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Scorpions – Face The Heat / PolyGram Records Audio CD 1993 / 518 280-2
UPC 731451828027
Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by the German hard rock band Scorpions in 1993.
It was produced by the band and the late Bruce Fairbairn and released on the Mercury label. This album marked their status as a sort of political band with the song "Alien Nation", which was about the re-unification of Germany. This album had a contemporary touch to it, as the band were then going with the current trends, before later returning to their original style in Unbreakable in 2004. This is the last album to feature drummer Herman Rarebell, and the first with Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.
"Under the Same Sun" was played during the ending credits of the 1994 film On Deadly Ground.
"Alien Nation" was covered by the Italian heavy metal band Mastercastle, recorded by Pier Gonella at MusicArt Studios and released as Japanese bonus track of their album The Phoenix.
"Lonely Nights" was later included in the 2017 compilation album Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Alien Nation
Written-By – Meine, Schenker |
5:44 |
| 2 | No Pain No Gain
Written-By – Meine, Hudson, Schenker |
3:55 |
| 3 | Someone To Touch
Written-By – Meine, Hudson, Schenker |
4:28 |
| 4 | Under The Same Sun
Backing Vocals – Bruce Fairbairn, Mark Hudson, Written-By – Meine, Hudson, Fairbairn |
4:52 |
| 5 | Unholy Alliance
Written-By – Meine, Schenker |
5:16 |
| 6 | Woman
Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Luke Herzog, Written-By – Meine, Schenker |
5:56 |
| 7 | Hate To Be Nice
Written-By – Meine, Schenker |
4:30 |
| 8 | Taxman Woman
Written-By – Meine, Schenker |
3:33 |
| 9 | Ship Of Fools
Voice [Opera Voice] – Helen Donath, Written-By – Meine, Schenker |
4:15 |
| 10 |
Nightmare Avenue
Voice [Girl's Voice] – Rhian Gittins, Written-By – Meine, Hudson, Jabs |
3:54 |
| 11 | Lonely Nights
Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Luke Herzog, Written-By – Meine, Schenker |
4:44 |
| 12 | Destin | 3:17 |
| 13 | Daddy's Girl | 4:17 |
- Arranged By – Bruce Fairbairn (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 11), Luke Herzog (tracks: 6), Rudolf Schenker (tracks: 6), Scorpions (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 11)
- Art Direction – Michael Bays
- Artwork, Design – A3 (4)
- Backing Vocals – Mark LaFrance, Paul Laine
- Bass Guitar – Ralph Rieckermann
- Drums, Percussion – Herman Rarebell
- Engineer [Second Engineer] – Mike Plotnikoff
- Engineer, Mixed By – Erwin Musper
- Keyboards – John Webster
- Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [6 & 12 String Acoustic Guitars], Slide Guitar, Guitar [Fatbody Jazz Guitar], Talkbox – Matthias Jabs
- Management – Doc McGhee, McGhee Entertainment, Inc.
- Mastered By – George Marino
- Photography By [Back Cover] – Joe Giron
- Photography By [Individual Photographs] – Davies & Starr
- Producer – Bruce Fairbairn, Scorpions
- Producer [Prod. Assistant], Technician [Guitar Tech] – Peter "You Break It, I'll Fix It" Kirkman
- Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [6 & 12 String Acoustic Guitars], Sitar, Performer [Ebo], Backing Vocals – Rudolf Schenker
- Technician [Drum Tech] – Neil Glover
- Vocals, Backing Vocals – Klaus Meine
