Customer Reviews
Definative - By: GSCMX3, 30 Jul 2009 
Scorpions music at it's best! Studio album, but still takes me back 20 years to seeing them live at Hammersmith.
inspiring heavy rock/metal from a band at their very best - By: amir m, 25 May 2008 from 79' to 84' the scorpions produced 4 albums that couldn't be touched with regards to superbly produced energetic punchy metal melody. blackout is perhaps the band's finest achievement of that period - the most "metal" of all scorpions releases. forget the scorpions that would regrettably lose their cool & be known as a "power ballads" band. this album has it all: top song-writing, fantastic arrangements & a delivery that just grabs you by the balls. lead player matthias jabs is on fire. singer klaus meine's vocals are blistering. he would never again reach this level of performance. the production from the legendary dieter dierks (the 5th scorpion) is clinical & crisp. i've never heard a better "metal sound". it's little wonder that the scorpions during this period would inspire future metal acts like guns n roses & ratt.
unsurprisingly their are many scorpions classics on this record - title track blackout, can't live without you, dynamite etc etc. as others here have said the ultra heavy "china white" is a metal gem. "arizona" is a personal favourite.
the clarity of this digital remaster is something to behold finally letting this classic work be heard as it should be. an essential record for anybody into metal & hard rock.
dynamite - By: Mr. Scott Holding, 11 Apr 2008 this is quite simply the best scorpions album they have ever made xx it is no frills full on well produced hard hitting guitar metal at its best xx its a forgotton classic that any discerning rock fan should own xxx
Vorsprung durch Technik! - By: J. Crampton, 28 Jan 2008 Some feats of German engineering are so awesome that one can only gazein wonderment & this album, fom 1982, is just such a beast. The Scorps, who had clumsily managed to lose not one but 2 highly-rated guitaristsin their 10 year or so history (to 1982)in "mad" Micky Schenker & the enigmatic, mysterious & outright bonkers Uli Jon Roth, must have been written off by many at the start of the 1980's. Then this appeared, Kerrang! cover & all, & quite simply it's rock, rock, rock all the way. From opener "Blackout" to "Now" at the end of side 1 with just a brief pause on track 4 "You Give Me All I Need" for a breather, then kicking off again with "Dynamite", a wee diversion into less heavy territory with "Arizona" (about the only track I'm not entirely convinced about) to round off with "China White", an epic along the Kashmir-esque lines, all riffs, swirls & histrionics, & rounding things off nicely with the lighters-up "When The Smoke Is Going Down".
It's not a long album (only 2 tracks hang around for over 4 minutes & it barely manages 40 minutesin total) but that's part of its appeal - tease you then leave you wanting more, those naughty mullet-haired, pyramid-forming sexist German people!
You beauty !!! - By: DavyA, 06 May 2007 A really excellent Scorpions album. If you want a bit of quality heavy rock then this album would be a really worthwhile addition to your collection . Blistering & frantic from start to finish, with only the briefest of pauses along the way, there isn't a single disappointing track on this record. The album kicks off with the really energetic "Blackout" which pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the album - some excellent guitar work & really enjoyable rock tunes.
I can't pick a duff track - "Can't Live Without You", "Now", "Dynamite" are amongst the pick of an outstanding crop. Well worth treating yourself to. Possibly,arguably, their finest work.
