SCORPIONS – FACE THE HEAT LP – Nr MINT 1993 METAL SCHENKER

Scorpions – Face The Heat
(Mercury Records  1993  5182801)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– a little wear to edges
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965. Since the band’s inception, their musical style has ranged from hard rock to heavy metal. The band’s only constant member is guitarist Rudolf Schenker, although Klaus Meine has been lead singer for all their studio albums. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and many singles, such as “No One Like You”, “Send Me an Angel”, “Still Loving You”, and “Wind of Change”. The band was ranked No. 46 on VH1’s Greatest Artists of Hard Rock program. “Rock You Like a Hurricane” is also No. 18 on VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.

Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by the German hard rock band Scorpions in 1993.

Track listing

Personnel

Scorpions

• Klaus Meine – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements on “Woman”
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, sitar, EBow, backing vocals
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, talk box
• Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion
• Ralph Rieckermann – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• John Webster – keyboards
• Luke Herzog – additional keyboards on “Woman” and “Lonely Nights”, arrangements on “Woman”
• Helen Donath – opera voice on “Ship of Fools”
• Rhian Gittins – girl’s voice on “Nightmare Avenue”
• Paul Laine, Mark LaFrance – backing vocals
• Bruce Fairbairn, Mark Hudson – backing vocals on “Under the Same Sun”

Production

• Bruce Fairbairn – producer, arrangements with Scorpions
• Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
• Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Hubert Kretzschmar – cover photography