THE SCORPIONS
EYE II EYE (Koch)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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There it is! Track 13! Almost good enough to make you forget the 12 that crept by at caterpillar speed before it. Not that the songs are all ballady and slow (though many are). It simply felt like glacier watching. The thing looks huge, you know what it can do, but it's apparently not gonna happen in YOUR lifetime. The Scorpions were once leaders of the headbanger set, capable of writing powerhouse hooks and well structured tunes, yet too explosive to be lumped in with the pop metal hair boys of the 80s. They've obviously still got their musical skills honed to a fine point, and a few of the ballads are probably pleasing to those who look to metal bands for ballads. Me, I want a bloody forehead when I pop a Scorps CD in the player. Track 13, "Aleyah," woulda been a bloodbath if it had been track one, or even track two, but a dozen overproduced tracks (thanks, Peter Wolf) left me numb. If you hear the name Scorpions and think "Blackout" or "The Zoo," you'll have the same glassy-eyed expression I had by the end of this thing. If, on the other hand, the name Scorpions only makes you think of "Still Loving You," then step right up.

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