7/13/2023 0 Comments Scopions acousticaBut there’s plenty of unexpected stuff to be found, such as “Catch Your Train” from all the way back on Virgin Killer and, strangely enough, a number of cover tunes, all of which are predated by the Scorpions’ earliest efforts. All the anticipated tracks are accounted for: “Wind of Change,” “Send Me An Angel,” “Still Loving You,” “Holiday,” and “Rock You Like a Hurricane” could have been predicted by just about everybody. Opening with a keyboard/acoustic rendition of “The Zoo” no less! And somehow it works, the rhythm section that played so stagnantly on Eye II Eye working wonders here. However, unlike the aforementioned attempt at diversity, here the Scorps are a bit more ambitious and varied. And once again, it’s no surprise, as these are the tracks most easily adaptable to the ‘unplugged’ sound. Like the orchestral album Moment of Glory, the majority of tracks rendered acoustically here are the band’s ballads. And all they had to do was turn off their amplifiers to do it. The last two departures were not to my liking, but here, finally, it seems that our arachnid idols found a way to be both completely bizarre and genuinely enjoyable on the same disc. Like the abominable electro-pop experiment and the boring orchestral one, Acoustica is a test of a given Scorpions fan’s patience, its quality mostly dependent on the listener’s open-mindedness and general love of the band. Another non-metal passion project from Germany’s original heavy metal band, Acoustica is a live album comprised of a number of ‘unplugged’ performances from one of their early tours from this millennium (there’s also a DVD of the same title that’s a bit longer).
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