SCORPIONS — Lonesome Crow (review)

SCORPIONS — Lonesome Crow album cover Album · 1972 · Proto-Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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This album often get a bad rep, especially fans of their later albums. Let me tell you right away, this is nothing like "Rock You Like a Hurricane". In fact, this is much more in proto-metal territory than full-on metal. That means what you get are elements of psychedelia, prog, and Krautrock in a hard rock context. In fact this album was released on Brain, which is more known for Krautrock, prog, and electronic (like Klaus Schulze, Edgar Froese, Grobschnitt, Novalis, Guru Guru, Jane, Birth Control, etc.). This album features also a teenaged Michael Schenker on guitar, in his pre-UFO days. "I'm Going Mad", has a psychedelic vibe going on, with spoken dialog in accented English. "Leave Me" has a bit of a space rock thing going on, while "Action" has a strangely jazzy feel to it. While this sounds nothing like later Scorpions, both Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker are on this album (in fact they're the core of the Scorpions so they are the only constant members of the group). Metal purists would probably be advised to stay away from this album, but if you like that underground proto-metal you might find this enjoyable. I know I do.
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