''Eye II Eye'' is the fourteenth studio

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by the German

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band

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, 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 ''

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chart. It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature

James Kottak James Kottak (born December 26, 1962) is an American drummer. Kottak is best known for his work with the German hard rock band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996. At the time of his firing from the band in 2016, he was their all-time longest-s ...

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

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, namely "Du bist so schmutzig" ("You are so dirty").

Track listing

Personnel

;Scorpions *

Klaus Meine Klaus Meine (born 25 May 1948) is a German singer and songwriter, best known as the longtime frontman of the hard rock band Scorpions. Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album, ...

– lead vocals *

Rudolf Schenker Rudolf Schenker (born 31 August 1948) is a German guitarist and founder of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter and longest-serving original member of the band. He is also the CEO/owner-manager of the Sco ...

– rhythm guitars, backing vocals *

Matthias Jabs Matthias Jabs (born 25 October 1955) is a German guitarist and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist in the hard rock band Scorpions. He has played on all but the first five Scorpions studio albums starting with ''Lovedrive ...

– lead guitars, backing vocals *Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals *

– 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" * Mick Jones – acoustic guitar on "10 Light Years Away" *Airway Allstars:

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand N ...

, Michelle Wolf, Lynn Davis,

James Ingram James Edward Ingram (February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Awards, Academy Award nominee for Academy Award for Best Original ...

Phil Perry Philip Eugene Perry (born January 12, 1952) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, musician and a former member of the soul group, The Montclairs, from 1971 to 1975. He was also known for performing the opening song to Disney’s sitcom, '' Goof ...

and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals on "What U Give U Get Back" *

Herman Rarebell Herman Rarebell (born 18 November 1949 as Hermann Josef Erbel) is a German musician, best known as the drummer for the hard rock band Scorpions from 1977 to 1995, during which time he played on eight studio albums. Aside from playing drums, Rare ...

– 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 Nagano – engineers *

Bill Schnee William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated an ...

– mixing *

Chris Kimsey Christopher Kenneth Kimsey (born 3 December 1951 in Battersea, London, England) is an English record producer, mixer and musician most famous for having co-produced The Rolling Stones' ''Undercover'' and '' Steel Wheels'' albums. He was also an ...

– mixing on track 2 *

Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...

, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering

Charts

Album

Singles

References

External links

Official album page

"To Be No. 1" video

"A Moment in a Million Years" video

"What U Give U Get Back" video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eye II Eye 1999 albums Scorpions (band) albums albums produced by Peter Wolf East West Records albums