Acoustica
by Scorpions
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 June 2001
- Label: EastWest
- Country: Germany
- Length: 1:10:59
- Community rating: 3.35/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Liv Van Aelst, recording supervisor, Ronald Prent, Christian Kolonovits, Klaus Meine, Audio Puro/Lisbon, Freddie Mercury, Ric Ocasek, Katja H眉bner, Kristel Van Craen, Peter F. Amend, Johan Daansen, Kerry Livgren, Hille Bemelmans, Tobias K眉hner, Mario Argando帽a, Ralph Rieckermann, Ingo Powitzer, Herman Rarebell, Ian Cooper, Peter Kirkman, Anette Guthmann, Ariana Arcu, James Kottak
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Acoustica' recasts Scorpions' hard rock catalogue in acoustic arrangements, recorded live in Lisbon with additional strings and backing singers. Ballads dominate the programme, with the band's melodic side replacing its usual guitar attack.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, acoustic, live, ballad, harmonies
Tracklist
- The Zoo (5:48)
- Always Somewhere (4:11)
- Life Is Too Short (5:18)
- Holiday (5:55)
- You & I (5:19)
- When Love Kills Love (4:54)
- Dust In The Wind (3:49)
- Send Me An Angel (5:24)
- Catch Your Train (3:41)
- I Wanted To Cry (But The Tears Wouldn't Come) (3:49)
- Wind Of Change (5:34)
- Love Of My Life (2:32)
- Drive (4:00)
- Still Loving You (6:11)
- Hurricane 2001 (4:34)
Credits
- Matthias Jabs - guitar [guitars]
- Rudolf Schenker - guitar [guitars], music by, lyrics by
- Klaus Meine - vocals, lyrics by, music by, lyrics by
- Kerry Livgren - music by, lyrics by
- Freddie Mercury - music by, lyrics by
- Ric Ocasek - music by, lyrics by
- Hartmut Pfannm眉ller - engineer [recording], recording supervisor, recording supervisor [mixing supervisor]
- Peter F. Amend - management, legal [affairs]
- Katja H眉bner - artwork
- Kurt Richter - engineer [assistant]
- Peter Brandt - engineer [recording]
- Gerd Thieme - management [scorpions-office]
- Renate Kaufhold - management [scorpions-office]
- Ian Cooper - mastered by
- Ronald Prent - mixed by
- Tom Jansen - mixed by [assistant]
- Klaus Becker - photography by [all photos]
- Kajetan Kandler - photography by [front cover]
- Tobias K眉hner - production manager
- Audio Puro/Lisbon - recorded by
- Rene Thomsen - technician [drums for james]
- Achim Schulze - technician [front of house mixer]
- Malte Krug - technician [keyboards for christian]
- G眉nther J盲ckle - technician [lighting designer]
- Lars Wulff - technician [lighting operator]
- Herman Rarebell - lyrics by