Taken By Force (studio album) by Scorpions

Taken By Force by Scorpions
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 5,464th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 98 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (79th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (896th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,464th)

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 1860 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 897.

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Taken By Force track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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76/100 (from 98 votes)
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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 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.

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95/100
From 06/24/2020 19:47
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
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90/100
From 10/08/2019 13:39
One of the best early albums. Uli Jon Roth is very blues guitarist.
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From 08/25/2018 20:29
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.
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From 08/11/2018 11:42
My favorite Scorpions album!
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From 03/15/2015 03:32
Best Track: He's a Woman - She's a Man
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From 11/22/2012 06:17
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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