Animal Magnetism

Artist: Scorpions
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 042282255648
EAN: 0042282255648
ASIN: B000001F8M

Release Date: 1990-10-17

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Tracks:

Make It Real
Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)
Hold Me Tight
Twentieth Century Man
Lady Starlight
Falling in Love
Only a Man
Zoo
Animal Magnetism

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Customer Reviews:

Der Missing Link!.......2006-09-01

A very interesting album from the Scorps. . .The cover was polarizing enough, stretching the boundaries of 1980's good taste with its' exotic, animalistic, sexually provocative imagery, not to mention the bizarre inner sleeve photo(for those of you who have an original LP pressing).

Although song lyrics and structure clearly suggests the Scorps are trying to ascend the same sexually charged thematic heights reached on Lovedrive, this album tends to fall short.

First of all, this is the most poorly produced Scorpions album ever. Klaus Meine at this time appears to be already experiencing some major problems with his voice (sustain, depth, resonance), and the final mix appears to have been adjusted to compensate for it with poor results. The listener gets a very washed out, mushy sounding mix, with bass and drums severely muted, guitars with no effetive punch, and tinny vocal production that seems to exacerbate Klaus Meine's condition rather than remedy it.

Secondly, a certain little brother's writing, and specifically solo work, are missing here and leave a demonstrable void when compared to "Lovedrive".

Despite these problems, the album does manage to come to its' feet and put up a good fight. Tunes such as "Don't Make No Promises your Body Can't Keep", (a rare writing credit to Matthias Jabs), "The Zoo", and "Only a Man" keep the swaggering sexuality of the Scorps solidly moving forward. Then there is my personal favorite, "Falling in Love", whose simple guitar line understates what the song is all about, LUST! Very clever writing indeed.

The Scorps toyed with themes of misogyny/objectification of women in their lyrics, and pointedly displayed them in their album artwork. Right or wrong, I think this album is the zenith of that sexual energy, and despite some obvious flaws which were later remedied in the album "Blackout", shows this band in a very interesting period of their career. Highly Recommended. 3.5 stars.

Great album with no airplay.......2006-07-05

Maybe the Scorps best. Falling in Love and Make it Real are worth buying the CD.

The Scorpions enter the '80s gracefully........2006-03-03

Lovedrive (1979) was a masterpiece with lots of great guitarwork and powerful vocals. Those things are heard on the follow-up, Animal Magnetism, but somehow it's a little too ambitious and a little too underdeveloped. Every song is great but most of them sound too rushed or simply just re-writes of stuff on Lovedrive, like "Don't Make no Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)" which sounds virtually the same as "Another Piece of Meat" from Lovedrive. "Twentieth Century Man" is a social commentary track that doesn't contain any special lead guitarwork. "Lady Starlight" is a powerful ballad with string arrangements, but doesn't really flow well with what the band is better known for, and that's rockin' hard. They do that in wonderful tracks such as "Make It Real", "Only a Man", "Hold Me Tight", and of course, the menacing "The Zoo", which contains great drumwork. Overall, the album is worth a purchase but it's not able to compete with the previous album, Lovedrive, or its over-the-top follow-up, Blackout.

Metal Magnetism.......2005-11-14

Wow, this is the best cd made by the Scorpions in the eighties, definitively a must-have for every Metal-fan. I really was surprised when I heard this much heavier music than what the Scorpions made before. Awsome, really, and ofcourse not every song is heavy, but seven are. The best song is Animal Magnetism en the worst is Lady Starlight, but that is jsut because I dislike ballads (mostly). Make It Real really woke me up, and the next song rocks like a hurricane!!! Well, I recommend this album highly, and after buying it: enjoy!!
Keep On Rocking!!!!

One of their best.......2005-08-27

This is one of the Scorpions best overall CDs. The guitar riffs are classic and the guitar sound is hard and crisp. "The Zoo", of course, is a standout with its slow crunchy riff and Klaus talking and whispering the verses as much as singing them. "Make it Real" is fast paced with another great riff that gets the CD started off perfectly. Every song will have you jamming along with it. "Lady Starlight" is a ballad which a lot of people seem to like but it doesn't do anything for me. It's the only song on the CD that I sometimes skip. If you're a Scorpions fan, you have to have Animal Magnetism.

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