Eye II Eye

Artist: The Scorpions
Label: Koch Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 099923805229
EAN: 0099923805229
ASIN: B00000J8NQ

Release Date: 1999-06-22

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Tracks:

Mysterious
To Be No.1
Obsession
10 Light Years Away
Mind Like A Tree
Eye To Eye
What U Give U Get Back
Skywriter
Yellow Butterfly
Freshly Squeezed
Priscilla
Du Bist So Schmutzig
Aleyah
A Moment In A Million Years

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Face the Heat
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Fly to the Rainbow

Customer Reviews:

I like this side of Scorpions..........2006-09-30

Alright, when I first bought this album I would have given it 5 stars, for it just blew my mind. It's Scorpions with a wonderful, renewed sound, fresh as if they were high school kids. Klaus's voice is amazing, and the overall production is clean and shining (just compare the sound of this album to Crazy world and you'll know what I mean).

So, after 7 years of its release, I'm only giving it 4 stars, because there are so many ballads (and not precisely the group's best) in this album. 5 tracks certainly keep their jewel status through time and those are: Mysterious, Yellow butterfly, Skywriter, Aleyah and Du bist so schmutzig. I must admit that now when I listen to this record I usually skip from track 2 to 7. They're not bad songs, but I guess a little bit too mellow (except for Mind like a tree, but I never really liked the China White-kind of Scorpions sound). Im my opinion this record is much better than Unbreakable for the simple reason that they were still using their creativity to do something new and exciting, and not to try to "re-create" themselves (and failing to).

If you're a die-hard Scorps fan you must own it. If you just like the 80's stuff don't even look at it. If you are a newcomer and are interested in the band, this could be (depending on the music you like) a good start. I love Scorpions and as most everything the Scorpions does, this is great! Much better than other group's best stuff.

People who say this is bad don't understand music.......2006-02-27

People, who "claim" to be fans of Scorpions, but don't like this album simply don't understand the music. These people probably just want a song they could head bang too, but some of us want a song that is unique, interesting, musically appealing, and thoughtful. Most of the songs on this album are just that.
This is what we call maturing. It doesn't mean they don't know how to rock anymore; it simply means that they've chosen to experiment a little on this album. And, in my opinion and I'm sure many other real Scorpions fans would agree, the band was very successful with this album.
Mysterious is a great opening track. Kinda reminds me of recent U2 (although the track may be slightly too long).
Obsession is a decent ballad.
10 Light Years Away is a great, melodious rock song.
Mind Like a Tree is good for all you who want to head bang to an impersonation of Disturbed.
Eye To Eye, What You Give Back, and Skywriter are all very original, great-written songs.
And then the last 3 songs are very good as well, ending off the album nicely.
This album has a certain thing that is difficult to achieve on a lot of albums: continuity. There is a certain uniform feeling that is existant throughout the entire album and it sorta binds all the songs together so that they go hand in hand with one another. This continuity is an important thing for an album to have in order for me to deem it successful.
Thanks for reading.

Certainly NOT the band you know and love..........2005-04-17

Eye II Eye (1999.) Scorpions' fourteenth album.

The seventies and eighties were decades that were kind to the Scorpions. The former saw the band's rise in musical power, and the latter was the decade in which the band gained massive mainstream success. Unfortunately for the once-great metal band, the nineties didn't go nearly as good. Percussionist Hermann Rarebell, one of the key members of the group, had left. With him gone, the band released Pure Instinct, an album which was, essentially, ballad overkill. It also hinted at the band moving in a new direction - certainly NOT the one the fans of their classic material wanted to see. The album was followed up a few short years later with Eye II Eye, released in 1999. Would the new album see a return to roots for the once-great metal band, or would it be a further tragic misstep? Read on for my review.

I've gotta say, being a life-long Scorpions fan, this album was a big disappointment - and I will not hesitate to say that this is the worst album the band has ever released. That said, though, it's not a bad album (It's bad by the band's standards, but since the standards of modern music are so quickly degrading, it's good by them.) This album features mostly ballads, just as Pure Instinct before it did - which beautifully demonstrates how much Hermann Rarebell's departure has hurt the band. A problem with the ballads is that, not only do they all sound pretty similar, but also that they are placed in a bad place on the album. For the most part, all the ballads come before all the rockers. Because of this, most listeners will lose interest in the album before they even get to the tracks that rock. Even the tracks that can be considered rockers are a far cry from anything the band did back in their heyday. Everything on here has a modernized rock sound on it - not a classic metal one. The hard rockers are more along the lines of the bands from the era in which the album was released. And even then, I'd be hesitant about calling these hard rockers or heavy metal tracks. If you don't believe me, listen to the album for yourself - you may be shocked. In the end, I DO believe this is a good album, but I also believe it pales in comparison to everything else the band has ever done.

This album's availability is dismal, just like their other nineties works. I have mixed emotions about this - these albums from this era aren't that great, but at the same time, their lack of availibility makes it harder for fans to complete their collections. For that reason, I'm hoping they get reissued sometime.

I only bought Eye II Eye for two reasons - I got it VERY cheap at a used CD retailer, and I needed it to go towards completing my Scorpions studio discography collection. If you're a fan of the band, I don't advise buying this album for anything but those two reasons. I admit, though, some people will get more into the album than others, and many will hate it. It is for this reason tht I ONLY recommend it to open-minded, die-hard fans of the band, or completists. Otherwise, there isn't a whole lot here worth your time or money.

The Scorpians ?????????.......2005-02-13

Words can't properly describe how BAD this CD is until you listen to it. I'll never forget when this came out back in 2000 and I thought "Cool, a new Scorpians CD", then went out and bought it and how SEVERLY dissapointed I was when I listened to this for the first time. What were these guys thinking when they made this Stupid Disc, I mean dumb Synth/Hip Hop trendy modern sounds. This is NOT something a regular, true Scorpians fan will enjoy, much less EVER want to play again. They have redemeed themselves again by releasing "Unbreakable" and getting back to the type of music that they do well, good hard rockin' songs, not like the songs on this sorry release.

Stay far away from this if you only like the "Old" Scorpions.......2004-09-08

What in the name of heavens where they thinking??!! Ok, they have the right change their music but really this is a bit extreme, there are some songs here that Madonna could have used for her albums. Of course you'll find one or another good track but all in all this album really sounds too popish.
Just when you thought that Pure Instinct really fits with the worst Scorpions' album gold medal, here comes Eye II Eye to take the medal away.

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