The 2010 album 'Sting in the Tail' found the German hard rock stalwarts exploring a sound that echoed their 1980s heyday, complete with stadium-ready riffs and the soaring vocals that defined their commercial peak. Despite being billed as their final album, the band has continued to record and tour for over a decade since its release.
- The album was produced by(/(Slash's Snakepit, Alice Cooper) producer Desmond Child who co-wrote the title track.
- It was the first Scorpions album not to feature a recording by the band's longtime drummer James Kottak.
- The album reached number 2 on the German charts and number 10 on the US Rock Albums chart.
Scorpions are a hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, best known for their heavy metal ballads and arena rock anthems. Sting in the Tail was released late in their career, following a long period of declining sales and a stated intention to retire after the subsequent tour.
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