Scorpions – Sting In The Tail (2010)
2010 marks the end of a long and awesome career for the Scorpions. The band is preparing a multi-year farewell tour, and has returned with the seventeenth and final studio album of their long and storied career. The Scorpions has been saying for months that Sting in The Tail is a return to their classic sound, and I would have to agree. 2010 has been another great year for hard rock, and even with some stout competition Sting in The Tail is going to find its way on a lot of top ten lists at the end of the year.
Klaus Meine sings his ass of on this CD, and still sounds amazing. Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs cut loose often, and dish out some tasty guitar riffs that classic Scorpions fans are sure to love.
If you have listened to Hard Rock Hideout radio over the last few weeks, you have heard the first single “Raised on Rock”. This song is so good, it has made me anticipate the release of Sting In The Tail even more.
In my opinion, the title track “Sting In The Tail” is one of the weaker cuts on this album. The music is good, and this song does a good job at keeping the pace going, but there is something odd about it that I can’t put my finger on.
“Slave Me” on the other hand, is damn near perfect. I love this tune.
“The Good Die Young” features a duet with former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen. If this song doesn’t get tons of radio play for the Scorpions, there is something seriously with a whole lot of DJ’s out there. This song is awesome!
James Kottak dishes out some killer drum work on the rocker “No Limit”. Klaus Meine pulls off some screams that I didn’t think he had left in him. This song gets better every time I listen to it.
If “Rockzone” doesn’t have you throwing your metal horns in the air, nothing will. This is one of the heavier songs that the Scorpions have done in quite some time. “Rockzone” flat out rocks! I love this!!!
If I would have changed anything on this CD, I would have added one more rocker to the mix. Three ballads are a bit much, even if they are quite good.
Did the Scorpions save their best release for their last one? Absolutely not. Sting in the Tail is however a damn fine release, and one of the stronger efforts by the Scorpions. If Sting in The Tail is truly the Swan Song for the Scorpions, then the band can retire knowing they gave their best effort for their final disc. That is all this fan can ask! While I am sad to see the Scorpions retire, I am going to enjoy Sting In The Tail for many years to come.
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Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Raised On Rock
2. Sting In the Tail
3. Slave Me
4. The Good Die Young
5. No Limit
6. Rockzone
7. Lorelei
8. Turn You On
9. Sly
10. The Spirit of Rock
11. The Best is Yet To Come
The Scorpions are:
Klaus Meine – Lead vocals
Matthias Jabs – Lead guitar, Backing vocals
Rudolf Schenker – Rhythm guitar, Backing vocals
Paweł Mąciwoda – Bass, Backing vocals
James Kottak – Drums, Percussion
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It’s definitely one of their best albums ever!
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. It sounds like their late 70’s stuff. Humanity wasn’t a guitar oriented album like this is. Humanity had me wishing they would retire and this one makes me wish they’d do more. Thanks Scorps!
rob, you hit the nail right on the head about there being too many ballads. for their final album, i could see them putting on one ballad, but three? Klaus’s voice does sound great, and slave Me and rockzone are both killer tracks, but I’m really not impressed by most of the other songs. A standout track that was not mentioned in this review is the bonus track called Let’s rock. It’s actually one of the better tunes on the record and, IMHO, should have been a regular part of the album with any one of the ballads treated as the bonus track. that said, even though this isn’t nearly their strongest record, it’s still better than a lot of stuff from other bands that has come out over the past couple years. Who knows, maybe some of the other tracks will grow on me with more listens. On another note Rob, have you heard the entire Ratt album? I had the opportunity to hear the whole thing a couple weeks ago and it is a fabulous record!
Hi Bob, Not yet on the RATT. I am anxiously awaiting it. The two songs I do have are awesome.