Eye II Eye by Scorpions, album cover
Album

Eye II Eye

Released9 March 1999
Popularity56.1
Also cited21 April 1999

Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released on 9 March 1999 on EastWest. It arrived after Pure Instinct and before Moment of Glory, and it marked a clear change of direction, leaning much more towards pop than anything the band had done before.

It also brought a few firsts and lasts. James Kottak played drums on a Scorpions studio album for the first time, while this was the final one to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass. "Mysterious" reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, though the softer approach alienated many longtime fans. The curiosity is "Du bist so schmutzig", the only Scorpions song so far recorded largely in German, with a few English lines from Kottak. It's worth hearing as a surprising detour in the band's catalogue.

Eye II Eye: tracklist, credits and charts

15 tracks · 1:08:44

Tracklist

  1. 1MysteriousByron, Jabs, Rieckermann, Schenker, Meine5:28
  2. 2To Be No. 1Jabs, Wolf, Meine3:57
  3. 3ObsessionKlaus Meine and Peter Wolf4:09
  4. 410 Light Years AwayFrederiksen, Jones, Meine, Schenker3:53
  5. 5Mind Like a TreeSchenker, Wolf, Meine5:34
  6. 6Eye to EyeRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine5:05
  7. 7What U Give U Get BackSchenker, Wolf, Meine5:02
  8. 8SkywriterRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine4:55
  9. 9Yellow ButterflyFrederiksen, Schenker, Meine5:44
  10. 10Freshly SqueezedSchenker, Wolf, Meine3:58
  11. 11PriscillaRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine3:18
  12. 12Du bist so schmutzigJabs, Schenker, Kottak, Meine3:55
  13. 13AleyahRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine4:20
  14. 14A Moment in a Million YearsKlaus Meine4:58
  15. 15When You Came Into My Life (new version)Meine, Puspa, Schenker, Sundah4:27
Produced by
Peter Wolf, Scorpions
Recorded at
Little America Studios (Austria)
Recorded
1998–1999
Mixed by
Bill Schnee, Chris Kimsey, Peter Wolf
Mixed at
Bill Schnee Studios, Olympic Studios, Little America Studios
Engineered by
Paul Ericksen, Christian Leitgeb
Labels
EastWest, Koch (US), WEA Japan (Japan)
Length
1:08:44

Line-up

  • Matthias Jabs · electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
  • James Kottak · drums (drum set), background vocals, lead vocals
  • Ralph Rieckermann · bass guitar, background vocals
  • Rudolf Schenker · acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar, background vocals
  • Klaus Meine · lead vocals, vocals
  • Mick Jones · guitar · guest
  • Herman Rarebell · background vocals · guest
  • Lynn Davis · background vocals · guest
  • Kevin Dorsey · background vocals · guest
  • Siedah Garrett · background vocals · guest
  • James Ingram · background vocals · guest
  • Phil Perry · background vocals · guest
  • Michelle Wolf · background vocals · guest
  • Peter Wolf · piano, keyboard · guest

Singles

  • “To Be No. 1” · 1999
  • “Mysterious” · 1999
  • “10 Light Years Away / Start Me Up” · 1999
  • “Eye to Eye” · 1999
  • “Aleyah” · 1999

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
German Albums · 19996
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 199923
Hungarian Albums · 199924
Finnish Albums · 199937
Swiss Albums · 199949
French Albums (SNEP) · 199950
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 199984

Certifications

RegionCertification
MalaysiaPlatinum

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56.1
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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 1999-04-21 (musicbrainz)
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz21 April 1999ignored lone early release dated 1999-03-22
Wikipedia infobox9 March 1999
Wikidata9 March 1999
US release22 June 1999earliest US date
UK / Europe release22 March 1999earliest UK or European date
5 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
1999THEastWest639842719322other
1999MYEastWest639842719322other
22 March 1999XEEastWest639842683029original
21 April 1999JPEastWest Japan4988029700148other
22 June 1999USKOCH Records099923805229other
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