"From hippie-dippy noodling via crunching heavy rock and chart-bothering ballads to grandiose orchestral collaborations": Sixty years of the Scorpions celebrated on From The First Sting

Scorpions press shot.

Do we really need another Scorpions compilation, seriously? Probably not. However, given that the band have been around for six decades, we can cut them some slack and let them have some anniversary fun.

For any fans whose shelves are already groaning under the weight of nearly 30 ‘best of’s, ballads ’n’ rockers and hot ’n’ heavies, on this new comp there are a couple of previously unreleased songs to sweeten the deal: an excellent live version of Fly To The Rainbow-era golden oldie This Is My Song, from Germany’s Rock & Pop 1973, and a tear-jerkingly epic live version of Love At First Sting mega-ballad Still Loving You from French music show Taratata in 1996, featuring violinist Vanessa Mae.