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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | August 19, 1997 | | Studio: | Island / Mercury | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Format: | Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 42 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | Make It Real | | 2. | Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep | | 3. | Hold Me Tight | | 4. | Twentieth Century Man | | 5. | Lady Starlight | | 6. | Falling in Love | | 7. | Only A MAn | | 8. | The Zoo | | 9. | Animal Magnetism | |
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 42 customer reviews )
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 One Of The Scorps Finest Jun 23, 2004
By Christopher Fryer
Got this album on cassette in the mail from RCA in the early 80's and soon realized what a fine slab of metal I had bought. The production is very raw and the guitar riffs are the best of any Scorpions album. Make It Real, Falling In Love, The Zoo, and Only A Man rock hard. The title track is slow and hypnotizing. The sole ballad Lady Starlight contains some great Micheal Schenker style playing (hmmmmm?). Taken By Force, Blackout, Virgin Killer, and Love Drive should also be part of your collection!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Makes me want to get a dog & drink a beer! Mar 18, 2005
By doggiedogma
"doggiedogma"
Released in 1980, this is the first album to totally feature Matthias Jabs as the 2nd guitarist. This is a true classic heavymetal album! From the Hipgnosis cover of a woman kneeling in front of a man (who has a beer in one hand and his other hand in his back jeans pocket) you can pretty much guess that this is going to be an album about women kneeling in front of men, but it really is an album of songs in which the guy is made to kneel and grovel for the woman! Ahh, the Scorpions! Here are my ratings of the songs based out of 5 *****:
Make It Real - A guitar rif opening which gives way to a chugging tempo. Some fine bass work from Francis and great guitar exchanges from Mathias and Rudolf. Tempo could almost be considered ballad style and Journey could do no better. A great postive tune about striving for your dreams! Lets hope its still in the live set. Rating - *****
Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep) - Starts out fast and furious and changes tempo when the lyrics start to a surging beat. A song about lust. Some terrific bass playing from Francis and as always great guitar solos. A terrific song. A classic metal tune. Rating - *****
Hold Me Tight - A slow, churning guitar, drums, then bass opening. Klaus sings great on this one! I love his voice. Instantly recognizable. A bluesy feel to this song. Rating - ****
Twentieth Century Man - A mid-tempo song with great lyrics by Klaus. I really like this song. Not your typical 'I want sex, give it to me now' song. "The world's devoted to the Dollar-sign." Not much has changed since then Klaus. rating - ****
Lady Starlight - The ballad of the album. Klaus sure can sing these. What emotion and conviction he sings with! Who better to sing a ballad than Klaus? A song of longing and love with a fine string section accompianing Klaus. A terrific guitar solo from Rudolf - Rating - ****
Falling In Love - This song recevied substantial air play during the early '80s. A simple guitar intro gives way to a drum and bass pounding tempo. Some great guitar work on display. Klaus hits some of his highest notes on this song. A fantastic metal song, a true classic! Nearly perfect. Herman Rarebell wrote some of the greatest songs in the Scorpions catalogue, this is one of them! Rating - *****
Only A Man - A Queen like opening of only Klaus singing without accompianment leads into one of the finest hardock songs done by the Scorpions. A surging guitar and bass tempo with Klaus singing "Now you now how I feel. Nothing is real." As usual, you get great guitar solos. Classic song - Rating- *****
The Zoo - This song also received alot of airplay during its time. A great guitar intro followed by drums which turn into a real slow, surging elephant pounding tempo. Heavy bass from Francis. A bluesy type song. More explosive guitar solos from the menacing axe duo of Rudolf and Mathias. The Peter Frampton "voice air-guitar" that was real popular in the 70's is also heard on this song. A great hard rock song about sex - rating - *****
Animal Magnetism - A hypnotic guitar and drum opening - sort of like "Kashmire" by Led Zep. Great singing by Klaus and guitar playing by the solo twins turns another inane song about sex into a fantastic hard rock tune. Only the Scorpions could have a whole album devoted to sex and make it a classic! Rating - ****
The cover of the album insinuates sex and that is what this album delivers. A strong heavy metal album with sexual overtones and in your face ball wagging by the greatest sexmetal band ever! Overall,a classic metal album that should definitely be part of your collection!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
"Scorpion Magnetism" Jul 03, 2004
By Teresa Tomsic
"Carangi"
"This was a very hard C.D. to find. But finally found it to replace the tape of the same name that was lost. I grew up in the "80's",& when a friend played one song called,"The Zoo",I really loved that song right away,& then listening to the rest,which back then I didnt know who they were at 15, I loved this record!!! There are some songs from the C.D. that werent my fav's, but enough to have to have it again. Make it real,Dont make no promises your body cant keep,Falling in Love,Only a man,The Zoo,Lady Starlight,I love those the most,they are really good "HEAVY METAL MUSIC",the other 3 are not bad at all,(Hold me tight,20th century man,Animal Magnetism,are also good,but everyone has their fav's. There are 9 tracks,& if Ive been looking for this, this long,then I think its worth every penny.The Scorpions do an excellent job ,the music is hard rocking metal as they are,the songs are unique,and I really love this C.D.,& Iam glad I finally found a copy. If you like "80's" HARD ROCK,then The Scorpions,"Animal Magnetism",wont be a disappointment!!!!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
One of the Greats Aug 13, 2011
By Sharptiger Rocker
Animal Magnetism is a gem of a hard rock/heavy metal album. If you don't own any Scorpions' music, you simply have to have this album as well as 79's Lovedrive (the album that preceded this) and 82's Blackout (the album that followed this). Though this album contains a well-balanced mix, the guitars are not quite as upfront as they are on Blackout. If Animal Magnetism had the same mix as Blackout, it would be the greatest album in the Scorpions (Mach II) catalogue.
For the un-Scorpified out there, Scorpions were a very different band prior to 1979. From 1972-1978 the band was much more progressive and heavier in the "spacey-head-music" sense. Mach I Scorpions is a treat unto its own, but probably not as digestible in a pop sense.
Animal Magnetism, the 2nd of Mach II's efforts, oozes all the ingredients that make Scorpions who they are: sensuality, energy, hooks and strong hard rock musicianship. To me, Scorpions are the progenitors of the hard rock "ballad." While most bands that write ballads give you the sense that they were forced to do so by their producer and / or their label, Scorpions write ballads because that's who they are; songwriters that enjoy writing ballads. No band writes ballads the way Scorpions do because no one can sing a ballad the way Klaus Meine can.
Ahh, but can they rock? Oh yes indeed! Animal Magnetism has the perfect blend of mid-tempo rockers (Make It Real, Twentieth Century Man,Hold Me Tight, etc.), blistering rockers (the Zoo, Don't Make No Promises) and, as mentioned, a truly tremendous, emotionally charged ballad (Lady Starlight). The solo played by Rudolph Schenker at the end of Lady Starlight is worth the price of the album itself.
Another noteworthy element on Animal Magnetism is the fact that this is the last album on which Klaus Meine really belted out truly heavy (in the rough sounding sense) vocals (listen to Hold Me Tight and Don't Make No Promises) In fact, he may have overdone it because before the next album was done, he had to stop singing for a period of time and seek medical treatment to remove nodules from his vocal chords! Though obviously Klaus Meine's vocals remain strong to this day, he seemed to be a different vocalist after Animal Magnetism.
Purchase and enjoy a hard rock masterpiece.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Scorpions transition to polished yet still not famous hard rock Jan 07, 2010
By Bloodbath_and_Beyond
This is a pretty awesome offering from the Scorps. After guitarist Uli John Roth departed following the last 'classic-era' Scorpions album Taken By Force, their recorded the Lovedrive album in 1979. Anyone who REALLY knows the Scorps...are aware of their amazing 70's albums. Totally different than the 80's MTV/stadium Scorps. Much more musicalty, much more aggression, and Uli was the best guitar they ever had. Although in a difference of direction, he left following their last album done with this line up. And after recruiting Matthias Jabs, they released (what was to most their first) 1979 album Lovedrive. It totally reconfigured the band's sound, repackaged it in a more polished and structured sense. They were still a great band but its really a matter of opinion which era of the group you prefer. The Lovedrive album got them new notice and attention in America. It included the sort of hit Loving You Sunday Morning, but nothing smash success wise. The follow up, 1980's Animal Magnestism, is a pretty awesome album to say the least. Some critics think less of this album for some reason. Opening cut Make It Real, is a midtempo yet highly enjoyable rock song. Klaus Meine really sings up a record here. Dont Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep) is a faster more ripping song and realy grabs you, as does Twentieth Century Man, Falling In Love, and Only A Man. Superb, surpasses it's era, great hard rock. Albeit, the only familiar song this record contains to the average listener is the FM staple The Zoo. Another song that contributed to the bands hunt for worldwide breakthrough, which come one year later in the Blackout album. So the LD and AM records were the bands middle ground phase to finding that commercial sound that differed so much with their more raw and gritter hard rock meets prog rock meets grooves approach. Scorps are one of the really underappreciated bands and anything up to Love At First Sting this band did is essential. Dont pass on this one or any of their classic 70s efforts especially Virgin Killer.
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