Live Bites
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Live Bites |
| type | live |
| artist | Scorpions |
| cover | Live_Bites.jpg |
| released | April 1995 |
| recorded | Live tours from 1988 to 1994 |
| studio | Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California, |
| Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, The Netherlands | |
| Scorpio Sound Studio, Hannover, Germany (studio tracks) | |
| genre | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| length | 66:39 (international), 63:21 (US) |
| label | Mercury/PolyGram |
| producer | Scorpions (live tracks) |
| Keith Olsen & Scorpions (studio tracks) | |
| chronology | Scorpions live albums |
| prev_title | World Wide Live |
| prev_year | 1985 |
| next_title | Acoustica |
| next_year | 2001 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Live Bites |
| type | live |
| single1 | White Dove" / "Ave Maria No Morro |
| single1date | 1994 |
| single2 | Edge of Time" / "No One Like You |
| single2date | 1995 |
| single3 | In Trance (live) |
| single3date | 1995 |
| :: |
| name = Live Bites | type = live | artist = Scorpions | cover = Live_Bites.jpg | alt = | released = April 1995 | recorded = Live tours from 1988 to 1994 | venue = | studio = Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, The Netherlands Scorpio Sound Studio, Hannover, Germany (studio tracks) | genre = Heavy metal, hard rock | length = 66:39 (international), 63:21 (US) | label = Mercury/PolyGram | producer = Scorpions (live tracks) Keith Olsen & Scorpions (studio tracks) | chronology = Scorpions live albums | prev_title = World Wide Live | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Acoustica | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Singles | name = Live Bites | type = live | single1 = White Dove" / "Ave Maria No Morro | single1date = 1994 | single2 = Edge of Time" / "No One Like You | single2date = 1995 | single3 = In Trance (live) | single3date = 1995 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | rev2Score = 4/10 | rev3 = Metal Hammer (GER) | rev3Score = 5/7 | rev4 = Rock Hard | rev4Score = 8.5/10 | noprose = yes
Live Bites is a live album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 1995.
It was recorded between 1988 and 1994 in Leningrad (Russia), San Francisco (US), Mexico City (Mexico), Berlin (Germany) and Munich (Germany).
Track listing
International version
| extra_column = Recorded | title1 = Tease Me Please Me | lyrics1 = Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Jim Vallance | music1 = Matthias Jabs, Vallance | extra1 = live in Mexico City | length1 = 4:52 | title2 = Is There Anybody There? | lyrics2 = Meine, Rarebell | music2 = Rudolf Schenker | extra2 = live in Mexico City | length2 = 4:08 | title3 = Rhythm of Love | lyrics3 = Meine | music3 = Schenker | extra3 = live in Berlin | length3 = 3:45 | title4 = In Trance | lyrics4 = Meine | music4 = Schenker | extra4 = live in Mexico City | length4 = 4:06 | title5 = No Pain No Gain | lyrics5 = Meine, Mark Hudson | music5 = Schenker | extra5 = live in Mexico City | length5 = 4:06 | title6 = When the Smoke Is Going Down | lyrics6 = Meine | music6 = Schenker | extra6 = live in Mexico City | length6 = 2:37 | title7 = Ave Maria No Morro | lyrics7 = Herivelto Martins, Manuel Salinas | music7 = Martins, Salinas | extra7 = live in Mexico City | length7 = 3:15 | title8 = Living for Tomorrow | lyrics8 = Meine | music8 = Schenker | extra8 = live in Leningrad | length8 = 6:55 | title9 = Concerto in V | note9 = instrumental | music9 = Schenker | extra9 = live in Berlin or San Francisco | length9 = 3:00 | title10 = Alien Nation | lyrics10 = Meine | music10 = Schenker | extra10 = live in Mexico City | length10 = 5:29 | title11 = Hit Between the Eyes | lyrics11 = Rarebell, Meine, Vallance | music11 = Schenker | extra11 = live in Mexico City | length11 = 4:08 | title12 = Crazy World | lyrics12 = Meine, Schenker, Rarebell, Vallance | music12 = Schenker | extra12 = live in San Francisco | length12 = 5:33 | title13 = Wind of Change | lyrics13 = Meine | music13 = Meine | extra13 = live in Munich | length13 = 5:46 | title14 = Heroes Don't Cry | lyrics14 = Meine | music14 = Schenker | extra14 = new studio track | length14 = 4:32 | title15 = White Dove | note15 = cover of Omega song "Gyöngyhajú lány" | lyrics15 = Gábor Presser, Schenker, Meine | music15 = Anna Adamis, Schenker, Meine | extra15 = new studio track | length15 = 4:18
US version
| extra_column = Recorded | title1 = Tease Me Please Me | extra1 = live in Mexico City | length1 = 4:51 | title2 = Is There Anybody There? | extra2 = live in Mexico City | length2 = 4:08 | title3 = Rhythm of Love | extra3 = live in Berlin | length3 = 3:45 | title4 = In Trance | extra4 = live in Mexico City | length4 = 4:06 | title5 = No Pain No Gain | extra5 = live in Mexico City | length5 = 4:06 | title6 = When the Smoke Is Going Down | extra6 = live in Mexico City | length6 = 2:36 | title7 = Living for Tomorrow | extra7 = live In Leningrad | length7 = 6:55 | title8 = Concerto in V | note8 = instrumental | extra8 = live in Berlin or San Francisco | length8 = 3:00 | title9 = Alien Nation | extra9 = live in Mexico City | length9 = 5:28 | title10 = Crazy World | extra10 = live in San Francisco | length10 = 5:33 | title11 = Wind of Change | extra11 = live in Munich | length11 = 5:46 | title12 = Edge of Time | note12 = US edition bonus track | lyrics12 = Meine | music12 = Schenker | extra12 = new studio track | length12 = 4:07 | title13 = Heroes Don't Cry | extra13 = new studio track | length13 = 4:32 |title14 = White Dove | note14 = cover of Omega song "Gyöngyhajú lány" | lyrics14 = Gábor Presser, Schenker, Meine | music14 = Anna Adamis, Schenker, Meine | extra14 = new studio track | length14 = 4:19
Personnel
;Scorpions
- Klaus Meine – lead vocals
- Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, backing vocals
- Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, backing vocals
- Herman Rarebell – drums, keyboards on "Concerto in V"
- Ralph Rieckermann – bass, upright bass, backing vocals
- Francis Buchholz – bass on "Rhythm of Love" and "Living for Tomorrow"
;Studio session musicians
- Luke Herzog – keyboards on "Edge of Time"
- Richard Baker – orchestration programming on "Heroes Don't Cry"
- Fred White, Linda McCrary, Alfie Silas, Ricky Nelson – choir on "Heroes Don't Cry"
- Kinderchor Majell Lustenhouwer – children's choir on "White Dove"
- Rocq-E Harrel – additional vocals on "White Dove"
;Production
- Keith Olsen – producer (studio tracks)
- Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing
- Sander van der Heide – mastering
Charts
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References
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Scorpions Live Bites review". [[Rovi Corporation]].
- (1 August 2007). "The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties". [[Collector's Guide Publishing]].
- Scöwe, Andreas. (April 1995). "Scorpions – Live Bites".
- Kupfer, Thomas. (1995). "Review Album: Scorpions - Live Bites".
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