Blackout (Scorpions album)

Blackout
Cover art by Gottfried Helnwein
Studio album by
Scorpions
Released8 March 1982 (1982-03-08)[1]
StudioVilla San Pecaïre (Saint Jacques, Grasse, France) with Dierks Recording Mobile
Dierks Studios (Stommeln, West Germany)
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length36:44
LabelHarvest/EMI
ProducerDieter Dierks
Scorpions chronology
Animal Magnetism
(1980) 		Blackout
(1982) 		Love at First Sting
(1984)
Singles from Blackout
  1. "Now!"
    Released: March 1982 (Japan)
  2. "No One Like You"
    Released: March 1982
  3. "Can't Live Without You"
    Released: July 1982 (UK)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[3]
Forces Parallèles[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions. It was released in 1982 by Harvest and EMI Records.

In the US, the album was certified gold on 24 June 1982 and platinum on 8 March 1984 by RIAA.[6] Rolling Stone ranked Blackout as 73rd on their list of "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" in 2017.[7]

  1. ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 26 February 1982. p. 27. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions Blackout review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ Gaguet, Guillaume. "Scorpion Blackout review". Forces Parallèles. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. ^ Considine, J.D. (24 June 1982). "Album Reviews: Scorpions - Blackout". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  6. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database: search for Scorpions". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Rolling Stone Share Their Choices For 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time'". ThePRP. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2019.