- Crazy World
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Crazy World Studio album by Scorpions Released November 6, 1990 Recorded Summer-Fall, 1990 Genre Rock, hard rock, heavy metal Length 52:53 Label Mercury
Vertigo (Europe)Producer Keith Olsen and Scorpions Professional reviews Scorpions chronology Savage Amusement
(1988)Crazy World
(1990)Face the Heat
(1993)Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions released in November 1990. Crazy World peaked at number 21 on Billboard 200 Chart for albums in 1991. The song "Wind of Change" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, and "Send Me an Angel" reached number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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.
Contents
Track listing
- "Tease Me Please Me" (Matthias Jabs, Jim Vallance, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell) – 4:44
- "Don't Believe Her" (Rudolf Schenker, Vallance, Rarebell, Meine) – 4:55
- "To Be with You in Heaven" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:48
- "Wind of Change" (Meine) – 5:10
- "Restless Nights" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell, Vallance) – 5:44
- "Lust or Love" (Meine, Rarebell, Vallance) – 4:22
- "Kicks After Six" (Francis Buchholz, Vallance, Rarebell, Meine) – 3:49
- "Hit Between the Eyes" (Schenker, Rarebell, Meine, Vallance) – 4:33
- "Money and Fame" (Jabs, Rarebell) – 5:06
- "Crazy World" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell, Vallance) – 5:08
- "Send Me an Angel" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:34
Personnel
- Klaus Meine – lead vocals, whistling on "Wind of Change"
- Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, acoustic guitar on "Send Me an Angel", backing vocals
- Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals
- Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Credits
- Produced by Keith Olsen & Scorpions
- Engineered & Mixed By Keith Olsen & Erwin Musper
- Additional Engineering By Attie Bauw, Albert Boekholt Tom Fletcher & Shay Baby
- Additional Mixing By Shay Baby
- Mastered by Greg Fulginiti
- Keyboards By Jim Vallance & Koen VanBaal
- Additional Vocals By Claudia Frohling, Tony Ioannoua, Cliff Roles, Jim Lewis & Dries Van Der Schuyt
Notes
- "Hit Between the Eyes" was played during the ending credits of the 1992 film Freejack.
Charts
Album
Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Peak position 1991 Billboard 200 21 Austria 1 Germany 1 Switzerland 3 Norway 4 Sweden 6 UK 27 Australia 49 Singles
Billboard (North America)
Year Song Peak positions Billboard Hot 100 US Mainstream Rock 1990 "Tease Me, Please Me" - 8 1991 "Wind of Change" 4 2 1991 "Don't Believe Her" - 13 1991 "Send Me an Angel" 44 8 Scorpions Rudolf Schenker · Klaus Meine · Matthias Jabs · James Kottak · Paweł Mąciwoda
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 PowitzerStudio 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 · Moment of Glory · Unbreakable · Humanity: Hour I · Sting in the TailLive albums Compilations The Best of Scorpions Vol. 1 · The Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 · Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads · Still Loving You · Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years · Big City Nights · 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Scorpions · Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions · Box of Scorpions · Gold · ComeblackVideos World Wide Live · Crazy World Tour Live Release · A Savage Crazy World · Moment of Glory · Acoustica · Unbreakable World Tour 2004 · Live at Wacken Open Air 2006Tours Lonesome Crow Tour · Fly to the Rainbow Tour · In Trance Tour · Virgin Killer Tour · Taken by Force Tour · Lovedrive Tour · Animal Magnetism Tour · Blackout Tour · Love at First Sting World Tour · Savage Amusement World Tour · Crazy World Tour · Face the Heat World Tour · Pure Instinct World Tour · Eye to Eye Tour · Moment Of Glory Tour · Acoustica Tour · Scorpions Tour 2002 · Scorpions Tour 2003 · Unbreakable World Tour · Humanity World Tour · Get Your Sting and Blackout World TourRelated articles Discography · The Wall – Live in BerlinCategories Members · Albums · Songs · Concert toursCategories:- 1990 albums
- Scorpions (band) albums
- Albums produced by Keith Olsen
- Mercury Records albums
- Vertigo Records albums
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