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1996 studio album by Scorpions
Pure Instinct
Released 21 May 1996 Studio
Scorpio Sound Studio,
Hannover , Germany
Wisseloord Studios ,
Hilversum , Netherlands
Magic Moments Studio,
New York City, New York , US
Goodnight LA,
Los Angeles, California , US
Genre
Length 51 :04
Label
East West (International),
Atlantic (US)
Producer
"
You and I " / "She's Knocking at My Door" Released: 1996
"Does Anyone Know" / "Stone in My Shoe (live)" Released: 1996
"Wild Child" Released: 1996 (US only)
"When You Came into My Life" Released: 1996
"Where the River Flows" Released: 1997
Pure Instinct is the thirteenth studio
album by the German
hard rock band
Scorpions , released in 1996. Reviewers criticized the album for having too many ballads and not enough
hard rock or even
rock .
The cover art for this album, as with several earlier Scorpions albums, was replaced with an alternative cover for some releases due to the nudity on the original cover.
[6] This is the only Scorpions album on which session musician
Curt Cress plays drums. The album has more ballads than non-ballads. The song "
You and I " gained some popularity and was often played in Scorpions concerts.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
Klaus Meine , except "When You Came into My Life" by Meine,
Rudolf Schenker ,
Titiek Puspa and
James F. Sundah
Title Music 1. "Wild Child" Schenker 4:19 2. "But the Best for You" Meine 5:26 3. "Does Anyone Know" Meine 6:03 4. "Stone in My Shoe" Schenker 4:42 5. "Soul Behind the Face" Schenker 4:01 6. "Oh Girl (I Wanna Be with You)" Schenker 3:56 7. "When You Came into My Life" Meine, Schenker, Puspa, Sundah 5:13 8. "Where the River Flows" Schenker 4:16 9. "Time Will Call Your Name" Schenker 3:21 10. "
You and I " Meine 6:16 11. "
Are You the One? " Schenker 3:15
Japanese edition bonus track Title Music 12. "She's Knocking at My Door" Schenker 3:21
Pure Instinct single-only tracksTitle Writer(s) 1. "Kiss of Borrowed Time" (from the "When You Came into My Life" CD-single) Meine 3:39 2. "You and I" (special single mix from the "You and I" CD-single) Meine 4:21
Personnel
Scorpions
Session musician
Additional musicians
Pitti Hecht – percussion
Luke Herzog, Koen van Bael – keyboards
Production
Erwin Musper – producer, engineer, mixing
Keith Olsen – producer of tracks 1
Evelien Tjebbes, Attie Bauw, Peter Kirkman – assistant engineers
David Foster – Producer, Arranger, Keyboards of tracks 7 (uncredit on this album, but single is credited)
Claude Gaudette – Keyboards of tracks 7 (uncredit on this album, but single is credited)
David Reitzas, Felipe Elgueta – engineer of tracks 7 (uncredit on this album, but single is credited)
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing of tracks 7 (uncredit on this album, but single is credited)
George Marino – mastering at
Sterling Sound , New York
Charts
Certifications
References
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