Eye II Eye

This article is about the Scorpions album. For similar uses, see Eye to Eye.

Eye II Eye
Studio album by
Scorpions
Released9 March 1999
Recorded1998–1999
StudioLittle America Studios, Austria
Genre
Length62:49
LabelEast West (Europe)
Koch (US)
WEA Japan (Japan)
ProducerPeter Wolf
Scorpions chronology
Pure Instinct
(1996) 		Eye II Eye
(1999) 		Moment of Glory
(2000)
Singles from Eye II Eye
  1. "To Be No. 1"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Mysterious"
    Released: 1999
  3. "10 Light Years Away / Start Me Up"
    Released: 1999
  4. "Eye to Eye"
    Released: 1999
  5. "Aleyah"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal2/10[2]
Metal Hammer (GER)6/7[3]
Rock Hard3.5/10[4]

Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previous work, which alienated some fans, despite the single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[5] It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature James Kottak on drums and also the final Scorpions studio album to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.

For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded largely in German, namely "Du bist so schmutzig" ("You are so dirty"), with few English lyrics by Kottak.

  1. ^ Huey, Steve. "Scorpions - Eye II Eye review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Scöwe, Andreas (April 1999). "Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ^ Breusch, Matthias (1999). "Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct". Rock Hard (in German). No. 144. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Eye II Eye Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2012.