Face the Heat

Studio album by Scorpions

Released

September 21, 1993

Studio

Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

52:04

Label

Mercury/PolyGram

Producer

Bruce Fairbairn and Scorpions

Scorpions chronology

Crazy World
(1990)

Face the Heat
(1993)

Pure Instinct
(1996)

Singles from Face The Heat

"Alien Nation"
Released: 1993
"Woman"
Released: 1993
"Under the Same Sun"
Released: November 1993
"No Pain No Gain"
Released: 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10^[2]

Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by the 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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Alien Nation"	Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine	5:44
2.	"No Pain No Gain"	Schenker, Meine, Mark Hudson	3:55
3.	"Someone to Touch"	Schenker, Meine, Hudson	4:28
4.	"Under the Same Sun"	Hudson, Bruce Fairbairn, Meine	4:52
5.	"Unholy Alliance"	Schenker, Meine	5:16
6.	"Woman"	Schenker, Meine	5:56
7.	"Hate to Be Nice"	Schenker, Meine	3:30
8.	"Taxman Woman"	Schenker, Meine	4:30
9.	"Ship of Fools"	Schenker, Meine	4:15
10.	"Nightmare Avenue"	Matthias Jabs, Meine, Hudson	3:54
11.	"Lonely Nights"	Schenker, Meine	4:50

Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Kami O Shin Jiru"	Schenker, Meine	3:49
13.	"Daddy's Girl"	Schenker, Meine	4:18

European edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Destin"	Schenker, Meine	3:17
13.	"Daddy's Girl"	Schenker, Meine	4:18

US edition hidden track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" (Del Shannon cover)	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:27

Face the Heat single-only tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rubber Fucker" (from the "Alien Nation" maxi-single)	Herman Rarebell	3:39
2.	"Partners in Crime" (from the "Under the Same Sun" maxi-single)	Schenker, Meine	4:24

Personnel

Band members

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, Mark LaFrance, Bruce Fairbairn, 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

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	German Albums Chart^[3]	4
	French Albums Charts^[4]	5
	Swiss Albums Charts^[5]	9
	Austrian Albums Charts^[6]	12
	Swedish Albums Chart^[7]	15
	Billboard 200 (North America) ^[8]	24
	Oricon Japanese Albums Charts^[9]	29
	RPM100 Albums (Canada)^[10]	34
	GfK Dutch Charts^[11]	34
	UK Albums Chart^[12]	51

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1993	"Alien Nation"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks^[8]	10
	"Alien Nation"	German Singles Chart^[13]	27
	"Woman"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks^[8]	15
1994	"Under the Same Sun"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks^[8]	16
		French Singles Charts^[14]	19
		RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)^[15]	31
		German Singles Chart^[16]	99

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
France	SNEP	1993	Gold (+ 100,000)^[17]
Switzerland	IFPI Switzerland	1993	Gold (+ 25,000)^[18]

References

↑ Weber, Barry. "Scorpions Face the Heat review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
↑ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
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↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 58, No. 15, October 23, 1993". Library and Archives Canada. 23 October 1993. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
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↑ "Scorpions – Face the Heat Chart Stats". Chart Archive.org. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
↑ "Single – Scorpions, Alien Nation". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
↑ "Scorpions – Under the Same Sun (chanson)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
↑ "Top Singles - Volume 59, No. 9, March 21, 1994". Library and Archives Canada. 21 March 1994. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
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↑ "Les Certifications depuis 1973 : search for Scorpions" (in French). Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
↑ "Awards". Hitparade.ch. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-11-25.

Scorpions

Rudolf Schenker Klaus Meine Matthias Jabs Paweł Mąciwoda Mikkey Dee James Kottak Herman Rarebell Francis Buchholz Uli Jon Roth Michael Schenker Ralph Rieckermann Rudy Lenners Jürgen Rosenthal Wolfgang Dziony Lothar Heimberg Karl-Heinz Vollmer Joe Wyman Ken Taylor Curt Cress Barry Sparks Ingo Powitzer

Studio albums	Lonesome Crow Fly to the Rainbow In Trance Virgin Killer Taken by Force Lovedrive Animal Magnetism Blackout Love at First Sting Savage Amusement Crazy World Face the Heat Pure Instinct Eye II Eye Unbreakable Humanity: Hour I Sting in the Tail Return to Forever

Live albums	Tokyo Tapes World Wide Live Live Bites Acoustica

Cover albums	Moment of Glory Comeblack

Compilations	Best of Scorpions Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads Still Loving You Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years Big City Nights Classic Bites Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions Box of Scorpions Gold

Songs	"The Zoo" "No One Like You" "Can't Live Without You" "Rock You Like a Hurricane" "Big City Nights" "Still Loving You" "Rhythm of Love" "Passion Rules the Game" "I Can't Explain" "Wind of Change" "Send Me an Angel" "Humanity" "Raised on Rock"

Videos	World Wide Live Crazy World Tour Live... Berlin 1991 Moment of Glory Acoustica Live at Wacken Open Air 2006

Tours	Blackout Tour Love at First Sting World Tour Eye to Eye Tour Scorpions Tour 2002 Scorpions Tour 2003 Unbreakable World Tour Humanity World Tour Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour

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