Taken by Force

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Taken by Force
Taken by Force cover
Studio album by Scorpions
Released January 1978
Recorded June-October, 1977
Genre Hard rock, Heavy metal
Length 39:05
Professional reviews
Scorpions chronology
Virgin Killer
(1976)
Taken by Force
(1977)
The Best of the Scorpions
(1978)
Alternate cover
Alternate cover

Taken By Force is a studio album by German heavy metal band Scorpions that was released in 1978. The photography was done by Michael von Gimbut.

This was the final Scorpions album to feature Ulrich Jon Roth, who would be replaced by Matthias Jabs in 1979.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Steamrock Fever" (Schenker/Meine) – 3:37
  2. "We'll Burn the Sky" (Schenker/Dannemann) – 6:26
  3. "I've Got to Be Free" (Roth) – 4:00
  4. "Riot of Your Time" (Schenker/Meine) – 4:09
  5. "The Sails of Charon" (Roth) – 4:23
  6. "Your Light" (Roth) – 4:31
  7. "He's a Woman – She's a Man" (Schenker/Meine/Rarebell) – 3:15
  8. "Born to Touch Your Feelings" (Schenker/Meine) – 7:40
  9. "Suspender Love" [CD reissue bonus track] (Schenker/Meine) – 3:20
  10. "Polar Nights" [Live "Tokyo Tapes" version - CD bonus track] (Roth) – 6:56

Note that versions of this album with bonus tracks feature an edited, shorter version of 'The Sails of Charon'. The original version has a length of 5:16

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