Eye II Eye

1999 studio album by Scorpions

Eye II Eye

Studio album by

Scorpions

Released

9 March 1999

Recorded

1998–1999

Studio

Little America Studios, Austria

Genre

Hard rock
pop rock
experimental rock

Length

62:49

Label

East West (Europe)
Koch (US)
WEA Japan (Japan)

Producer

Peter Wolf

Scorpions chronology

Pure Instinct
(1996)

Eye II Eye
(1999)

Moment of Glory
(2000)

Singles from Eye II Eye

"To Be No. 1"
Released: 1999
"Mysterious"
Released: 1999
"10 Light Years Away / Start Me Up"
Released: 1999
"Eye to Eye"
Released: 1999
"Aleyah"
Released: 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	2/10^[2]
Metal Hammer (GER)	6/7^[3]
Rock Hard	3.5/10^[4]

Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previous work, which alienated some fans, despite the single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.^[5] It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature James Kottak on drums and also the final Scorpions studio album to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.

For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded largely in German, namely "Du bist so schmutzig" ("You are so dirty"), with few English lyrics by Kottak.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine, except where noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Mysterious"	Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron	5:28
2.	"To Be No. 1"	Peter Wolf, Jabs	3:57
3.	"Obsession"	Meine, Wolf	4:09
4.	"10 Light Years Away" (Lyrics: Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker)	Jones, Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker	3:52
5.	"Mind Like a Tree"	Schenker, Wolf	5:34
6.	"Eye to Eye" (In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf's fathers)	Schenker	5:04
7.	"What U Give U Get Back" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker)	Schenker, Wolf	5:02
8.	"Skywriter"	Schenker	4:55
9.	"Yellow Butterfly"	Schenker, Frederiksen	5:44
10.	"Freshly Squeezed"	Schenker, Wolf	3:58
11.	"Priscilla"	Schenker	3:17
12.	"Du bist so schmutzig" (Lyrics: Meine, Jabs, James Kottak)	Jabs, Schenker	3:55
13.	"Aleyah" (Lyrics: Meine, Schenker)	Schenker	4:19
14.	"A Moment in a Million Years"	Meine	3:38

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Music	Length
15.	"You and I (“Butcher”-radio-remix)"	Meine	4:00

Eye II Eye single-only track
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Mind Power" (from the "To Be No.1" CD-single)	Meine	4:28

Personnel

Scorpions

Klaus Meine – lead vocals
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, backing vocals
Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals
James Kottak – drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Du bist so schmutzig"

Additional musicians

Peter Wolf – keyboards and piano on "A Moment in a Million Years"
Michelle Wolf – backing vocals on "Skywriter" and "What U Give U Get Back"
Mick Jones – acoustic guitar on "10 Light Years Away"
Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals on "What U Give U Get Back"
Herman Rarebell – backing vocals on "Mind Like a Tree"

Production

Peter Wolf – producer, mixing of tracks 5, 6 and 14, arrangements with Scorpions
A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen and Kenji Nakai – engineers
Bill Schnee – mixing
Chris Kimsey – mixing on track 2
Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[6]	37
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[9]	24
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[10]	84
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	49
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)^[12]	23

Sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Malaysia	—	25,000^[13]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Huey, Steve. "Scorpions - Eye II Eye review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ Scöwe, Andreas (April 1999). "Scorpions – Eye II Eye". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
^ Breusch, Matthias (1999). "Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct". Rock Hard (in German). No. 144. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
^ "Eye II Eye Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ "Scorpions: Eye II Eye" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1999. 15. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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