Lovedrive

Lovedrive
Cover art by Hipgnosis
Studio album by
Scorpions
ReleasedFebruary 1979
RecordedSeptember–December 1978[1]
StudioDierks Studios, Stommeln, West Germany
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length36:49
LabelHarvest
ProducerDieter Dierks
Scorpions chronology
Taken by Force
(1977) 		Lovedrive
(1979) 		Animal Magnetism
(1980)
Michael Schenker chronology
Strangers in the Night
(1979) 		Lovedrive
(1979) 		The Michael Schenker Group
(1980)
Singles from Lovedrive
  1. "Loving You Sunday Morning"
    Released: March 1979 (US)[2]
  2. "Is There Anybody There?"
    Released: May 1979 (UK)
  3. "Lovedrive"
    Released: July 1979 (UK)[3]
  4. "Another Piece of Meat"
    Released: 1979 (Ger.)
  5. "Holiday"
    Released: 1979 (US)
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Classic Rock[5]
Forces Parallèles[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[6]

Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions, released in 1979. Considered by some critics to be the pinnacle of their career,[1] Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound, exhibiting their "classic style" that would be later developed over their next few albums. Lovedrive cemented the "Scorpions formula" of hard rock songs combined with melodic ballads.

Lovedrive was the band’s first album to be released by Harvest Records in Europe and Mercury Records in the United States and Canada following the band's departure from RCA. It proved to be a major commercial breakthrough, reaching No. 55 on the Billboard Top 200, which none of their previous five albums had dented at all. The RIAA certified the record as Gold on 28 May 1986,[7] and the album also proved a breakthrough in the United Kingdom where it was the first Scorpions album to chart and peaked at No. 36.[8]

Lovedrive ranked No. 25 on IGN's 2007 list of the Top 25 metal albums.[9]

  1. ^ a b c Weber, Barry. "Scorpion - Lovedrive review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 721. ISBN 9780862415419.
  3. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 38.
  4. ^ Gaguet, Guillaume. "Scorpion Lovedrive review". Forces Parallèles. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Scorpions: Lovedrive - Album Of The Week Club Review". 21 January 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1996. p. 594.
  7. ^ "Scorpions Gold and Platinum Awards". RIAA. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Scorpions Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Top 25 Metal Albums". IGN. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2012.