1. Rhythm Of Love
2. No One Like You
3. The Zoo
4. Rock You Like A Hurricane
5. Blackout
6. Still Loving You
7. Wind Of Change
8. Tainted Love (Gloria Jones cover)
9. Children Of The Revolution (T. Rex)
10. Across The Universe (Beatles)
11. Tin Soldier (Small Faces)
12. All Day And All Of The Night (The Kinks)
13. Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005OK81HA/?tag=imwan-20

The covers set could be fun.

I agree-this could be a good one. They haven't done many, but the ones they have done are wonderful.
"I Can't Explain" absolutely cooked and got a lot of airplay back in '89 from the Rockers N' Ballads comp, and the three covers on acoustica were tremendous-"Dust In The Wind", "Drive" which was beautiful and dedicated to the late Ben Orr, and a sterling "Love Of My Life" which gave me chills.
I have some hopes for this one.

I always have preferred both the Scorps & Bowie's Can't Explain to The Who's original.

Will be very interested to see the track listing of this one. I can think of a number of '60s rockers that they could do very well by. Agree with you guys that "I Can't Explain" is excellent; if there's more where that came from, this will be fun to hear.

Okay, I'm very confused by this. Can someone help me out? I thought the Scorpions announced last year that they were retiring.


The name of the album is "Comeblack", and here's the track list:
Re-recordings: 1.Rhythm Of Love 2. No One Like You 3. The Zoo 4. Rock You Like A Hurricane 5. Blackout 6. Still Loving You 7. Wind Of Change.

Covers: 8. Tainted Love (Soft Cell), 9. Children Of The Revolution (T. Rex) 10. Across The Universe (The Beatles) 11. Tin Soldier (Small Faces) 12. All Day And All Of The Night (The Kinks) 13. Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones).
The Still Loving You single (named Still Loving You - Je T'Aime Encore)

I'll take the Raspberries cover version, thank you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-sfxmLDDpU

Thanks for the update-I've entered the info on the 1st post. As far as I know, this is much like Judas Priest, where the Scorps are doing their last big tour, but not the end of all activity.
I'll probably get this, but it has potential to really suck. The new "Still Loving You" is with some French winner of an American Idol type show. Ugh.

The Tainted Love cover could be kick ass, though!

Thanks for the update. I like covers/re-recordings albums so am looking fwd to this. Saxon's Heavy Metal Thunder and BÖC's Cult Classic get a lot of spins here.

Can anybody tell me what "YACA" means though? Does it stand for something (Your Accordion Can Amuse) or what?

"Your Aardvark Can Assimilate".

Actually it's "Yet Another Covers Album" (I asked the same a couple weeks ago.)

Wow, I figured you would have known that one Geff, being a longtime reg in here.

Bump:
Looks like a US release in January.

I just got to listen to a German pressing of this. Quicky review based on 1 listen: It's not bad, & it's not essential.

First the remakes: the ones that work best are the ones that are very similar to the original (which does lead to the question, "why"?).
The 2 I didn't particularly like were The Zoo (really heavily gated drums), & Hurricane (sped up significantly & with a stupid predominant keyboard part). Winds Of Change was also pretty different; they made it quite a bit more pop sounding than the original. In some ways I liked that, in others I didn't.

Most of the covers were at least interesting. IMO, Ruby Tuesday was the best of the bunch & Children Of The Revolution & Across the Universe were the worst.

The most noticeable thing for me was (other than Across The Universe where they surprisingly left in a few real clunker vocals), Meine hasn't lost a bit of his voice. Pretty amazing that he can still hit the high notes with ease at his age & with the many miles on his voice.

The other thing I noticed was that for a hard rock album, the mastering was surprisingly easy to listen to (i.e. not bright); though caveat i was playing it on my worst computer based system. But usually if something's really screechy even that system will let me know.

Based on 1 listen, I'd say it's not bad. Not essential, but not bad. I think I would have preferred an all covers cd, rather than the 1 "side" of remakes. There was just nothing special enough about any of the remakes to justify their inclusion.

Yep. Bump again to add a pre-order link for the domestic release to the first post.

From antimusic.com:

Legacy Recordings have set a January 24, 2012 North American release date for two new titles from the Scorpions.
Scorpions: Comeblack: Comeblack, a new album of classic rock covers and fresh performances of signature repertoire recorded earlier this year, and Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D, available on Blu-ray disc, an 11-camera 3-D concert film recorded in Saarbrucken, Germany on April 15, 2011 during Scorpions current farewell tour.

Launched by guitarist Rudolf Schenker in 1965, Scorpions forged metal, rock and pop into a sound that's come to signify an entire genre through hard rock anthems like "Rock You Like A Hurricane" and hits like "Send Me An Angel," "Wind of Change" and "Still Loving You," selling more than 100 million records in the process.

Last year, Scorpions announced that the group's Get Your Sting and Blackout tour, an epic ongoing worldwide rock 'n' roll odyssey in support of 2010's Sting in the Tail, would be the group's last before retirement. The tour is slated to run through 2012 with a string of historic farewell blowouts and festival performances scheduled Europe culminating with shows at the Wacken Open Air festival (August 4, 2012) and Munich's Olympiahalle (October 13, 2012).

Wanting to create a truly memorable concert film to do justice to power of the live show and the high energy emotional impact of the final tour, Scorpions chronicled the sold-out concert on April 15, 2011 in Saarbrucken, Germany with a state-of-the-art 3D production. Helmed by director Gerd F. Schultze (who's worked on 3D films with Michael Jackson, Bryan Adams, Joe Cocker, Carlos Santana and German superstar Peter Maffay), Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D puts the viewer into the VIP box at the ultimate Scorpions concert. In addition to 100 minutes of pure Scorpions music, Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D includes more than half-an-hour of behind-the-scenes bonus material.

"The preview audience was absolutely euphoric and stunned by the intensity and the never-before-witnessed power and intimacy in which they were able to experience the Scorpions' fantastic concert," said Gerd Schultze following a theatrical screening of the film. "The people left the screening with a completely new and never-before-seen concert experience and wanted to watch it all over straight away. Part of the reason is, that we have managed to create an unbelievable 3D depth with a specially developed method, which is very pleasant to watch. Using the new camera technology, we managed to translate 3D in the cut and montage technique in a style that will meet the expectations of a first class product even in ten years time. It makes you feel like you're sitting in the VIP lounge amidst the audience through this 11 camera 3D concert staging and its monstrous 5.1 surround and stereo sound. At the same time, The Scorpions perform their unbelievably powerful and visually unique show with all their hits live in your living room. This is pure dynamite ... fasten seat belts and take off... into the third dimension."

"Saarbrucken was a very good choice," wrote the band in a press statement, "our fans were simply sensational and gave us the chance to thank them for their many years of support."

Get Your Sting and Blackout - Live in 3D - Blu-ray
The Set List:
Intro
Sting In The Tail
Make It Real
Bad Boys Running Wild
The Zoo
Coast To Coast
Loving You Sunday Morning
The Best Is Yet To Come
Send Me An Angel
Holiday
Raised On Rock
Tease Me, Please Me
Dynamite
Kottak Attack
Blackout
Six String Sting
Big City Nights
Still Loving You
Wind Of Change
Rock You Like A Hurricane
When The Smoke Is Going Down

At some point during the Get Your Sting and Blackout tour ("We can't remember the day, the month or the hour"), Scorpions, enjoying the success of Sting in the Tail and the emotional rejuvenation of the farewell tour ("Screaming fans everywhere we went!") decided to record one last classic album. "The idea to go back to the studio was born out of pure excitement," said the band who cut an album mixing covers of rock 'n' roll standards that informed and inspired the Scorpions alongside new productions and performances of the songs in the band's core catalog that have proved the most meaningful to the members.

The result, Comeblack, is, according to the band, "an encore for our die-hard fans, to thank them for all the support for so many years. At the same time, this is a tribute to legendary bands from the sixties, like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, who have inspired us to follow our dreams. We hope you like it as much as we do... Rock on and ... Comeblack."

Scorpions - Comeblack - tracklisting
Rhythm of Love
No One Like You
The Zoo
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Blackout
Wind of Change
Tainted Love (Gloria Jones/Marc Almond)
Children of the Revolution (T. Rex)
Across the Universe (The Beatles)
Tin Soldier (Small Faces)
All Day and All of the Night (The Kinks)
Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones)

This has been sitting in my "to be played a 2nd time before filing" pile since (per the post above) December 2011! Playing it right now, enjoying it more than I posted at that time. Though not sure if there really was a need to re-record their best songs, I am enjoying it. Haven't got to the covers yet on this play.