Crazy World (Scorpions album)

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Crazy World
Cover design by Richard Evans
Studio album by
Scorpions
Released6 November 1990 (1990-11-06)
Recorded1990
StudioGoodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, U.S.
Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre
Length52:53
LabelVertigo, Mercury
Producer
Scorpions chronology
Savage Amusement
(1988) 		Crazy World
(1990) 		Face the Heat
(1993)
Singles from Crazy World
  1. "Tease Me Please Me"
    Released: November 1990
  2. "Don't Believe Her"
    Released: December 1990
  3. "Wind of Change"
    Released: 21 January 1991
  4. "Send Me an Angel"
    Released: 17 September 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Classic Rock[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[5]
Forces Parallèles[6]
Rock Hard8.0/10[7]

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 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 October 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

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

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Tease Me Please Me"Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, VallanceMatthias Jabs, Jim Vallance4:44
2."Don't Believe Her"Rarebell, Meine, VallanceRudolf Schenker, Vallance4:55
3."To Be with You in Heaven"MeineSchenker4:48
4."Wind of Change"MeineMeine5:13
5."Restless Nights"Meine, Rarebell, VallanceSchenker5:44
Total length:25:24
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Lust or Love"Meine, Rarebell, VallanceMeine4:22
2."Kicks After Six"Rarebell, Meine, VallanceFrancis Buchholz, Vallance3:49
3."Hit Between the Eyes"Rarebell, Meine, VallanceSchenker4:33
4."Money and Fame"Jabs, RarebellJabs5:06
5."Crazy World"Meine, Schenker, Rarebell, VallanceSchenker5:08
6."Send Me an Angel"MeineSchenker4:32
Total length:27:30

Personnel

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Scorpions

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  • Klaus Meine – vocals, additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me", additional "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"
  • Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Wind of Change" and "Send Me an Angel", additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me", additional "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"
  • Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, rhythm guitar on "Wind of Change" and "Send Me an Angel", additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me"
  • Francis Buchholz – bass
  • Herman Rarebell – drums

Additional musicians

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  • 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 – "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me"
  • Marcel Gelderblom, Mirjam Erftemeijer, Henk Horden and Patrick Ulenberg – "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"

Production

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  • Keith Olsen – producer, engineer, mixing, additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me", additional "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"
  • Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing, additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me", additional "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"
  • Shay Baby – additional engineering, mixing
  • Attie Bauw, Albert Boekholt, Tom Fletcher – assistant engineers

Charts

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Chart performance for Crazy World
Chart (1990–1991) 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
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[18] 14
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] 5
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[22] 13
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23] 39
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[27] 27
US Billboard 200[28] 21

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[29] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[30] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[31] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[30] Platinum 80,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[32] Gold 40,716[32]
France (SNEP)[30] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[33] 2× Platinum 1,000,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[30] Gold 30,000[34]
Italy (FIMI)[35] Gold 100,000[35]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[36] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[37] Gold 50,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[39] Gold 50,000[38]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[30] Gold 50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[30] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[40] 3× Platinum 150,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[41] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
Summaries
Southeast Asia — 400,000[42]
Worldwide — 7,000,000[43]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (6 November 2015). "How Scorpions Welcomed Fans to a New Decade on 'Crazy World'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 14 September 2022. The result, as mentioned earlier, was a successful resurrection of the Scorpions' vintage '80s melodic hard rock sound
  2. ^ Begrand, Adrien. "Scorpions: Box of Scorpions". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 May 2021. 1990's Crazy World was more pop metal by numbers
  3. ^ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions Crazy World review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. ^ Dalton, Stephen (January 2014). "Scorpions - Crazy World Deluxe Edition". Classic Rock (192): 120.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 387. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
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  7. ^ Kühnemund, Götz (1990). "Review Album: Scorpions - Crazy World". Rock Hard (in German). No. 45. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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  12. ^ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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  23. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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  36. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 30 August 2024. Type Scorpions in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Crazy World in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  37. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Scorpions – Crazy World" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Crazy World in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1991 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
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