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Comeblack
Comeblack is a Scorpions album released on 4 November 2011 by Columbia SevenOne Music. Half of it finds the German hard rock band re-recording their own classic songs, while the other half is given over to covers of popular rock songs from the 1960s and early 1970s. It was put together as a comeback record, following their farewell tour.
It arrived straight after Sting in the Tail, the band's 2010 studio album, and sits as the nineteenth in their studio run. The new takes on the old favourites sound bigger than the 1980s originals, according to AllMusic, which gave the record three stars out of five. Among the covers, "Children of the Revolution" and "Tainted Love" were picked out as the standouts. It makes a good starting point for hearing the band revisit their own past and their influences side by side.
Comeblack: tracklist, credits and charts
13 tracks · 54:05Tracklist
- 1Rhythm of Love (Re-Recorded)3:39
- 2No One Like You (Re-Recorded)4:07
- 3The Zoo (Re-Recorded)5:38
- 4Rock You Like a Hurricane (Re-Recorded)4:16
- 5Blackout (Re-Recorded)3:49
- 6Wind of Change (Re-Recorded)5:09
- 7Still Loving You (Re-Recorded)6:43
- 8Tainted Love3:28
- 9Children of the Revolution3:33
- 10Across the Universe3:18
- 11Tin Soldier3:14
- 12All Day and All of the Night3:16
- 13Ruby Tuesday3:55
- Produced by
- Mikael Nord Andersson, Martin Hansen
- Recorded at
- Scorpio Sound Studio and Vocal Land Studio, Germany, Opal Studio, Portland, Oregon
- Recorded
- 2011
- Labels
- Columbia SevenOne Music, Sony/Columbia Seven One, RCA (Japan)
- Length
- 54:05
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 2012–13 | 90 |
| US Hard Rock · 2012–13 | 7 |
| Portuguese Albums · 2012–13 | 20 |
| French Albums · 2012–13 | 22 |
| German Albums · 2012–13 | 25 |
| US Top Rock Albums · 2012–13 | 27 |
| Swiss Albums · 2012–13 | 33 |
| Austrian Albums · 2012–13 | 37 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2012–13 | 100 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2012–13 | 104 |
From MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Only what the sources record is shown.
54.3
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
796
ListenBrainz listeners
11k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
23k
Deezer fans (all editions)
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1972
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1974
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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1978
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1979
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1979
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1980
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1982
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1984
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1984
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1985
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1988
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1988
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1988
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1988
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1989
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1990
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1992
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1993
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1993
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1995
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1995
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1996
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1996
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1996
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1998
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1998
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1999
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1999
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2004
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2004
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2007
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2009
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The label →How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 4 November 2011 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 4 November 2011 | |
| Wikidata | 4 November 2011 | |
| Deezer | 4 November 2011 | |
| UK / Europe release | 7 November 2011 | earliest UK or European date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | DE | Columbia SevenOne Music | 886979910423 | other |
| 4 November 2011 | XW | Legacy | 884977843026 | original |
| 4 November 2011 | DE | Columbia SevenOne Music | 886979910225 | original |
| 4 November 2011 | DE | Columbia SevenOne Music | 886978307422 | original |
| 7 November 2011 | XE | Columbia SevenOne Music | 886979906716 | other |
| 5 December 2011 | XE | Columbia SevenOne Music | 886979941328 | other |
| 11 January 2012 | JP | RCA | 4547366062977 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: minor: best source 1500x1487, upscaled to 1500 (x1.01)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1500×1487 | upscaled: minor: best source 1500x1487, upscaled to 1500 (x1.01) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |