Best of Scorpions
The Best of Scorpions is the first compilation album from German hard rock band Scorpions from 1979.
Content
The album contains songs of Scorpio ointments between Fly to the Rainbow and Taken by Force. There are no songs from their debut album Lonesome Crow. We should also mention that the Japanese edition of this album includes the original version of The Sails of Charon with a length of 5:16 minutes. Other issues including the German edition and U.S. versions have an edited, shorter version with a length of 4:24 minutes.
Shaping
In the original German edition of the buttocks of a young girl is seen on the scorpion is seen. The U.S. re-release version of the cover shows a picture of a man wearing a leather jacket and a silver scorpion necklace. The Japanese edition has an alternative cover, this shows the bare buttocks of a woman, which a scorpion approaches in a soap bubble.
Reception
Barry Weber wrote of Allmusic.com, one should not think the album is only for " diehard " fans. The music is quite enjoyable. He forgave four and a half stars out of five.