Album · Compilation
Big City Nights
Big City Nights is a compilation from the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released on 11 July 1998 through Rebound Records. It arrived between the albums Pure Instinct, from 1996, and Eye II Eye, which followed in 1999, so it belongs to the later stretch of a career that began with Lonesome Crow in 1972.
One detail will interest collectors. "No One Like You" is listed on the album as a live version, yet some pressings swap it for the studio recording. If you like to track down the differences between copies of a record, it is worth checking which one you have. It is a handy way to revisit the band's work in a single collection.
Big City Nights: tracklist and credits
11 tracks · 50:13Tracklist
- 1Big City NightsRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine4:09
- 2Animal MagnetismSchenker, Erbel, Meine5:57
- 3Send Me an AngelRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine4:34
- 4Rock You Like a Hurricane (live)Schenker, Meine, Rarebell4:20
- 5Still Loving You (live)Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine5:52
- 6No One Like You (live)Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine4:11
- 7Wind of Change (live)Klaus Meine5:48
- 8Kicks After SixBuchholz, Vallance, Meine, Rarebell3:50
- 9Rhythm of LoveRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine3:49
- 10No Pain No GainSchenker, Hudson, Meine3:56
- 11Can’t Live Without YouRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine3:47
- Produced by
- Dieter Dierks, Keith Olsen, Scorpions, Bruce Fairbairn, Scorpions
- Recorded at
- Dierks Studios, Goodnight LA Studios, Wisseloord Studios, Scorpio Sound Studios, Little Mountain Sound, Villa San Pecaïre
- Recorded
- 1980–1995
- Mixed by
- Mike Beiriger, Dieter Dierks, Scorpions, Shay Baby, Erwin Musper, Keith Olsen, Nigel Green, Mike Shipley, Gerd Rautenbach
- Mixed at
- Dierks Studios, Wisseloord Studios
- Engineered by
- Mike Beiriger, Dieter Dierks, David Hewitt, Gerd Rautenbach, Erwin Musper, Keith Olsen, Ian Taylor, Mike Plotnikoff
- Labels
- Rebound Records, Universal Special Products/Rebound
- Length
- 50:13
Line-up
- Francis Buchholz · bass guitar, background vocals
- Matthias Jabs · electric guitar, slide guitar, background vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar
- Herman Rarebell · percussion, drums (drum set), background vocals
- Rudolf Schenker · electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals, guitar, sitar
- Klaus Meine · lead vocals, background vocals, vocals
- Jim Vallance · keyboard · guest
- Ralph Rieckermann · bass guitar, background vocals · guest
- Lee Aaron · background vocals · guest
- Peter Baltes · background vocals · guest
- John Webster · keyboard · guest
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 11 July 1998 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 11 July 1998 | |
| Wikidata | 11 July 1998 | |
| US release | 11 July 1998 | earliest US date |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 1998 | US | Rebound Records | 731452051127 | original |
| 8 October 2003 | US | Universal Music Special Markets | other |
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|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1418×1395 | upscaled: major: best source 1418x1395, upscaled to 1500 (x1.08) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |