Taken By Force (studio album)
by Scorpions
Scorpions bestography
Taken By Force is ranked 5th best out of 37 albums by Scorpions on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Scorpions is Love At First Sting which is ranked number 1876 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 886.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Taken By Force track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/10/2025 05:06 |  AAL2014 | 3,477 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2025 23:44 | Trooper44 | 78 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2025 07:34 |  TescoHomeCooking | 323 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2024 10:56 |  Dingerbell | 3,969 | 63/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2024 04:14 |  slatsheit | 2,041 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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What an album this is! It starts strong and just seems to get stronger with each track.
Tope tracks: He's A Woman - She's A Man, The Sails of Charon, The Riot Of Your Time
jeremy9 10/08/2019 13:39 | #243525
One of the best early albums. Uli Jon Roth is very blues guitarist.
The Uli Jon Roth era is timeless! Though the 80's era Scorpions albums sold better, the further we get away from that decade the more these 70's Scorps releases stand out. Taken by force followed by Virgin Killers are masterpeices! Roth is easily one of the mosy underated guitar virtuosos ever.
ExTeaSea 08/11/2018 11:42 | #219531
My favorite Scorpions album!
Best Track: He's a Woman - She's a Man
Jasonconfused 11/22/2012 06:17 | #55624
4 tracks on here a among some of the best Scorpions songs ever. Steamrock Fever, We'll Burn the Sky, Sails of Charon, and He's a Woman She's a Man.
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