"This is not their most exhilarating release, nor probably their absolute finest, but creativity is at an all-time high": Scorpions mix hard rock, pop and metal on the pre-stardom classic Taken By Force

Scorpions - Taken By Force cover art.

Scorpions - Taken By Force

(Image credit: RCA Records)

Sirius
Eye In The Sky
Children Of The Moon
Gemini
Silence And I
You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
Psychobabble
Mammagamma
Step By Step
Old And Wise

Taken By Force was the final Scorpions album with guitarist Uli Jon Roth, and while it perhaps showed signs that the style which had helped them to break through internationally was becoming a little jaded, there were still some powerful moments, none more so than the mesmeric We’ll Burn The Sky.