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Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previous work, which alienated some fans, despite the single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[5] It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature James Kottak on drums and also the final Scorpions studio album to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.

Eye II Eye

Studio album by

Scorpions

Released

9 March 1999

Recorded

1998–1999

Studio

Little America Studios, Austria

Genre

Hard rock
pop rock
experimental rock

Length

62:49

Label

East West (Europe)
Koch (US)
WEA Japan (Japan)

Producer

Peter Wolf

Scorpions chronology

Pure Instinct
(1996)

Eye II Eye
(1999)

Moment of Glory
(2000)

Singles from Eye II Eye

"To Be No. 1"
Released: 1999
"Mysterious"
Released: 1999
"10 Light Years Away / Start Me Up"
Released: 1999
"Eye to Eye"
Released: 1999
"Aleyah"
Released: 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	2/10[2]
Metal Hammer (GER)	6/7[3]
Rock Hard	3.5/10[4]

For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded largely in German, namely "Du bist so schmutzig" ("You are so dirty").

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Mysterious"	Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron	5:28
2.	"To Be No. 1"	Peter Wolf, Jabs	3:57
3.	"Obsession"	Meine, Wolf	4:09
4.	"10 Light Years Away" (Lyrics: Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker)	Jones, Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker	3:52
5.	"Mind Like a Tree"	Schenker, Wolf	5:34
6.	"Eye to Eye" (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf's fathers)	Schenker	5:04
7.	"What U Give U Get Back" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker)	Schenker, Wolf	5:02
8.	"Skywriter"	Schenker	4:55
9.	"Yellow Butterfly"	Schenker, Frederiksen	5:44
10.	"Freshly Squeezed"	Schenker, Wolf	3:58
11.	"Priscilla"	Schenker	3:17
12.	"Du bist so schmutzig" (Lyrics: Meine, Jabs, James Kottak)	Jabs, Schenker	3:55
13.	"Aleyah" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker)	Schenker	4:19
14.	"A Moment in a Million Years"	Meine	3:38

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Music	Length
15.	"You and I (“Butcher”-radio-remix)"	Meine	4:00

Eye II Eye single-only track
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Mind Power" (from the "To Be No.1" CD-single)	Meine	4:28

Personnel

Scorpions

Klaus Meine – lead vocals
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals
Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals
James Kottak – drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Du bist so schmutzig"

Additional musicians

Peter Wolf – keyboards and piano on "A Moment in a Million Years"
Michelle Wolf – backing vocals on "Skywriter"
Mick Jones – acoustic guitar on "10 Light Years Away"
Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Michelle Wolf, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals on "What U Give U Get Back"
Herman Rarebell – backing vocals on "Mind Like a Tree"

Production

Peter Wolf – producer, mixing of tracks 5, 6 and 14, arrangements with Scorpions
A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen and Kenji Nagano – engineers
Bill Schnee – mixing
Chris Kimsey – mixing on track 2
Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering

Charts

Album

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6]	37
French Albums (SNEP)[7]	50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9]	24
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10]	84
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	49

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1999	"Mysterious"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[5]	26
1999	"To Be No. 1"	German Singles Chart[12]	55

References

Huey, Steve. "Scorpions - Eye II Eye review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
Scöwe, Andreas (April 1999). "Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
Breusch, Matthias (1999). "Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct". Rock Hard (in German). No. 144. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
"Eye II Eye Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
"Scorpions: Eye II Eye" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
"Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Select Scorpions from the menu, then press OK.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Scorpions – Eye II Eye" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
"Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1999. 15. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
"Swisscharts.com – Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
"Single – Scorpions, To Be No. 1". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

External links

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Rudolf Schenker Klaus Meine Matthias Jabs Paweł Mąciwoda Mikkey Dee James Kottak Ralph Rieckermann Herman Rarebell Francis Buchholz Uli Jon Roth Michael Schenker Rudy Lenners Jürgen Rosenthal Wolfgang Dziony Lothar Heimberg
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

На других языках

- [en] Eye II Eye

[es] Eye II Eye

Eye II Eye es el décimo cuarto álbum de estudio de la banda alemana de hard rock y heavy metal Scorpions, publicado en 1999 bajo el sello East West Records. Además, es el primer trabajo con el baterista estadounidense James Kottak, que ingresó a mediados de 1996 antes de iniciar la gira promocional de Pure Instinct.

[ru] Eye II Eye

Eye II Eye (рус. С глазу на глаз) — четырнадцатый студийный альбом немецкой рок-группы Scorpions, вышедший в 1999 году.

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