Scorpions--Live Bites (1995/Mercury)
Rating - 7.4

Alien Nation--RealAudio

A mix of late '80s/early '90s songs, with a couple of older, '70s-era tracks. The band avoids its bigger '80s hits-- which is actually quite admirable, because we had heard most of them on 'World Wide Live'. The overall delivery is decent if unspectacular; the die-hard Scorps fans will find enough to please them.
The energetic "Tease Me, Please Me" is good, and the thick "Alien Nation" is similar in stature. The band's excellent '70s pulse-rhythm is displayed on "In Trance," and other good cuts include "Is There Anybody There?" and "Crazy World".
There are a couple of new tracks tacked on at the end, but they're both of the slower, "Wind-of-Change" variety. Not very good, and the singing children in "White Dove" actually kinda make your stomach turn... Blech.

TRACK LIST: Tease Me, Please Me/Is There Anybody There?/Rhythm of Love/In Trance/No Pain, No Gain/When the Smoke Is Going Down/Living For Tomorrow/ Concerto in V/Alien Nation/Crazy World/Wind of Change/Edge of Time/Heroes Don't Cry/White Dove

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