SCORPIONS CRAZY WORLD DELUXE REISSUE

On October 14th the Scorpions' classic album 'Crazy World' will be reissued as a 2CD deluxe set on Universal Music.   Here is the track list...



'Crazy World' Deluxe Edition track listing:
01. Tease Me Please Me
02. Don't Believe Her
03. To Be With You In Heaven
04. Wind Of Change
05. Restless Nights
06. Lust Or Love
07. Kicks After Six
08. Money And Fame
09. Hit Between The Eyes
10. Crazy World
11. Send Me An Angel
12. Wind Of Change (edit)
13. Big City Nights (live at the Moscow Peace Festival)
14. Wind Of Change (Russian version
15. Wind Of Change (Spanish version)
16. Holiday (live version)
17. Hit Between The Eyes
18. The Zoo

Live Crazy World Tour Bonus Disc:
01. Bad Boys Running Wild
02. Hit Between The Eyes
03. I Can't Explain
04. The Zoo
05. Rhythm Of Love
06. Crazy World
07. Can't Live Without You
08. Blackout
09. Dynamite
10. Lust Or Love
11. Big City Nights
12. Rock You Like A Hurricane
13. Tease Me Please Me (music video)
14. Don't Believe Her (music video)
15. Send Me An Angel (music video)
16. Wind Of Change (music video)

Definitely a purchase here

Why this particular release, I wonder, to get the deluxe make over?

Great album, and it was a great concert tour too, but I can't see myself double-dipping on this. My original CD is still in working order.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Great album, and it was a great concert tour too, but I can't see myself double-dipping on this. My original CD is still in working order.

I have to agree, good album, but why this disc?

Why don't they just release the live disc separately? I'm going to have to try and grab this though. There is a shortage of live albums from Scorpions.

EDIT: Oh it's a DVD, not a CD and there are tracks missing (Big City Nights and Rock You Like a Hurricane are apparently not on the disc)  

Id like to the get the 2nd disc, but not pressed to replace my original pressing CD

snooloui wrote:

Why don't they just release the live disc separately? I'm going to have to try and grab this though. There is a shortage of live albums from Scorpions.

EDIT: Oh it's a DVD, not a CD and there are tracks missing (Big City Nights and Rock You Like a Hurricane are apparently not on the disc)  

 

I HATE the song Rock You Like a Hurricane.

jettafiend wrote:

snooloui wrote:

Why don't they just release the live disc separately? I'm going to have to try and grab this though. There is a shortage of live albums from Scorpions.

EDIT: Oh it's a DVD, not a CD and there are tracks missing (Big City Nights and Rock You Like a Hurricane are apparently not on the disc)  

 

I HATE the song Rock You Like a Hurricane.

Killer solo in that song...

MetalRob331 wrote:

jettafiend wrote:

snooloui wrote:

Why don't they just release the live disc separately? I'm going to have to try and grab this though. There is a shortage of live albums from Scorpions.

EDIT: Oh it's a DVD, not a CD and there are tracks missing (Big City Nights and Rock You Like a Hurricane are apparently not on the disc)  

 

I HATE the song Rock You Like a Hurricane.

Killer solo in that song...

Killer song in that song...

Very cool but I wish the older Scorps albums would get a similar treatment. As far as I can tell, there were no proper re-issues of the Scorps albums.

The 70s albums up to and include In Trance are basically direct from vinyl to CD pressings, and are imo are the best sounding Scorps albums in CD format for that reason. The albums from Tokyo Tapes onwards were re-issued several times - the ones I am familiar with are the 1997 Mercury reissues and then EMI re-issues in the early 00s. The EMI reissues are HORRIBLE, I have them because at the time I couldn't find anything else but they are so bright sounding they give me a headache.

I am considering buying the 1997 re-issues as they seem to sound better but I don't know anymore. Seriously are there any decent sounding versions of their more popular albums on CD?

I think they are starting with this album but there will be deluxe reissues of some of the other albums in the future plus they are still saying there will be a release of material left from the blackout era that never made the album... one album i didnt know exsisted until recently was the Sting of the tail live album....

I still need In Trance on cd but can only find it as an expensive import  

bass63 wrote:

I still need In Trance on cd but can only find it as an expensive import  :cry:

I have the Japanese edition on CD. For a long time it was the only version I could find on CD. Though the album has been re-issued in recent years (it usually appears in this box set with 2 or 3 other CDs from the era - slip cases) I must say I have yet to see it anywhere for sale.

Alex Dee Rokket wrote:

bass63 wrote:

I still need In Trance on cd but can only find it as an expensive import  

I have the Japanese edition on CD. For a long time it was the only version I could find on CD. Though the album has been re-issued in recent years (it usually appears in this box set with 2 or 3 other CDs from the era - slip cases) I must say I have yet to see it anywhere for sale.

i got In Trance in a 3 cd set.

martinsane wrote:

Why this particular release, I wonder, to get the deluxe make over?

I was wondering the same thing.

I discovered The Scorpions with Blackout and worked my way backwards, never forwards so I have never even heard this disc (obviously I know some of the Radio tracks)

I think Wind of Change is the primary mover of the many copies this album sold and it is probably the reason why the deluxe Scorps editions would start with this album. Wind of Change is very well known across Europe both fans and non-fans of the band recognise this song.

Outside of this song however Crazy World does have some very good to strong tracks it's just that this single overshadowed pretty much the entire album imo. It's not a bad song, in the historical context but it's just not a song that traditional Scorps fans care much about. It's in a way the same as with Metallica's Nothing Else Matters - I never cared enough for that song in the context of Metallica but it was a song that brought in many non-metal and non-Metallica fans to the band. It's still played in every single concert.

Both Virgin Killer and Love At First Sting were remastered by Audio Fidelity this year. I have both and they sound excellent. Axe Killer reissued Fly To The Rainbow, In Trance and Virgin Killer on a 2 disc set. It sounds fine to me. I believe Audio Fidelity is scheduled to do other Scorpions albums as well.

I highly recommend the Axe Killer box. My only problem with it is Fly To The Rainbow is tacked on as bonus tracks to the other two. Sorting it all out on my itunes was a nightmare.

I'm probably the only one, but I wish they would give Savage Amusement a similar treatment.

Witchfinder wrote:

Both Virgin Killer and Love At First Sting were remastered by Audio Fidelity this year.  I have both and they sound excellent.  Axe Killer reissued Fly To The Rainbow, In Trance and Virgin Killer on a 2 disc set.  It sounds fine to me. I believe Audio Fidelity is scheduled to do other Scorpions albums as well.

This - Audio Fidelity does a killer job on the re-releases

I just bought Crazy World, it's not even unwrapped. Oh well. If the album is good then maybe I'll get this.