Crazy World (Scorpions album) - Composition

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Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released on 6 November 1990.[8] The album peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart for albums in 1991.[9] That same year, the song "Wind of Change" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100[9] and "Send Me an Angel" reached No. 44 on the same chart.[9] It also has the only Scorpions track to credit bassist Francis Buchholz as a writer, "Kicks After Six". This album was the band's first album in a decade and a half to not be produced by Dieter Dierks.

Crazy World

Cover design by Richard Evans

Studio album by

Scorpions

Released

6 November 1990

Recorded

1990

Studio

Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, U.S.
Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands

Genre

Hard rock[1]
pop metal[2]

Length

52:53

Label

Vertigo, Mercury

Producer

Keith Olsen
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: 21 January 1991
"Send Me an Angel"
Released: 17 September 1991

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Classic Rock	[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10[5]
Forces Parallèles	[6]
Rock Hard	8.0/10[7]

Crazy World became the band's only album to reach number one in their home country of Germany.[10] 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.[11] In the United States, it is the band's second best-selling album to 1984's Love at First Sting, and their last one to be certified at least gold by the RIAA.[12] It was the band's last studio album to feature the Lovedrive-era lineup, with Buchholz leaving the band in January 1992.

"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 the 2004 Cold Case episode "Who's Your Daddy." "Wind of Change" was also used during the 2009 film Gentlemen Broncos and towards the end of the 2014 film The Interview and international version soundtrack featured Nutri Ventures in pilot episode.

Reception

Adrien Begrand writing for PopMatters called the album "pop metal by [the] numbers".[13]

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	5:13
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
Total length:				52:51

Personnel

Scorpions

Klaus Meine – lead vocals
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead guitar on "Wind of Change" and "Send Me an Angel"
Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals, rhythm guitar on "Wind of Change" and "Send Me an Angel"
Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals
Herman Rarebell – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Koen van Baal – keyboards on "Wind of Change"
Jim Vallance – keyboards on "Send Me an Angel"
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

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14]	49
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15]	1
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[16]	20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	6
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[18]	14
French Albums (SNEP)[19]	2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[21]	39
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23]	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24]	3
UK Albums (OCC)[25]	27
US Billboard 200[26]	21

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1990	"Tease Me, Please Me"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[9]	8
1991	"Don't Believe Her"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[9]	13
	"Don't Believe Her"	UK Singles Chart[27]	77
	"Wind of Change"	German Singles Chart[28]	1
		Swedish Singles Chart[29]	1
		Austrian Top 40 Singles[30]	1
		Swiss Singles Top 75[31]	1
		French Singles Chart[32]	1
		Norwegian Singles Chart[33]	1
		Dutch MegaCharts[34]	1
		Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[9]	2
		UK Singles Chart[27]	2
		Ultratop 50 Belgian Chart (Flanders)[35]	2
		Billboard Hot 100 (US)[9]	4
		Australian Singles Chart[36]	7
		RPM50 Singles (Canada)[37]	10
		New Zealand Singles Chart[38]	17
	"Send Me an Angel"	Swedish Singles Chart[39]	4
		Dutch MegaCharts[40]	4
		Ultratop 50 Belgian Chart (Flanders)[41]	4
		German Singles Chart[42]	5
		Austrian Top 40 Singles[43]	8
		French Singles Chart[44]	8
		Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[9]	8
		Swiss Singles Top 75[45]	14
		RPM50 Singles (Canada)[46]	23
		UK Singles Chart[27]	27
		Billboard Hot 100 (US)[9]	44

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[47]	Platinum	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[48]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[49]	Gold	40,716[49]
Germany (BVMI)[50]	2× Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
Italy (FIMI)[51]	Gold	100,000[51]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[52]	Gold	100,000^{^}
Netherlands (NVPI)[53]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)[54]	Gold	25,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[55]	3× Platinum	150,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[56]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[57]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
Summaries
Southeast Asia	—	400,000[58]
Worldwide	—	7,000,000[59]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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v t e Scorpions
Rudolf Schenker Klaus Meine Matthias Jabs Paweł Mąciwoda Mikkey Dee Ralph Rieckermann Herman Rarebell Francis Buchholz Uli Jon Roth Michael Schenker Rudy Lenners Jürgen Rosenthal Wolfgang Dziony Lothar Heimberg James Kottak
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 Rock Believer
Live albums	Tokyo Tapes World Wide Live Live Bites Acoustica
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 Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads
Singles	"The Zoo" "No One Like 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" "White Dove" "You and I" "Here in My Heart" "You Are the Champion" "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	50th Anniversary World Tour Crazy World Tour
Related articles	Discography Members The Wall – Live in Berlin

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Crazy World es el undécimo álbum de estudio de la banda alemana de hard rock y heavy metal Scorpions, publicado en 1990 a través de Mercury Records. Fue coproducido por la banda y por el estadounidense Keith Olsen, que incluyó un sonido renovado, más pesado y menos glamoroso que Savage Amusement de 1988. Cabe destacar que es la última producción de estudio con el bajista Francis Buchholz, que tras la gira promocional renunció al grupo.

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Crazy World (с англ. — «Безумный мир») — одиннадцатый студийный альбом немецкой рок-группы Scorpions, вышедший 6 ноября 1990 года.

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