Crazy World (Scorpions album)

Crazy World

Cover design by Storm Thorgerson and Hollywood & London

Studio album by Scorpions

Released

6 November 1990

Recorded

1990

Studio

Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California, US,
Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands

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

"Tease Me Please Me"
Released: November 1990
"Don't Believe Her"
Released: December 1990
"Wind of Change"
Released: 20 January 1991
"Send Me an Angel"
Released: 17 September 1991

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Classic Rock	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10^[3]
Forces Parallèles	^[4]
Rock Hard	8.0/10^[5]

Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by German hard rock band Scorpions, released on 6 November 1990.^[6] The album peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart for albums in 1991.^[7] That same year, the song "Wind of Change" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100^[7] and "Send Me an Angel" reached No. 44 on the same chart.^[7] Crazy World was the last album to feature bassist Francis Buchholz, and by that extent, the last to feature the band's classic lineup. It also has the only Scorpions track to credit Buchholz, "Kicks After Six". This album was the band's 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.^[8]

"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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tease Me Please Me"	Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Vallance	Matthias Jabs, Jim Vallance	4:44
2.	"Don't Believe Her"	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Rudolf Schenker, Vallance	4:55
3.	"To Be with You in Heaven"	Meine	Schenker	4:48
4.	"Wind of Change"	Meine	Meine	5:10
5.	"Restless Nights"	Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Schenker	5:44
6.	"Lust or Love"	Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Meine	4:22
7.	"Kicks After Six"	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Francis Buchholz, Vallance	3:49
8.	"Hit Between the Eyes"	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Schenker	4:33
9.	"Money and Fame"	Jabs, Rarebell	Jabs	5:06
10.	"Crazy World"	Meine, Schenker, Rarebell, Vallance	Schenker	5:08
11.	"Send Me an Angel"	Meine	Schenker	4:32

Personnel

Scorpions

Klaus Meine – lead and backing vocals
Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Francis Buchholz – bass
Herman Rarebell – drums

Additional musicians

Koen van Baal, Robbie Buchanan – keyboards on "Wind of Change"
Jim Vallance – keyboards on "Send Me an Angel"
Michael Thompson – guitar on "Wind of Change"
Roy Tesse, Dries van der Schuyt, Ria Makker, Gerard v.d. Pot, Louis Spillman, Wolfgang Praetz, Inka Esser, Claudia Frohling, Cliff Roles, Peter Angmeer, Tony Ioannoua and Jim Lewis, supported by Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker, Erwin Musper and Keith Olsen – "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me"
Marcel Gelderblom, Mirjam Erftemeijer, Henk Horden and Patrick Ulenberg, supported by Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Erwin Musper and Keith Olsen - "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"

Production

Keith Olsen – producer, engineer, mixing
Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing
Shay Baby – additional engineering, mixing
Attie Bauw, Albert Boekholt, Tom Fletcher – assistant engineers
Greg Fulginiti – mastering

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1990	German Albums Chart^[9]	1
	Austrian Top 40 Albums^[10]	1
	French Albums Chart^[11]	2
	Swiss Albums Top 100^[12]	3
	Norwegian Albums Chart^[13]	4
	Swedish Albums Chart^[14]	6
	Dutch MegaCharts^[15]	6
	Billboard 200 (US)^[7]	21
	RPM100 Albums (Canada)^[16]	20
	UK Albums Chart^[17]	27
	Oricon Japanese Albums Charts^[18]	39
	Australian Albums Chart^[19]	49

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1990	"Tease Me, Please Me"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)^[7]	8
1991	"Don't Believe Her"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks^[7]	13
	"Don't Believe Her"	UK Singles Chart^[17]	77
	"Wind of Change"	German Singles Chart^[20]	1
		Swedish Singles Chart^[21]	1
		Austrian Top 40 Singles^[22]	1
		Swiss Singles Top 75^[23]	1
		French Singles Chart^[24]	1
		Norwegian Singles Chart^[25]	1
		Dutch MegaCharts^[26]	1
		Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)^[7]	2
		UK Singles Chart^[17]	2
		Ultratop 50 Belgian Chart (Flanders)^[27]	2
		Billboard Hot 100 (US)^[7]	4
		Australian Singles Chart^[28]	7
		RPM50 Singles (Canada)^[29]	10
		New Zealand Singles Chart^[30]	17
	"Send Me an Angel"	Swedish Singles Chart^[31]	4
		Dutch MegaCharts^[32]	4
		Ultratop 50 Belgian Chart (Flanders)^[33]	4
		German Singles Chart^[34]	5
		Austrian Top 40 Singles^[35]	8
		French Singles Chart^[36]	8
		Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)^[7]	8
		Swiss Singles Top 75^[37]	14
		RPM50 Singles (Canada)^[38]	23
		UK Singles Chart^[17]	27
		Billboard Hot 100 (US)^[7]	44

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[39]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[40]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[41]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[42]	2× Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[43]	2× Platinum	100,000^{^}
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)^[44]	Gold	25,000^[44]
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[45]	Platinum	50,000^*
Summaries
Worldwide		7 million
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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Scorpions
Rudolf Schenker Klaus Meine Matthias Jabs Paweł Mąciwoda Mikkey Dee James Kottak Herman Rarebell Francis Buchholz Uli Jon Roth Michael Schenker Ralph Rieckermann Rudy Lenners Jürgen Rosenthal Wolfgang Dziony Lothar Heimberg Karl-Heinz Vollmer Joe Wyman Ken Taylor Curt Cress Barry Sparks Ingo Powitzer
Studio albums	Lonesome Crow Fly to the Rainbow In Trance Virgin Killer Taken by Force Lovedrive Animal Magnetism Blackout Love at First Sting Savage Amusement Crazy World Face the Heat Pure Instinct Eye II Eye Unbreakable Humanity: Hour I Sting in the Tail Return to Forever
Live albums	Tokyo Tapes World Wide Live Live Bites Acoustica MTV Unplugged – in Athens
Cover albums	Moment of Glory Comeblack
Compilations	Best of Scorpions Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads Still Loving You Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years Big City Nights Classic Bites Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions Box of Scorpions Gold
Songs	"The Zoo" "No One Like You" "Can't Live Without You" "Rock You Like a Hurricane" "Still Loving You" "Big City Nights" "Rhythm of Love" "Passion Rules the Game" "I Can't Explain" "Wind of Change" "Send Me an Angel" "Humanity" "Raised on Rock"
Videos	World Wide Live Crazy World Tour Live... Berlin 1991 Moment of Glory Acoustica Live at Wacken Open Air 2006
Tours	Blackout Tour Love at First Sting World Tour Eye to Eye Tour Scorpions Tour 2002 Scorpions Tour 2003 Unbreakable World Tour Humanity World Tour Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour Crazy World Tour
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