Savage Amusement
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Savage Amusement is the tenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 1988. It peaked at No. 5 in the US<ref name="US" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was certified platinum by the RIAA on June 20, 1988.<ref name="RIAA" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was the last Scorpions record to be produced by Dieter Dierks.
Cover artEdit
The cover shows a woman wearing a black dress on a dark blue background. With her right hand she hides her eyes; thus, only her mouth and nose are visible. The cover of Savage Amusement is notable, however, for the fact that instead of the lady's right leg, a scorpion tail is seen. The typical band logo is shown on the upper left, while the title of the album is found in the lower right corner, in red, and underlined (also in red).
Track listingEdit
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PersonnelEdit
- Scorpions
- Klaus Meine – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, lead guitars, slide guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals
- Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, rhythm guitars, acoustic guitars, voice box, backing vocals (track 6)
- Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals (track 6)
- Herman Rarebell – drums, backing vocals (track 6)
- Additional musicians
- Lee Aaron – backing vocals on "Rhythm of Love"
- Peter Baltes – intro vocals on "Every Minute Every Day"
- Production
- Dieter Dierks – producer, engineer, mixing on tracks 2 and 9
- Ian Taylor, Gerd Rautenbach – engineers
- Mike Shipley – mixing on tracks 2 and 9
- Nigel Green and Scorpions – mixing at Battery Studios, London
- Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
ChartsEdit
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| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>Template:Cite book</ref> | 1 | |
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16 |
| Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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17 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">Template:Cite book</ref> | 32 |
CertificationsEdit
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