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 1962 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 865.
(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
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1979 | 38/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 16 Music Albums of 1979 | 3/16 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1979 | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 65 Music Albums of 1979 | 10/65 | 4 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 30 Music Albums of 1979 | 2/30 | 5 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1979 | 26/52 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Hard rock albums of all time by Metal Storm | 65/99 | - |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 47 Music Albums of 1979 | 26/47 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 157 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 562 | |||
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Lovedrive ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 12:14 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2026 11:11 | DJStuart79 | 5,983 | 59/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2026 23:37 |  serpico | 909 | 85/100 |
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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 78.7/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Lovedrive forum mentions
Jboy56 01/10/2022 13:19 in What album are you listening to right now?
Repo 12/01/2021 12:34 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysLovedrive comments
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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. (Edited)
~SMiLE~ 01/17/2012 16:45 | #35380 | TOP COMMENT
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The Scorpions were rebuilding and in a state of transition with "Lovedrive" This is first album to feature lead guitarist Matthias Jabs, replacing Ulrich Jon Roth ... this was a major evolution of the band's sound.
Intense trademark vocals, searing leads, chunky rhythm work, polished melodic songs with strong guitar riffs makes "Lovedrive" at just over 36 minutesis a tour de force.
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 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!!!
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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? (Edited)
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!
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