Eye II Eye
1999 studio album by Scorpions
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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.
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| Released | 9 March 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
| Studio | Little America Studios, Austria | |||
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| Length | 62:49 | |||
| Label | East West (Europe) Koch (US) WEA Japan (Japan) | |||
| Producer | Peter Wolf | |||
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| Singles from Eye II Eye | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 2/10[2] |
| Metal Hammer (GER) | 6/7[3] |
| Rock Hard | 3.5/10[4] |
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.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Mysterious" | Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron | 5:28 |
| 2. | "To Be No. 1" | Peter Wolf, Jabs | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Obsession" | Meine, Wolf | 4:09 |
| 4. | "10 Light Years Away" (Lyrics: Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker) | Jones, Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Mind Like a Tree" | Schenker, Wolf | 5:34 |
| 6. | "Eye to Eye" (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf's fathers) | Schenker | 5:04 |
| 7. | "What U Give U Get Back" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker) | Schenker, Wolf | 5:02 |
| 8. | "Skywriter" | Schenker | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Yellow Butterfly" | Schenker, Frederiksen | 5:44 |
| 10. | "Freshly Squeezed" | Schenker, Wolf | 3:58 |
| 11. | "Priscilla" | Schenker | 3:17 |
| 12. | "Du bist so schmutzig" (Lyrics: Meine, Jabs, James Kottak) | Jabs, Schenker | 3:55 |
| 13. | "Aleyah" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker) | Schenker | 4:19 |
| 14. | "A Moment in a Million Years" | Meine | 3:38 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 15. | "You and I (“Butcher”-radio-remix)" | Meine | 4:00 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Mind Power" (from the "To Be No.1" CD-single) | Meine | 4:28 |
Personnel
- Scorpions
- Klaus Meine – lead vocals
- Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, lead guitars, acoustic guitar, electric sitar, backing vocals
- Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, voice box, mandolin
- Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals
- James Kottak – drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Du bist so schmutzig"
- Additional musicians
- Peter Wolf – keyboards and piano on "A Moment in a Million Years"
- Michelle Wolf – backing vocals on "Skywriter" and "What U Give U Get Back"
- Mick Jones – acoustic guitar on "10 Light Years Away"
- Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals on "What U Give U Get Back"
- Herman Rarebell – backing vocals on "Mind Like a Tree"
- Production
- Peter Wolf – producer, mixing of tracks 5, 6 and 14, arrangements with Scorpions
- A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen and Kenji Nakai – engineers
- Bill Schnee – mixing
- Chris Kimsey – mixing on track 2
- Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
Charts
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] | 37 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[7] | 50 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 6 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] | 24 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] | 84 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 49 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[12] | 23 |
Sales and certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Malaysia[13] | Platinum | 25,000[13] |
| South Korea | — | 11,515[14] |