- Taken by Force
Infobox Album | Name = Taken by Force
Type =Album
Artist = Scorpions
Released = January 1978
Recorded = June-October, 1977
Genre =Hard rock , heavy metal
Length = 39:05
Label = RCA
Producer = Dieter Dierks
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yifozfhheh6k link] "
Last album = "Virgin Killer "
(1976)
This album = "Taken by Force"
(1977)
Next album = "The Best of the Scorpions "
(1978)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Studio album
"Taken By Force" is the fifth studio album by German heavy metal band Scorpions that was released in 1978. The photography was done by Michael von Gimbut [cite album-notes |title=Taken By Force |albumlink= |bandname=Scorpions |year=2001 |notestitle= |url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005QCFH |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |pages= |format= |publisher=Breeze Music for Toshiba EMI Limited |publisherid=TOCP-53202 |location=Japan |mbid=] .
This was the final Scorpions album to feature guitarist Ulrich Jon Roth. Roth left the band in 1979 following the recording of the album and was eventually replaced by
Matthias Jabs .Track listing
# "Steamrock Fever" (Schenker/Meine) – 3:37
# "We'll Burn the Sky" (Schenker/Dannemann) – 6:26
# "I've Got to Be Free" (Roth) – 4:00
# "Riot of Your Time" (Schenker/Meine) – 4:09
# "The Sails of Charon" (Roth) – 4:23
# "Your Light" (Roth) – 4:31
# "He's a Woman – She's a Man" (Schenker/Meine/Rarebell) – 3:15
# "Born to Touch Your Feelings" (Schenker/Meine) – 7:40
# "Suspender Love" [CD reissue bonus track] (Schenker/Meine) – 3:20
# "Polar Nights" [Live "Tokyo Tapes" version - CD bonus track] (Roth) – 6:56Note 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
Credits
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Klaus Meine - Lead Vocals
*Ulrich Roth - Lead Guitars
*Rudolf Schenker - Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals
*Francis Buchholz - Bass, Backing Vocals
*Herman Rarebell - Drums, PercussionReferences
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