ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JUNE 4, 1982 By Steve Newton The cover art of Scorpions’ new album Blackout is really quite shocking. Created by Austrian painter Gottfried Heinwein, it shows a mustachioed young man with his head completely bandaged and two steel forks protruding from the white cloth at his temples, curling menacingly into his eyes. The poor guy’s agonized scream has contorted his face and shattered the pane of glass just in front of him. But what does all this mean?

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01 – Blackout 02 – Can’t Live Without You 03 – No One Like You 04 – You Give All I Need 05 – Now! 06 – Dynamite 07 – Arizona.

Considering the fact that the vinyl beneath the portrait is more bent on aural than visual devastation, it would seem to make more sense if the three-pronged utensils were ravaging the poor fella’s ears, rather than clutching at his eyeballs. Nevertheless, Heinwein’s art gives an appropriate hint of the extremity that lies inside, for Scorpions is the kind of band that throws everything at you and leaves nothing in reserve. Take for instance the opening track, “Blackout”. It begins with nothing but Rudolf Schenker’s buzz-saw rhythm guitar, and then right on the seventh downstroke lead guitarist Matthias Jabs surges in with a blazing vibrato moan that’s enough to send any heavy rock fan into metal heaven. And while I can’t say that every cut on the German’s band’s ninth album is as moving as the title track, songs like “Arizona” and “No One Like You” more than make up for the lackluster ones.

Scorpions Blackout

Scorpions – Blackout (1982) Audio Fidelity ‘2014 # AFZ 164 PS3 Rip SACD ISO DSD64 2.0 1-bit/2.8224 MHz 36:37 minutes Scans included 1,48 GB or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz Full Scans included 733 MB Blackout was the Scorpions’ first majorly successful album, due to its clever balance of pop/rock (the title track), power ballads (“When the Smoke Is Going Down”), and catchy heavy metal (“Dynamite,” “No One Like You”). Vocalist Klaus Meine had a throat operation prior to the record’s release, and surprisingly, his voice sounds more melodic and lively than ever. Drivers vs-pvr-tv 7134se. The rest of the band sounds great as well, and the album is highlighted by the fast-paced performances of guitarists Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs. Blackout has arguably been called the Scorpions’ best record ever, and that statement is not unjust — it has more energy than anything else they have ever released.

Tracklist: 01. Can’t Live Without You 03. No One Like You 04. You Give Me All I Need 05. China White 09. When The Smoke Is Going Down Mastered for SACD by Kevin Grey at Cohearent Audio.

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