"Animal Magnetism" is the seventh studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1980.
The album cover was created by Storm Thorgerson of the design firm Hipgnosis and, as with earlier Scorpions album sleeves, courted controversy. However unlike several of their previous album sleeves the controversy did not result in the cover being replaced with an alternate sleeve. Recalling the cover photo with the guy drinking the beer and the girl with the dog, Storm remarked "That one was funny. I don't think we figured it out. We just knew there was something rude somewhere." Scorpions bassist at the time, Francis Buchholz, recalls that, "Herman came up with the title for the album Animal Magnetism and we all liked it because it's an interesting title. So we had this guy Storm who was doing album covers for Pink Floyd, I think he did the one with the guy with the flames. So Storm came up with idea for the Animal Magnetism cover, I personally didn't like it, but the rest of the band loved it. I liked the dog though."
Music Genre: |
German Hard Rock, Heavy Metal |
Album Production information: The album: "SCORPIONS Animal Magnetism (NL) " was produced by: Dieter Dierks for Breeze Music Dieter Dierks from Stommeln, Germany is a musician, sound engineer, producer, music publisher and studio owner. During the 1970s responsible for the recordings of many so called "Krautrock" bands like: "Ihre Kinder", "Ash Ra Tempel", "Tangerine Dream", "Witthüser & Westrupp", Hoelderlin, Wallenstein, "Birth Control", "Guru Guru", Embryo, "Popol Vuh", Bröselmaschine, "Amon Düül" and "Floh de Cologne". As of the late 1970s he has been responsible for the recordings of the "Scorpions", "Accept", "Twisted Sister" and many many other bands. Dieter Dierks was also founder of "Dierks Studios" and "Breeze Music" This album was recorded at: Dierks Studios, Cologne, Germany and Manta Sound Studios, Toronto, Canada Howie "Iron" Weinberg - Mastering Engineer Howie Weinberg has during his career mastered hundreds of records in all kinds of musical genres. For the Heavy Metal music genre he has mastered for bands like: Anthrax, Celtic Frost, Cro-Mags, Danzig, Manowar, Meliah Rage, Overkill, Ozzy Osbourne, Riot V, Scorpions, Sepultura, Slayer, White Zombie and many many others. Album cover design: Hipgnosis Note: Hipgnosis was an English art design group based in London that specialised in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands. Notable commissions included work for Pink Floyd, T. Rex, the Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Def Leppard, Paul McCartney & Wings, the Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Electric Light Orchestra, the Police, Rainbow, Styx, Pezband, XTC and Al Stewart. Here is a web-page with a gallery of album covers created by Hipgnosis Album cover photography: Maintide |
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Label Information: |
Breeze Music Harvest 1A 062-45933 |
Media Format: |
12" LP Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram |
Year & Country: |
1980 Made in Holland |
Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: SCORPIONS Animal Magnetism (NL) |
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Complete Track-listing of the album "SCORPIONS Animal Magnetism (NL) " |
The detailed tracklist of this record "SCORPIONS Animal Magnetism (NL) " is:
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High Quality Photos of Album Front Cover "SCORPIONS Animal Magnetism (NL) " |
Album Back Cover Photo of "SCORPIONS Animal Magnetism (NL) " |
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Note: The images on this page are photos of the actual album. Slight differences in color may exist due to the use of the camera's flash. |
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