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Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by German band Scorpions, released in 1979. Considered by some critics to be the pinnacle of their career,[1] Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound, exhibiting their "classic style" that would be later developed over their next few albums. Lovedrive cemented the "Scorpions formula" of hard rock songs combined with melodic ballads.

Lovedrive
Cover art by Hipgnosis
Studio album by Scorpions
Released	25 February 1979
Recorded	September–December 1978[1]
Studio	Dierks Studios, Stommeln, West Germany
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	36:49
Label	Harvest (Europe) Mercury (US, Canada)
Producer	Dieter Dierks
Scorpions chronology
Taken by Force (1977) Lovedrive (1979) Animal Magnetism (1980)
Michael Schenker chronology
Strangers in the Night (1979) Lovedrive (1979) The Michael Schenker Group (1980)
Singles from Lovedrive
"Is There Anybody There?" Released: May 1979 (UK) "Lovedrive" Released: August 1979 (UK) "Loving You Sunday Morning" Released: 1979 (US) "Another Piece of Meat" Released: 1979 (Ger.) "Holiday" Released: 1979 (US) "Always Somewhere" Released: 1979 (US)
Alternative cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Forces Parallèles	[2]
Classic Rock	[3]

Lovedrive was the band’s first album to be released by Harvest Records in Europe and Mercury Records in the United States and Canada following the band's departure from RCA. It proved to be a major commercial breakthrough, reaching No. 55 on the Billboard Top 200, which none of their previous five albums had dented at all. The RIAA certified the record as Gold on 28 May 1986,[4] and the album also proved a breakthrough in the United Kingdom where it was the first Scorpions album to chart and peaked at No. 36.[5]

Lovedrive ranked No. 25 on IGN's 2007 list of the Top 25 metal albums.[6]

Line-up changes

This is the first album to feature Matthias Jabs on lead guitar, and thus the first record to feature the band's "classic" lineup. Jabs replaced Uli Jon Roth who went on to form his own band, Electric Sun.

Michael Schenker, younger brother of rhythm guitarist Rudolf, had just split from UFO. He recorded lead guitars on "Another Piece of Meat", "Coast to Coast", "Holiday", "Loving You Sunday Morning" and "Lovedrive".[7][8][9][10] At the beginning of the Scorpions' German tour in February 1979, Michael rejoined the band and the group reluctantly parted ways with Matthias Jabs. However, in April 1979 while the band was touring in France, Michael quit, which led to Jabs' immediate return after intense negotiations.

Artwork

The original album cover depicted a well dressed man and woman seated in the back of a car, with the woman's right breast exposed and connected to the man's hand by stretched bubblegum. The back cover featured the same man and woman, but holding a photograph of the band, and with the woman's left breast completely exposed without any gum. It was created by Storm Thorgerson of the design firm Hipgnosis. It caused some controversy in the US upon the album's release,[11] with later pressings of the album bearing a simple design of a blue scorpion on a black background.[12][13] The original uncensored art was restored for the remaster series.

Recalling the cover photo with the woman and the car, Thorgerson remarked: "Not exactly the most politically correct scene you've ever seen. I thought it was funny, but women read a different inflection into it now."[13]

In a 2010 interview, singer Klaus Meine commented on the album cover, stating: "We just did not know it would be a problem in America, it was just sex and rock 'n' roll. It is odd that in America some of these covers were a problem, because in the '80s when we would tour here, we always had boobs flashed to us at the front of the stage. Nowhere else in the world, just here. We just did not think it would be a problem to put out a record like Lovedrive in America."[11]

Track listing

Personnel

Scorpions

• Klaus Meine – lead vocals
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals
• Herman Rarebell – drums, backing vocals
• Michael Schenker – lead guitar, backing vocals

Production

• Dieter Dierks – producer, engineer, mixing
• Steve Fallone – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[20]	2× Gold	200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[21]	Gold	250,000^
United States (RIAA)[22]	Gold	500,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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[de] Lovedrive

Lovedrive ist das sechste Studio-Album der deutschen Hard-Rock-Band Scorpions, das Ende Februar 1979 veröffentlicht wurde. Es ist die erste Langspielplatte der Gruppe mit dem Gitarristen Matthias Jabs, nach dem Abschied von Uli Jon Roth. Jabs prägt bis heute als Lead-Gitarrist entscheidend den Stil der Band und tritt hin und wieder auch als Komponist auf. Er wurde hier jedoch auf drei der acht Songs (laut offiziellen Angaben drei, inoffiziell sollen es, zusätzlich durch Loving You Sunday Morning, vier Lieder sein) durch den ehemaligen Scorpions- und UFO-Lead-Gitarristen Michael Schenker ersetzt, der während der Aufnahmen der Platte und der anschließenden Tournee, zwischenzeitlich wieder Mitglied der Gruppe war. Die Scheibe enthält zahlreiche Live-Klassiker der Band und gehört zu ihren beliebtesten Werken, sowohl bei den Fans als auch für die Gruppe selbst. Mit Coast to Coast enthält es den zweiten und bis heute letzten Instrumentaltitel auf einem ihrer Studioalben.

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- [en] Lovedrive

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[es] Lovedrive

Lovedrive es el sexto álbum de estudio de la banda alemana de hard rock y heavy metal Scorpions, publicado en 1979 en Europa por el sello Harvest/EMI y en los Estados Unidos por Mercury Records. Su grabación se llevó a cabo en el segundo semestre de 1978 en los estudios Dierks en Colonia (Alemania) y fue la primera producción del grupo con el guitarrista Matthias Jabs. Durante las sesiones también participó Michael Schenker como guitarrista líder en cuatro de las ocho canciones. Sin embargo, en 2018 él mencionó que su colaboración fue mayor a la señalada por la banda e inclusive criticó la carrera de su hermano y líder de Scorpions, Rudolf Schenker.

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[ru] Lovedrive

«Lovedrive» (рус. Погоня за любовью) — шестой студийный альбом немецкой хард-рок-группы Scorpions, вышедший 25 февраля 1979 года.

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