Label: BMG Records (Europe), 538159472
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Hanover, West Germany
Time: 64:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 484 Mb
The album cover photography was taken by Michael von Gimbut; his
third Scorpions album cover commission. Like their previous two albums,
Taken by Force caused controversy with its cover art which again
resulted in the artwork being replaced in most markets with an
alternative cover using photographs of the band members. The band's
former lead guitarist Uli Jon Roth defended the original artwork in a
2008 interview, stating:
I think the original idea was children playing with guns at a military cemetery in France and some people found that offensive. I don't think it's offensive because I think it was actually a quite a good image because it puts war totally into perspective; very often it is young people, eighteen, nineteen, going to war that don't fully understand life. When you're fifteen you don't fully understand life, but these guys then have to shoot other people simply because someone tells them to do it for their country. Politicians are sometimes also children with guns, in all periods of time a lot of politicians are far too trigger happy and war too easily becomes an "easy solution", whereas for me it should never be a solution, there should be no war in the first place. Maybe every once in a while a country may need to defend itself, I understand that, but in general if you consider that there are over a hundred wars raging in the present day on this planet alone then it's just sheer lunacy and always the tool of the Dark Side. Usually bad things come from war, very few good things, but sometimes good things come from bad things, that's true, nothing's that black and white. It's always the wrong solution to kill people.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taken_by_Force)
I think the original idea was children playing with guns at a military cemetery in France and some people found that offensive. I don't think it's offensive because I think it was actually a quite a good image because it puts war totally into perspective; very often it is young people, eighteen, nineteen, going to war that don't fully understand life. When you're fifteen you don't fully understand life, but these guys then have to shoot other people simply because someone tells them to do it for their country. Politicians are sometimes also children with guns, in all periods of time a lot of politicians are far too trigger happy and war too easily becomes an "easy solution", whereas for me it should never be a solution, there should be no war in the first place. Maybe every once in a while a country may need to defend itself, I understand that, but in general if you consider that there are over a hundred wars raging in the present day on this planet alone then it's just sheer lunacy and always the tool of the Dark Side. Usually bad things come from war, very few good things, but sometimes good things come from bad things, that's true, nothing's that black and white. It's always the wrong solution to kill people.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taken_by_Force)
01. Steamrock Fever (03:39)
02. We'll Burn The Sky (06:31)
03. I've Got To Be Free (04:05)
04. The Riot Of Your Time (04:13)
05. The Sails Of Charon (05:11)
06. Your Light (04:35)
07. He's A Woman - She's A Man (03:18)
08. Born To Touch Your Feelings (07:44)
09. Suspender Love (Bonus Track) (03:24)
10. Busy Guys (Demo) (04:27)
11. Believe In Love (Demo Version) (03:45)
12. Midnight Blues Jam (Demo) (04:10)
13. Blue Dream (Unfinished Instrumental) (04:10)
14. Born To Touch Your Feelings (Demo Version) (05:05)
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