World Wide Live

World Wide Live
Live album by
ReleasedJune 14, 1985 (1985-06-14)[1]
RecordedLove at First Sting World Tour
23 January 1984 – 7 February 1985
GenreHeavy metal[2]
Length77:27
LabelHarvest/EMI (Europe)
Mercury (US)
ProducerDieter Dierks
Scorpions live albums chronology
Tokyo Tapes
(1978)
World Wide Live
(1985)
Live Bites
(1995)
Singles from World Wide Live
  1. "No One Like You"
    Released: June 1985
World Wide Live
Video by
Released1985
Recorded1984–1985 World Tour
Genre
Length60 min.
LabelPMI / Castle
DirectorHart Perry
ProducerMarty Callner, Hart Perry
Scorpions video albums chronology
World Wide Live
(1985)
To Russia with Love and Other Savage Amusements
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[4]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[5]

World Wide Live is a live album by German rock band Scorpions, released in 1985. The original audio recording was produced by Dieter Dierks. A VHS was released at the same time with footage of Scorpions' world tour.

The live album was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set, in a gatefold-sleeve, and a cassette. The liner notes contain a crew member list, tour date information and when the shows were recorded:

  • Bercy, Paris, France (1984-02-29)
  • The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1984-04-24 & 1984-04-25)
  • Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA (1984-04-26)
  • Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, USA (1984-04-28)
  • Sporthalle, Cologne, West Germany (1984-11-17)

The initial CD release featured 15 tracks (dropping "Another Piece of Meat", "Six-String Sting" and "Can't Get Enough", parts 1 & 2, due to time constraints), but the remastered edition of 1997 features the original album in full.

  1. ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 7 June 1985. p. 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Review: Scorpions - World Wide Live | Sputnikmusic". Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions World Wide Live review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  5. ^ Holmes, Tim (12 September 1985). "Album Reviews: Scorpions - World Wide Live". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2012.