SCORPIONS
LONESOME CROW (1972)
REMASTER
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First of all, you must be warned that the music you hear on this album is not the least bit reflective of the more mainstream/commercial Scorpions work that most have come to know from albums such as "Blackout," and "Love At First Sting." However, the music is extraordinary, nonetheless. It is a nice blend/mix of rock (very progressive), freeform Jazz and even Fusion, and mellow Ambience. Think Black Sabbath and Zeppelin meets Pink Floyd, meets early Santana with some high-pitched vocals from Klaus Meine that are somewhat reminiscent of Robert Plant, but are very unique and distinct because of Klaus' thick German accent.
This album is a musical masterpiece in many ways. To begin, most of the members of the band were very young (Michael Schenker, the lead guitarist on the album was only 16 or 17 when the album was cut), and his guitar work is extraordinary. I have a book called The Masters of Heavy Metal, and in it, Schenker reports that he recorded the album with nothing more than a Gibson Les Paul and a Marshall (presumably turned all the way up), although some of the tracks reveal that schenker was playing through either a reverb unit in conjunction with the amp, or through an amp that has reverb. And it is more than safe to say that his guitar work stands out above Rudolf Schenker, who's "rhythm work" if you want to call it that on this album, is pushed way to the back. In fact the only guitar work I can really hear coming from him is the crazy pick-scraping/sliding found on the standout song, "Leave Me," which is by far, my favorite cut from the album. Though at times, this album appears to be just a free-form based recording, and there is no denying the Jazz free-form influence on this album, do not be fooled, these guys knew exactly what they were doing at such a young age! Schenker goes from basic rock pentatonic guitar work to various Jazz minor scales. The way this amazing guitar work fits into this album can only be explained from listening to it. It is an interesting contrast to the popular rock bands and albums that were out at the time, but a MUST HEAR album for all classic rock fans. I would put it up there with the first Black Sabbath album (1970), UFO's second album (Flying, 1971) and the first Zeppelin album (1969) as one of the best debut albums from a band. Get it, you will not be disappointed.
This album is a musical masterpiece in many ways. To begin, most of the members of the band were very young (Michael Schenker, the lead guitarist on the album was only 16 or 17 when the album was cut), and his guitar work is extraordinary. I have a book called The Masters of Heavy Metal, and in it, Schenker reports that he recorded the album with nothing more than a Gibson Les Paul and a Marshall (presumably turned all the way up), although some of the tracks reveal that schenker was playing through either a reverb unit in conjunction with the amp, or through an amp that has reverb. And it is more than safe to say that his guitar work stands out above Rudolf Schenker, who's "rhythm work" if you want to call it that on this album, is pushed way to the back. In fact the only guitar work I can really hear coming from him is the crazy pick-scraping/sliding found on the standout song, "Leave Me," which is by far, my favorite cut from the album. Though at times, this album appears to be just a free-form based recording, and there is no denying the Jazz free-form influence on this album, do not be fooled, these guys knew exactly what they were doing at such a young age! Schenker goes from basic rock pentatonic guitar work to various Jazz minor scales. The way this amazing guitar work fits into this album can only be explained from listening to it. It is an interesting contrast to the popular rock bands and albums that were out at the time, but a MUST HEAR album for all classic rock fans. I would put it up there with the first Black Sabbath album (1970), UFO's second album (Flying, 1971) and the first Zeppelin album (1969) as one of the best debut albums from a band. Get it, you will not be disappointed.
1. I'm Goin' Mad
2. It All Depends
3. Leave Me
4. In Search of the Peace of Mind
5. Inheritance
6. Action
7. Lonesome Crow
2. It All Depends
3. Leave Me
4. In Search of the Peace of Mind
5. Inheritance
6. Action
7. Lonesome Crow
1 comment:
super découverte grâce au moodswing! Merci.
Je connaissais pas du tout les scorpions dans un style musical que j'aurais plutôt rapproché de Deep Purple (voire sweet smoke), bizarrement.
Merci en tous cas!
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