Tokyo Tapes
by Scorpions

Tokyo Tapes by Scorpions
(Live album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 10,356th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (151st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,464th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,356th)

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Scorpions bestography

Tokyo Tapes is ranked 12th best out of 37 albums by Scorpions on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Scorpions is Love At First Sting which is ranked number 1938 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 872.

Scorpions album bestography « Higher ranked (9,556th)
Virgin Killer
This album (10,356th)
Tokyo Tapes
Lower ranked (10,385th) »
Sting In The Tail

(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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Tokyo Tapes track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,356th | 1970s rank: 1,464th | 1978 rank: 151st

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 56 votes)
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01/16/2026 08:43 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,19970/100
 
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01/06/2026 14:58 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,27462/100
 
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11/27/2024 04:51 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04281/100
 
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01/18/2024 04:29 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,04374/100
 
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04/03/2023 12:45 Fevernova  Ratings distribution  3,16382/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.

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From 11/06/2021 13:15 | #275913
Uno de los mejores directos de la historia.
El trabajo a la guitarra de Uli es excepcional, sonando muy Hendrix.
El arranque del disco es brutal y hay varios temas memorables.
Primero vi a Scorpions en directo y meses después a Uli. Entonces entendí porque no tocaban temas de la primera época de Scorpions. Respuesta sencilla: Uli es estratosférico. Jabs no llega a la suela de sus zapatos.
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From 09/25/2015 03:13 | #150423
Good live album from the early version of the band
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From 11/18/2014 03:45 | #127300
This means appearance, This means Live, This means Scorpions...This means ROCK!!!
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95/100
From 11/15/2012 23:19 | #55138
Uli Jon Roth is arguably the most underrated shredder in the history of guitar playing. Horribly underrated. Let me put it this way: If you like Jimi Hendrix, you'll like Roth. And if you don't like Hendrix, you're an idiot.
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From 03/15/2012 20:12 | #38422
One of the greatest live albums of all times. Up there with 'Made in Japan', really. This is a rare case where most of live renditions outperform studio counterparts. Why they never recorded 'All Night Long' in studio is beyond me. 'We'll Burn The Sky' specially shines here.
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