Crazy World (Scorpions album)

Crazy World

Cover design by Storm Thorgerson and Hollywood & London
Studio album by Scorpions
Released November 6, 1990
Recorded Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California,
Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, The Netherlands,
Summer-Fall, 1990
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 52:53
Label Vertigo (Europe)
Mercury (US)
Producer Keith Olsen and Scorpions
Scorpions chronology

Savage Amusement
(1988)		 Crazy World
(1990)		 Face the Heat
(1993)
Singles from Crazy World
  1. "Tease Me Please Me / Kicks After Six"
    Released: November 1990
  2. "Don't Believe Her / Kicks After Six"
    Released: December 1990
  3. "Wind of Change / Tease Me Please Me"
    Released: January 1991
  4. "Send Me an Angel / Wind of Change (Russian)"
    Released: November 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Forces Parallèles [2]

Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions released on November 6, 1990.[3] The album peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart for albums in 1991.[4] That same year, the song "Wind of Change" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100[4] and "Send Me an Angel" reached No. 44 on the same chart.[4] Crazy World was the last album to feature bassist Francis Buchholz, and by that extent, the last to feature the band's classic lineup. This album was the Scorpions' first album in a decade and a half to not be produced by Dieter Dierks and is widely considered to be the last "classic" Scorpions album. 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.

"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 an episode of the show Cold Case. "Wind of Change" was also used during the 2009 film Gentlemen Broncos and towards the end of the 2014 film The Interview.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Tease Me Please Me"  Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, VallanceMatthias Jabs, Jim Vallance 4:44
2. "Don't Believe Her"  Rarebell, Meine, VallanceRudolph Schenker, Vallance 4:55
3. "To Be with You in Heaven"  MeineSchenker 4:48
4. "Wind of Change"  MeineMeine 5:13
5. "Restless Nights"  Meine, Rarebell, VallanceSchenker 5:44
Side two
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
6. "Lust or Love"  Meine, Rarebell, VallanceMeine 4:22
7. "Kicks After Six"  Rarebell, Meine, VallanceFrancis Buchholz, Vallance 3:49
8. "Hit Between the Eyes"  Rarebell, Meine, VallanceSchenker 4:33
9. "Money and Fame"  Jabs, RarebellJabs 5:06
10. "Crazy World"  Meine, Schenker, Rarebell, VallanceSchenker 5:08
11. "Send Me an Angel"  MeineSchenker 4:34

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1990 German Albums Chart[5] 1
Austrian Albums Charts[6] 1
French Albums Charts[7] 2
Swiss Albums Charts[8] 3
Norwegian Albums Charts[9] 4
Swedish Albums Chart[10] 6
GfK Dutch Charts[11] 6
Billboard 200 (North America)[4] 21
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[12] 25
UK Albums Chart[13] 27
Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[14] 39
Australian Albums Charts[15] 49

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1990 "Tease Me, Please Me" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[4] 8
1991 "Don't Believe Her" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[4] 13
UK Singles Chart[16] 77
"Wind of Change" German Singles Chart[17] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[18] 1
Austrian Singles Charts[19] 1
Swiss Singles Charts[20] 1
French Singles Charts[21] 1
Norwegian Singles Charts[22] 1
GfK Dutch Charts[23] 1
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[4] 2
UK Singles Chart[24] 2
Ultratop 50 Belgian Charts[25] 2
Billboard Hot 100[4] 4
Australian Singles Charts[26] 7
RPM50 Singles (Canada)[27] 10
New Zealand Singles Charts[28] 17
"Send Me an Angel" Swedish Singles Chart[29] 4
GfK Dutch Charts[30] 4
Ultratop 50 Belgian Charts[31] 4
German Singles Chart[32] 5
Austrian Singles Charts[33] 8
French Singles Charts[34] 8
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[4] 8
Swiss Singles Charts[35] 14
RPM50 Singles (Canada)[36] 23
UK Singles Chart[37] 27
Billboard Hot 100[4] 44

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[38] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[40] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
Germany (BVMI)[41] 2× Platinum 1,000,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[42] 2× Platinum 100,000x
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[43] Gold 25,000[43]
Austria (IFPI Austria)[44] Platinum 50,000x
Worldwide sales: 7,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions Crazy World review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. ↑ Gaguet, Guillaume. "Scorpion Crazy World review". Forces Parallèles. Forces Parallèles. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Crazy World". Discogs. 1990. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 "Crazy World Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  5. ↑ "Album – Scorpions, Crazy World". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  6. ↑ "Scorpions – Crazy World (album)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  7. ↑ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artist: search for Scorpions". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  8. ↑ "Scorpions – Crazy World". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  9. ↑ "Scorpions – Crazy World (album)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  10. ↑ "Scorpions – Crazy World (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  11. ↑ "Scorpions – Crazy World (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  12. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 54, No. 9, August 03 1991". Library and Archives Canada. 3 August 1991. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  13. ↑ "Scorpions – Crazy World Chart Stats". Chart Archive.org. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  14. ↑ "スコーピオンズ - スコーピオンズのアルバム売り上げランキング". Oricon. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  15. ↑ "Scorpions – Crazy World (album)". Australian-charts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  16. ↑ "Scorpions – Don't Believe Her Chart Stats". Chart Archive.org. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  17. ↑ "Single – Scorpions, Wind of Change". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  18. ↑ "Wind of Change (song)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  19. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change (song)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  20. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  21. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change (chanson)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  22. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change (song)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  23. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change (nummer)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  24. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change Chart Stats". Chart Archive.org. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  25. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  26. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change (song)". Australian-charts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  27. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 54, No. 6, July 13, 1991". Library and Archives Canada. 13 July 1991. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  28. ↑ "Scorpions – Wind of Change (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  29. ↑ "Scorpions - Send Me an Angel (song)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  30. ↑ "Scorpions – Send Me an Angel (nummer)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  31. ↑ "Scorpions – Send Me an Angel". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  32. ↑ "Single – Scorpions, Send Me an Angel". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  33. ↑ "Scorpions – Send Me an Angel (song)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  34. ↑ "Scorpions – Send Me an Angel (chanson)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  35. ↑ "Scorpions – Send Me an Angel". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  36. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 54, No. 24, November 16, 1991". Library and Archives Canada. 16 November 1991. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  37. ↑ "Scorpions – Send Me an Angel Chart Stats". Chart Archive.org. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  38. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Scorpions – Crazy World". Music Canada.
  39. ↑ "British album certifications – Scorpions – Crazy World". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Crazy World in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  40. ↑ "American album certifications – Scorpions – Crazy World". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  41. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Scorpions; 'Crazy World')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  42. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Scorpions; 'Crazy World')". Hung Medien.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 The first web page presents the sales figures, the second presents the certification limits:
  44. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Scorpions – Crazy World" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Scorpions in the field Interpret. Enter Crazy World in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen