Russ Irwin:  Piano on Track 1/4

Harry Sommerdahl:  Programming on Track 1/3

Jason Paige, Jeanette Olsson:  Backing Vocals

Angela Whittaker, Roman Shaw Child: Voice-Overs

David Campbell:  Orchestra Conductor

Humanity - Hour 1 is the sixteenth studio album by Scorpions, originally released on May 14, 2007 by RCA, remastered and reissued on May 5, 2023 by BMG.  Special Edition 180 Gram Heavy Weight Coloured /vinyl.