ReleasedSeptember 21, 1993 Face the Heat
(1993)Pure Instinct
(1996) Release date10 September 1993
Length52:04 ArtistScorpions LabelMercury Records
StudioLittle Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ProducerBruce Fairbairn and Scorpions GenresHard rock, Heavy metal, Traditional heavy metal SimilarScorpions albums, Hard rock albums
Scorpions face the heat full album
Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by German band Scorpions in 1993.
It was produced by the band and the late Bruce Fairbairn and released on the PolyGram label. This album marked their status as a sort of political band with the song "Alien Nation", which was about the re-unification of Germany . This album had a contemporary touch to it, as the band were then going with the current trends, before later returning to their original style in Unbreakable in 2004. This is last album to feature drummer Herman Rarebell, and the first with Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.
The song "Under the Same Sun" was played during the ending credits of the 1994 film On Deadly Ground.
"Alien Nation" was covered by the Italian heavy metal band Mastercastle, recorded by Pier Gonella at MusicArt Studios and released as Japanese bonus track of their album The Phoenix.
Scorpions face the heat 1993 full album
Personnel
Scorpions
Klaus Meine – lead vocals
Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals
Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
John Webster - keyboards
Luke Herzog - additional keyboards on "Woman" and "Lonely Nights", arrangements with Klaus Meine on "Woman"
Helen Donath - opera voice on "Ship of Fools"
Rhian Gittins - girl's voice on "Nightmare Avenue"
Paul Laine - backing vocals
Mark LaFrance - backing vocals
Bruce Fairbairn - backing vocals
Mark Hudson - backing vocals
Production
Bruce Fairbairn - producer, arrangements with Scorpions
Erwin Musper - engineer, mixing
Mike Plotnikoff - engineer
George Marino - mastering
Hubert Kretzschmar - cover photography
Songs
1Alien Nation5:44 2No Pain No Gain3:55 3Someone to Touch4:29