The Essential

Tracklist

• 1
  Rock You Like a Hurricane
  4:13
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Can’t Explain
  3:22
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Rhythm of Love
  3:48
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Big City Nights
  3:56
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Lovedrive
  4:50
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Is There Anybody There?
  4:16
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Holiday
  6:31
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Still Loving You
  6:25
  4.4 ★
• 9
  No One Like You
  3:55
  3.9 ★
• 10
  Blackout
  3:48
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Another Piece of Meat
  3:32
• 12
  You Give Me All I Need
  3:36
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Hey You
  3:48
  5.0 ★
• 14
  The Zoo
  5:29
  4.2 ★
• 15
  China White
  6:58
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Bruce Fairbairn
  producer [2]
• David Hewitt
  engineer [1, 5, 8-10, 14-15]
• Dieter Dierks
  arranger [1, 3, 9-10, 14], engineer [1, 3, 5, 8-10, 12-15], mix [1, 3-5, 8-10, 12-15], producer [1, 3-5, 7-15]
• Doc McGhee
  executive [2]
• Erwin Musper
  engineer [2], mix [2]
• Francis Buchholz
  background vocals [1-3, 5, 8-10, 13-15], bass guitar [1-5, 7-15]
• Gerd Rautenbach
  engineer [1, 3-4, 8-10, 12, 15], mix [9-10, 12, 15]
• Harald Lepschies
  remixer [4, 6, 13]
• Herman Rarebell
  background vocals [1-3, 5, 8-10, 14-15], drums (drum set) [1-5, 7-15], percussion [1-5, 8-10, 12, 14-15]
• Ian Taylor
  engineer [3]
• Jürgen Joisten
  assistant [3]
• Klaus Meine
  background vocals [1-5, 8-10, 14-15], lead vocals [1-5, 8-10, 12-15], vocal [7, 11]
• Lee Aaron
  background vocals [3]
• Matthias Jabs
  acoustic guitar [9-10, 12, 15], background vocals [1-3, 8-10, 14-15], electric guitar [1, 1-5, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10, 10-12, 12-15, 15], guitar [5, 7], slide guitar [1-3, 9-10, 14], talkbox [14]
• Michael Schenker
  electric guitar [5, 11], guitar [5]
• Mike Beiriger
  engineer [1, 5, 8-10, 14-15], mix [1, 5, 8-10, 14-15]
• Mike Shipley
  mix [3]
• Nigel Green
  mix [3]
• Peter Baltes
  background vocals [3], guest [3]
• Peter Brandt
  assistant [3]
• Rudolf Schenker
  acoustic guitar [1-3, 9-10, 12, 14-15], background vocals [1-5, 8-10, 12-15], electric guitar [1, 1-4, 8, 8-11, 11-15, 15], guitar [5, 7]
• Scorpions
  mix [1, 3, 8], remixer [4, 6, 13]
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Issues

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  The Essential

  CD
  2003
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  The Essential

  Copy Control CD
  2003