Scorpions – Blackout – 1982

Blackout is the German Hardrock group’s eighth studio album. It’s been with me for a long time. I first bought it when I was in my early teens on vinyl. I still have it but I haven’t listened to it for quite a while. My memory is not good, but the title track was just as good as I remembered it. Come to think of it. almost all of the songs on Blackout is really top-notch. It’s certainly still one of Scorpion’s best efforts. Although I didn’t really remember the other song from the top of my head, they quickly came back to me. As soon as I heard Can’t Live Without You or No One Like You, I was a teenager again.

I’m not saying I got a chance to experience Blackout for the first time all over again, but it’s not so far from the truth. I remembered that it was a good album, but not the songs, apart from the title track and the power ballad When the Smoke is Going Down. It’s simple Hardrock. Simple rhythm parts but oh so effective and Klaus Menie’s voice has never sounded better. If you have lived in a cave or under a rock and don’t know this album, I suggest you do something about it. Now! It’s just that good. There’s actually only one song that doesn’t make it for me these days. Which one? Well, guess in the comments and I’ll reveal it.