Taken By Force
by Scorpions

Album
Taken By Force by Scorpions
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-12-04
Overall rank: 5,028th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 107 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (73rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (808th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,028th)

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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 1960 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 862.

Scorpions album bestography « Higher ranked (4,654th)
Crazy World This album (5,028th)
Taken By Force Lower ranked (7,350th) »
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Taken By Force rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,028th | 1970s rank: 808th | 1977 rank: 73rd  Overall chart history
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Taken By Force ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 107 votes)
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 !		07/13/2026 21:34 mizzle  Ratings distribution  1,54182/100
 
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 !		06/23/2026 10:57 PurplePiePete  Ratings distribution  1,83980/100
 
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 !		04/06/2026 10:42 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,39671/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.


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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 10 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5401): By Repo
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by by by (1963) 4. by (1981) 5. by (1970) 6. by (1969) 7. by (1971) 8. by (1983) 9. (1986) 10. by (1965) 11. by (1984) 12. by by (1963) 14. by (1978) 15. by (2009) 16. by by (1969) 18. by (1941) 19. by (1977) 20. by (1951) 21. by (1956)…”
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From Repo 11/25/2020 15:34 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys
“never listened to survivor. but def agree regarding that thin lizzy album. I'm excited to see your thoughts on UFO, motorhead and scorpions albums from this year of 1979 (if you deem them even worthy. ) looking at some other albums from this genre and year, I gotta say I'm flying mostly blind. have…”
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From mids 06/24/2020 19:08 in What album are you listening to right now?
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From 06/24/2020 19:47 | #254456 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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 (Edited)
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From 10/08/2019 13:39 | #243525 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the best early albums. Uli Jon Roth is very blues guitarist.
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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. (Edited)
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My favorite Scorpions album!
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From 03/15/2015 03:32 | #136903
Best Track: He's a Woman - She's a Man
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2. Animals by Pink Floyd
3. Marquee Moon by Television
4. Low by David Bowie
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