Lonesome Crow
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| Studio album by Scorpions | |||||
| Released | February 1972 | ||||
| Recorded | October 1971 – Star Studios, Hamburg, W. Germany | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock, krautrock, heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 40:37 | ||||
| Label | Brain | ||||
| Producer | Conny Plank | ||||
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Lonesome Crow is the debut album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions produced by Conny Plank and released in 1972.
It is the band's only album with lead guitarist Michael Schenker as a full-time member.[3] He left not long after to join UFO and was replaced by Ulrich Roth on later albums. Schenker, however, would rejoin the band briefly during the recording and touring of 1979's Lovedrive.
Of the album, vocalist Meine said:
| “ | With Lonesome Crow, we were just a young band trying to find our way, trying to shape an artistic style to find the Scorpions DNA. There was a ballad with "In Search of the Peace of Mind", and a psychedelic rocker with the title track, "I'm Goin' Mad", [which] was a great rocker with Michael Schenker playing great solos. We were just a young band with talented guys, with no idea on where to go from here.
For the subsequent album, Fly to the Rainbow, we brought in Uli Roth, who had a Hendrix influence, and Rudolf and I became a songwriter team. When Matthias Jabs joined the band, we found our style, fast riffs but great melodies, along with the power ballads. |
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— Klaus Meine[4] |
The album was used as the soundtrack to the German anti-drug movie Das Kalte Paradies.[5]
The album had several different cover art sleeves and was re-titled Action for some releases. The 1982 German re-issue cover art was created by the artist Rodney Matthews[citation needed].
Track listing
All songs written by Scorpions. (1972 Metronome Music)
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| 1. | "I'm Goin' Mad" | 4:53 | ||||||||
| 2. | "It All Depends" | 3:30 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Leave Me" | 5:06 | ||||||||
| 4. | "In Search of the Peace of Mind" | 4:59 | ||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 5. | "Inheritance" | 4:41 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Action" | 3:56 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Lonesome Crow" | 13:31 | ||||||||
Scorpions recorded "Action" with the name "The Hunters".
Personnel
Credits for Lonesome Crow adapted from Allmusic.[6]
- Scorpions
- Klaus Meine - vocals
- Michael Schenker - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Rudolf Schenker - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Lothar Heimberg - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Wolfgang Dziony - drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Production
- Produced by Conny Plank
- Engineered and mixed by Dieter Mobius
- Mastered by Willem Makkee
References
- ↑ Weber, Barry (2011). "Lonesome Crow – Scorpions | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ↑ "Lonesome Crow – Scorpions". fp.nightfall.fr. 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ Saulnier, Jason (23 January 2009). "Michael Schenker Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ↑ "Klaus Meine on Life After Scorpions: I Am Sure It Will Not Be Boring". Blabbermouth. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ↑ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ↑ Credits: Lonesome Crow. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-11-24.
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