Scorpions - Humanity-Hour I
After thirty five years, one would think that and grizzled old veteran band like the Scorpions wouldn’t be able to put out an album that is still relevant. Old bands sometimes suffer from losing the intensity and integrity of their original sound, or, even worse, attempt to change their sound drastically to keep up with the times.
With their twenty first studio release, Humanity - Hour I, the Scorpions have managed to do neither, and narrowly slip in between these two perils to come out with an album that tastefully blends their old sound with several new elements that they have yet to explore.
There’s quite a range too, from the dark and heavy opening track, Hour I, to the solid 80’s pop-ballad sentimentality of Love Will Keep us Alive, they show that they have been growing as musicians. The second song, The Game of Life, proves that they can still sting with the same testosterone as Rock You Like A Hurricane.