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Crazy World(Scorpions album)

Crazy Worldis the eleventh studio album by the Germanhard rockbandScorpions,released on 6 November 1990.[8]The album peaked at No. 21 on theBillboard200chart for albums in 1991.[9]That same year, the song "Wind of Change"reached No. 4 on theBillboardHot 100[9]and "Send Me an Angel"reached No. 44 on the same chart.[9]It also has the only Scorpions track to credit bassistFrancis Buchholzas a writer, "Kicks After Six". This album was the band's first album in a decade and a half to not be produced byDieter Dierks.

Crazy World
Cover design byRichard Evans
Studio albumby
Scorpions
Released6 November 1990(1990-11-06)
Recorded1990
StudioGoodnight LA Studios,Los Angeles,U.S.
Wisseloord Studios,Hilversum,Netherlands
Genre
Length52:53
LabelVertigo,Mercury
Producer
Scorpionschronology
Savage Amusement
(1988) 		Crazy World
(1990) 		Face the Heat
(1993)
SinglesfromCrazy World
  1. "Tease Me Please Me"
    Released: November 1990
  2. "Don't Believe Her"
    Released: December 1990
  3. "Wind of Change"
    Released: 21 January 1991
  4. "Send Me an Angel"
    Released: 17 September 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Classic Rock[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[5]
Forces Parallèles[6]
Rock Hard8.0/10[7]

Crazy Worldbecame the band's only album to reach number one in their home country of Germany.[10]In the UK, it remains the only Scorpions album to attain Silver certification (60,000 units sold) by theBritish Phonographic Industry,achieving this in November 1991.[11]In the United States, it is the band's second best-selling album to 1984'sLove at First Sting,and their last one to be certified at least gold by theRIAA.[12]It was the band's last studio album to feature theLovedrive-era lineup, with Buchholz leaving the band in October 1992.

"Hit Between the Eyes" was played during the ending credits of the 1992 filmFreejack.

"Send Me an Angel" was played at the closing scene in the 2004Cold Caseepisode "Who's Your Daddy." "Wind of Change" was also used during the 2009 filmGentlemen Broncosand towards the end of the 2014 filmThe Interviewand international version soundtrack featuredNutri Venturesin pilot episode.

Reception

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Adrien Begrand writing forPopMatterscalled the album "pop metal by [the] numbers".[13]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Tease Me Please Me"Klaus Meine,Herman Rarebell,VallanceMatthias Jabs,Jim Vallance4:44
2."Don't Believe Her"Rarebell, Meine, VallanceRudolf Schenker,Vallance4:55
3."To Be with You in Heaven"MeineSchenker4:48
4."Wind of Change"MeineMeine5:13
5."Restless Nights"Meine, Rarebell, VallanceSchenker5:44
Total length:25:24
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Lust or Love"Meine, Rarebell, VallanceMeine4:22
2."Kicks After Six"Rarebell, Meine, VallanceFrancis Buchholz,Vallance3:49
3."Hit Between the Eyes"Rarebell, Meine, VallanceSchenker4:33
4."Money and Fame"Jabs, RarebellJabs5:06
5."Crazy World"Meine, Schenker, Rarebell, VallanceSchenker5:08
6."Send Me an Angel"MeineSchenker4:32
Total length:27:30

Personnel

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Scorpions

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  • Klaus Meine– vocals, additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me", additional "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"
  • Rudolf Schenker– rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Wind of Change" and "Send Me an Angel", additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me", additional "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"
  • Matthias Jabs– lead guitar, rhythm guitar on "Wind of Change" and "Send Me an Angel", additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me"
  • Francis Buchholz– bass
  • Herman Rarebell– drums

Additional musicians

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  • Koen van Baal – keyboards on "Wind of Change"
  • Jim Vallance– keyboards on "Send Me an Angel"
  • Roy Tesse, Dries van der Schuyt, Ria Makker, Gerard v.d. Pot, Louis Spillman, Wolfgang Praetz, Inka Esser, Claudia Frohling, Cliff Roles, Peter Angmeer, Tony Ioannoua and Jim Lewis – "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me"
  • Marcel Gelderblom, Mirjam Erftemeijer, Henk Horden and Patrick Ulenberg – "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"

Production

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  • Keith Olsen– producer, engineer, mi xing, additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me", additional "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"
  • Erwin Musper– engineer, mi xing, additional "gang" vocals on "Tease Me Please Me", additional "bang" vocals on "Crazy World"
  • Shay Baby – additional engineering, mi xing
  • Attie Bauw, Albert Boekholt, Tom Fletcher – assistant engineers

Charts

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Chart performance forCrazy World
Chart (1990–1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 49
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 1
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[16] 20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 6
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[18] 14
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] 5
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[22] 13
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23] 39
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 3
UK Albums(OCC)[27] 27
USBillboard200[28] 21

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPIAustria)[29] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[30] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[31] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[30] Platinum 80,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[32] Gold 40,716[32]
France (SNEP)[30] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[33] 2× Platinum 1,000,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[30] Gold 30,000[34]
Italy (FIMI)[35] Gold 100,000[35]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[36] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[37] Gold 50,000^
Norway (IFPINorway)[39] Gold 50,000[38]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[30] Gold 50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[30] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPISwitzerland)[40] 3× Platinum 150,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[41] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
Summaries
Southeast Asia — 400,000[42]
Worldwide — 7,000,000[43]

*Sales figures based on certification alone.
^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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