Independent review

This concise 36-minute album begins the most popular chapter in the work of the famous German band, when the ballad component became dominant, and on some albums, the romantic part began to exceed 50%. Here, out of 8 compositions, there are already 3 ballads of the classic Scorpions style. On Virgin killer and In trance there were also not so few of them, but these tracks were more of a blues style. Most listeners across the globe accepted precisely this style as in Always Somewhere, Is There Anybody There?, and Holiday. Lovedrive was the first of the band's albums to enter the Billboard 200, reached the 55 spot, and held in the charts for 30 weeks. In Britain, it climbed even higher, up to the 36 spot. After taking a break the following year for the heavy (yet still successful) Animal magnetism, from the 1982 year on, the team would never leave this path, occupying discotheques of the 80s and 90s of the whole world with their melodies. The main reason for the metamorphosis was the replacement of the much more bluesy and heavy guitarist Ulrich Roth with Matthias Jabs, who remains the group's lead guitarist to this day. And one cannot fail to note the return of Rudolf Schenker's younger brother – Michael. Even if it was for one album, this guitarist has never ruined an album in my memory. Besides classic ballads and a couple of other famous hits, pay attention to the undeservedly forgotten Can't Get Enough – a composition of incredible power and charisma. In any case, this is long since a classic. For me, it is far from my favorite Scorpions album, but a very good one, what can be hidden. Still, the balance of energy and romance here is in equilibrium compared to some later albums of the German team.

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