The album was recorded at Dierks Studios in Stommeln, West Germany. Initial sessions took place in Stockholm's Polar Studios in the Summer of 1983 with ex-Rainbow members Jimmy Bain on bass and Bobby Rondinelli on drums, but nothing made it to the final album.[10]Love at First Sting is notable in that it was one of the first digitally recorded heavy metal records ever released.
It became the group's most successful album in the US, where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984,[11] and went double-platinum by the end of the year, reaching triple-platinum status in 1995.[12] The song "Rock You Like a Hurricane" reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the same year;[11] "Still Loving You" reached number 64 on the same chart,[11] number 14 in Germany,[13] and number 3 in the French[14] and Swiss[15] single charts.
Artwork
The original cover art was created by Kochlowski, which is a German graphic design company, and features a photo shot by renowned German photographer Helmut Newton. Despite the record company having shown the original cover art to retailers without any concerns, a complaint by Walmart in the US after the album was released resulted in PolyGram Records issuing a "clean" cover for use in several department store chains. The alternative cover was designed to be less controversial by simply showing a photo of the band members, which was the same photo as the one on the inner sleeve.[16][17][18]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Klaus Meine except where noted; all music is composed by Rudolf Schenker except where noted
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
References
^ ab"News"(PDF). Record Mirror. 21 January 1984. p. 6. Retrieved 21 June 2024 – via World Radio History. The Scorpions bring out a new single 'Rock You Like a Hurricane' on January 30. It comes from an album 'Love at First Sting' which is released a couple of weeks later on February 13. The German heavy metal group start their world tour in Birmingham next week.
^Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN978-951-1-21053-5.
