Face the Heat

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Face the Heat
File:ScorpionsFacetheHeat.jpg
Studio album by Scorpions
Released September 21, 1993
Recorded Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 52:04
Label Mercury/PolyGram
Producer Bruce Fairbairn and Scorpions
Scorpions chronology
Crazy World
(1990)Crazy World1990		 Face the Heat
(1993)		 Pure Instinct
(1996)Pure Instinct1996
Singles from Face The Heat
  1. "Alien Nation"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Woman"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Under the Same Sun"
    Released: November 1993
  4. "No Pain No Gain"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]

Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by the German hard rock 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 heavy metal song "Alien Nation", which was about the re-unification of Germany .[citation needed] 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

Personnel

Band members
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[2] 4
French Albums Charts[3] 5
Swiss Albums Charts[4] 9
Austrian Albums Charts[5] 12
Swedish Albums Chart[6] 15
Billboard 200 (North America) [7] 24
Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[8] 29
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[9] 34
GfK Dutch Charts[10] 34
UK Albums Chart[11] 51

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1993 "Alien Nation" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7] 10
German Singles Chart[12] 27
"Woman" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7] 15
1994 "Under the Same Sun" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7] 16
French Singles Charts[13] 19
RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[14] 31
German Singles Chart[15] 99

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
France SNEP 1993 Gold (+ 100,000)[16]
Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 1993 Gold (+ 25,000)[17]

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