Lovedrive
by Scorpions
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Scorpions bestography
Lovedrive is ranked 3rd best out of 37 albums by Scorpions on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Scorpions is Love At First Sting which is ranked number 1959 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 863.
(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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Lovedrive track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lovedrive rankings
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Lovedrive ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/24/2026 23:37 |  serpico | 875 | 86/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2026 12:22 | mizzle | 1,525 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 19:57 |  djrodo | 1,010 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 17:12 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 21:17 | Adhura | 1,696 | 77/100 |
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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 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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Brandon8 05/17/2024 21:07 | #303583 | TOP COMMENT
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Arguably their best work they rocked really hard but added more commercial appeal which is the direction former guitarist Uli Roth didn’t want to go. They had the original guitarist Michael Schenker return and added Matthias Jabs. Favorite tunes are Loving You Sunday Morning, Another Piece of Meat, Always Somewhere and Is Anybody There?
In 1979 best albums from Rainbow, Hawkwind, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, Cure
Best albums of Scorpions ? are 1sr two ??
Alongside Blackout this is the Scorpions at their commercial best.
This seemed very promising after the -very good- opening track, but the rest of it didn't deliver the same way.
UofTBlues 02/12/2020 20:24 | #247724
This album is very good thanks to Michael Schenker's involvement. Michael left shortly after the release on tour. Rudy, Uli & Mathias have never come close to Michael's talent.
An excellent Scorpions album with a good mix of heavy and melodic tracks. The change in guitarist saw Scorpions moving through a transition. What an album cover too, you wouldn't see a cover like that in 2018!
A new guitarist brings a welcome new sound to the band. The first classic album by the band.
A good Scorps album, yes.
Jasonconfused 11/22/2012 06:28 | #55625 | TOP COMMENT
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Suuuch a good Scorpions album! Plus Michael Schenker was back to do some guest work on this one!!!
What a difference a new guitarist makes. Everything else was constant except Uli John Roth had left and had been replaced for recording purposes by Mathias Jabs and Michael Schenker. The production work is so much better - the guitar is a sonically more up front. But the song writing and arrangements are markedly improved from their predecessors.
Favourite tracks: Loving You Sunday Morning, Coast to Coast, Is There Anybody There?, Lovedrive and Holiday.
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