Animal Magnetism (50th anniversary deluxe edition)

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Make It Real
recorded in:
Köln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 1979)
engineer:
Mike Beiriger, Dieter Dierks and David Hewitt (engineer)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
mixer:
Mike Beiriger and Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
background vocals:
Francis Buchholz, Matthias Jabs, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany) and Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 1979)
mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Make It Real (in 1979)
lyricist:
Herrmann Erbel
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH (in 1980)
43:52
2Don’t Make No Promises (Your Body Can’t Keep)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Don’t Make No Promises (Your Body Can’t Keep)
lyricist:
Herrmann Erbel
composer:
Matthias Jabs
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
2.52:59
3Hold Me Tight
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead and rhythm guitar] and guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Hold Me Tight
lyricist:
Klaus Meine and Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
24:00
4Twentieth Century Man
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [2nd lead and rhythm guitar] and guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Twentieth Century Man
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
23:05
5Lady Starlight
engineer:
David Green (engineer)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
acoustic guitar, guitar [lead and rhythm guitar] and guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
cello:
Richard Armin
double bass [bass]:
Charles Elliot
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
French horn:
George Stimpson and Brad Warnaar (American composer)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
oboe:
Melvin Berman (oboist)
viola:
Paul Armin
violin:
Adele Armin (violinist) and Victoria Richards (violinist)
vocals:
Klaus Meine
conductor:
Allan MacMillan
horn [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
Allan Macmillan
recorded at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany and Manta Sound in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (wind instruments [horns], strings)
mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Lady Starlight
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
2.56:17
6Falling in Love
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Falling in Love
lyricist and composer:
Herrmann Erbel
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
24:12
7Only a Man
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Only a Man
lyricist:
Herrmann Erbel and Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
2.53:37
8The Zoo
engineer:
Mike Beiriger, Dieter Dierks and David Hewitt (engineer)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
mixer:
Mike Beiriger and Dieter Dierks
acoustic guitar:
Rudolf Schenker
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
electric guitar:
Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker
slide guitar and talkbox [talk-box]:
Matthias Jabs
background vocals:
Francis Buchholz, Matthias Jabs, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany) and Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
arranger:
Dieter Dierks
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1980)
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
The Zoo
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
3.555:30
9Animal Magnetism
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead and rhythm guitar] and guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
guitar [lead guitar] and slide guitar:
Matthias Jabs
vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Animal Magnetism
lyricist:
Herrmann Erbel and Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
3.155:59
10Hey You
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
Rudolf Schenker
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Hey You
lyricist:
Klaus Meine and Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
3:49
11Animal Magnetism (demo version)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
edit of:
Animal Magnetism by Scorpions (German rock band)
recording of:
Animal Magnetism
lyricist:
Herrmann Erbel and Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
34:32
12American Girls (demo song)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Sweet American Girls
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
Arabella Musikverlag GmbH
3:30
13Get Your Love (demo version of “Heroes Don’t Cry”)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Heroes Don’t Cry
composer:
Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker
publisher:
BMG Rights Management GmbH (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint “BMG” (2008–present))
3:44
14Restless Man (demo version of “Twentieth Century Man”)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
edit of:
Twentieth Century Man by Scorpions (German rock band)
recording of:
Restless Man (demo version of "Twentieth Century Man"))
lyricist:
Klaus Meine
composer:
Rudolf Schenker
3:19
15All Night Long (demo song)
producer:
Dieter Dierks
bass guitar:
Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set):
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Matthias Jabs
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:
Klaus Meine
recorded at and mixed at:
Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
demo recording of:
All Night Long
writer:
Klaus Meine and Uli Jon Roth
recording of:
All Night Long
writer:
Klaus Meine and Uli Jon Roth
5:00