Album
Rock Believer
Rock Believer is the nineteenth studio album by the German band Scorpions, released on 22 February 2022. It arrived seven years after Return to Forever (2015), the longest wait between studio records in the band's career, and it sits in the catalogue as the follow-up to that 2015 set.
The record is also the first Scorpions studio album to feature drummer Mikkey Dee, who took over from James Kottak in 2016. For anyone who has followed the band since the days of Blackout and Love at First Sting, it is a chance to hear a long-running hard rock and heavy metal outfit with a fresh presence behind the kit, and to catch up with where they stood in the 2020s.
Rock Believer: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 44:36Tracklist
- 1Gas In The TankRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine3:42
- 2Roots In My BootsRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine3:18
- 3Knock 'Em DeadRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine4:12
- 4Rock BelieverKlaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker3:57
- 5Shining Of Your SoulFidelman, Schenker, Meine3:57
- 6When I Lay My Bones To RestRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine3:08
- 7Seventh SunBuff, Fidelman, Powitzer, Schenker, Meine5:29
- 8Hot And ColdMatthias Jabs and Klaus Meine4:13
- 9PeacemakerMąciwoda, Schenker, Meine2:57
- 10Call Of The WildRudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine5:21
- 11When You Know (Where You Came From)Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine4:22
- Produced by
- Hans‐Martin Buff, Scorpions
- Recorded at
- Peppermint Park, Hannover, Germany
- Recorded
- 2020–2021
- Mixed by
- Michael Ilbert
- Mixed at
- Hansa Mixroom
- Engineered by
- Hans‐Martin Buff
- Label
- Vertigo
- Length
- 44:36
Line-up
- Mikkey Dee · drums (drum set)
- Matthias Jabs · electric guitar
- Paweł Mąciwoda · bass guitar
- Rudolf Schenker · electric guitar, guitar
- Klaus Meine · lead vocals
Singles
- “Peacemaker” · 4 November 2021
- “Rock Believer” · 13 January 2022
- “Seventh Sun” · 11 February 2022
- “Shining of Your Soul” · 18 February 2022
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 2022 | 18 |
| US Billboard 200 · 2022 | 59 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2022 | 1 |
| Polish Albums · 2022 | 1 |
| French Albums · 2022 | 2 |
| German Albums · 2022 | 2 |
| Swiss Albums · 2022 | 2 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2022 | 2 |
| US Hard Rock · 2022 | 2 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2022 | 3 |
All 26 charts
| Croatian Albums · 2022 | 3 |
| Finnish Albums · 2022 | 3 |
| Austrian Albums · 2022 | 4 |
| Hungarian Albums · 2022 | 5 |
| Portuguese Albums · 2022 | 5 |
| Spanish Albums · 2022 | 5 |
| Swedish Albums · 2022 | 6 |
| Greek Albums · 2022 | 7 |
| Scottish Albums · 2022 | 8 |
| US Top Rock Albums · 2022 | 9 |
| Czech Albums · 2022 | 14 |
| Dutch Albums · 2022 | 15 |
| Italian Albums · 2022 | 24 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2022 | 27 |
| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) · 2022 | 33 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 2022 | 60 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2022-02-22; musicbrainz + wikidata 2022-02-25 (3 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 25 February 2022 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 22 February 2022 | |
| Wikidata | 25 February 2022 | |
| Wikipedia (other date) | 25 February 2022 | |
| Deezer | 13 January 2022 | |
| US release | 25 February 2022 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 25 February 2022 | earliest UK or European date |
11 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 February 2022 | — | — | 0602438808168 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | XE | Universal Music Group | 0602438813780 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | — | — | 0602438808168 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | DE | — | 0602438808168 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | XE | Universal Music Group | 0602438808168 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | JP | Vertigo Berlin | 4988031483206 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | XE | Vertigo Berlin | 0602438863518 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | US | Universal Music Group | 602438863518 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | US | Vertigo | 602438808113 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | DE | Universal | 0602438863563 | original |
| 25 February 2022 | XW | Vertigo Berlin | 00602438808083 | original |
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 3000×3000 | native: native 3000x3000 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |