Face the Heat

Face the Heat
Studio album by Scorpions
Released	September 21, 1993
Recorded	Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada
Genre	Hard rock, Heavy Metal
Length	52:04
Label	Mercury/PolyGram
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn and Scorpions
Scorpions chronology
Crazy World (1990) Face the Heat (1993) Pure Instinct (1996)
Singles from Face The Heat
"Alien Nation" Released: 1993 "Woman" Released: 1993 "Under the Same Sun" Released: November 1993 "No Pain No Gain" Released: 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Face the Heat is the twelfth studio album released by the German band Scorpions in 1993.

It was produced by the band and the late Bruce Fairbairn and released on the PolyGram label. This album marked their status as a sort of political band with the song "Alien Nation", which was about the re-unification of Germany . This album had a contemporary touch to it, as the band were then going with the current trends, before later returning to their original style in Unbreakable in 2004. This is last album to feature drummer Herman Rarebell, and the first with Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.

The song "Under the Same Sun" was played during the ending credits of the 1994 film On Deadly Ground.

"Alien Nation" was covered by the Italian heavy metal band Mastercastle, recorded by Pier Gonella at MusicArt Studios and released as Japanese bonus track of their album The Phoenix.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Alien Nation"	Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine	5:44
2.	"No Pain No Gain"	Schenker, Meine, Mark Hudson	3:55
3.	"Someone to Touch"	Schenker, Meine, Hudson	4:28
4.	"Under the Same Sun"	Hudson, Bruce Fairbairn, Meine	4:52
5.	"Unholy Alliance"	Schenker, Meine	5:16
6.	"Woman"	Schenker, Meine	5:56
7.	"Hate to Be Nice"	Schenker, Meine	3:30
8.	"Taxman Woman"	Schenker, Meine	4:30
9.	"Ship of Fools"	Schenker, Meine	4:15
10.	"Nightmare Avenue"	Matthias Jabs, Meine, Hudson	3:54
11.	"Lonely Nights"	Schenker, Meine	4:50

Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Kami O Shin Juru"	Schenker, Meine	3:49
13.	"Daddy's Girl"	Schenker, Meine	4:18

European edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Destin"	Schenker, Meine	3:17
13.	"Daddy's Girl"	Schenker, Meine	4:18

US edition hidden track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" (Del Shannon cover)	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:27

Face the Heat single-only tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rubber Fucker" (from the "Alien Nation" maxi-single)	Herman Rarebell	3:39
2.	"Partners in Crime" (from the "Under the Same Sun" maxi-single)	Schenker, Meine	4:24

Personnel

Band members

• Klaus Meine – lead vocals
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals
• Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• John Webster - keyboards
• Luke Herzog - additional keyboards on "Woman" and "Lonely Nights", arrangements with Klaus Meine on "Woman"
• Helen Donath - opera voice on "Ship of Fools"
• Rhian Gittins - girl's voice on "Nightmare Avenue"
• Paul Laine, Mark LaFrance, Bruce Fairbairn, Mark Hudson - backing vocals

Production

• Bruce Fairbairn - producer, arrangements with Scorpions
• Erwin Musper - engineer, mixing
• Mike Plotnikoff - engineer
• George Marino - mastering
• Hubert Kretzschmar - cover photography

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	German Albums Chart[2]	4
	French Albums Charts[3]	5
	Swiss Albums Charts[4]	9
	Austrian Albums Charts[5]	12
	Swedish Albums Chart[6]	15
	Billboard 200 (North America) [7]	24
	Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[8]	29
	RPM100 Albums (Canada)[9]	34
	GfK Dutch Charts[10]	34
	UK Albums Chart[11]	51

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1993	"Alien Nation"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7]	10
		German Singles Chart[12]	27
	"Woman"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7]	15
1994	"Under the Same Sun"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7]	16
		French Singles Charts[13]	19
		RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[14]	31
		German Singles Chart[15]	99

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
France	SNEP	1993	Gold (+ 100,000)[16]
Switzerland	IFPI Switzerland	1993	Gold (+ 25,000)[17]

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