Crazy World

For the Young Jeezy song, see Crazy World (Young Jeezy song).

Crazy World
Studio album by Scorpions
Released	November 6, 1990
Recorded	Summer-Fall, 1990
Genre	Rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Length	52:53
Label	Mercury Vertigo (Europe)
Producer	Keith Olsen and Scorpions
Scorpions chronology
Savage Amusement (1988) Crazy World (1990) Face the Heat (1993)

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Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions released in November 1990. Crazy World peaked at number 21 on Billboard 200 Chart for albums in 1991. The song "Wind of Change" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, and "Send Me an Angel" reached number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The last album to feature bassist Francis Buchholz. This album is widely considered to be the last "classic" Scorpions album. Also, this was the Scorpions' first album to not be produced by Dieter Dierks.

In the UK, it remains the only Scorpions album to attain Silver certification (60,000 units sold) by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving this in November 1991.

Track listing

1. "Tease Me Please Me" (Matthias Jabs, Jim Vallance, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell) – 4:44
2. "Don't Believe Her" (Rudolf Schenker, Vallance, Rarebell, Meine) – 4:55
3. "To Be with You in Heaven" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:48
4. "Wind of Change" (Meine) – 5:10
5. "Restless Nights" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell, Vallance) – 5:44
6. "Lust or Love" (Meine, Rarebell, Vallance) – 4:22
7. "Kicks After Six" (Francis Buchholz, Vallance, Rarebell, Meine) – 3:49
8. "Hit Between the Eyes" (Schenker, Rarebell, Meine, Vallance) – 4:33
9. "Money and Fame" (Jabs, Rarebell) – 5:06
10. "Crazy World" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell, Vallance) – 5:08
11. "Send Me an Angel" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:34

Personnel

• Klaus Meine – lead vocals, whistling on "Wind of Change"
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, acoustic guitar on "Send Me an Angel", backing vocals
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar,lead guitars, backing vocals
• Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals
• Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Credits

• Produced by Keith Olsen & Scorpions
• Engineered & Mixed By Keith Olsen & Erwin Musper
• Additional Engineering By Attie Bauw, Albert Boekholt Tom Fletcher & Shay Baby
• Additional Mixing By Shay Baby
• Mastered by Greg Fulginiti

• Keyboards By Jim Vallance & Koen VanBaal
• Additional Vocals By Claudia Frohling, Tony Ioannoua, Cliff Roles, Jim Lewis & Dries Van Der Schuyt

Notes

• "Hit Between the Eyes" was played during the ending credits of the 1992 film Freejack.
• "Send me an angel" was played at the closing scene in an episode of the show Cold Case

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Peak position
1991	Billboard 200	21
	Austria	1
	Germany	1
	Switzerland	3
	Norway	4
	Sweden	6
	UK	27
	Australia	49

Singles

Billboard (North America)

Year	Song	Peak positions
		Billboard Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock
1990	"Tease Me, Please Me"	-	8
1991	"Wind of Change"	4	2
1991	"Don't Believe Her"	-	13
1991	"Send Me an Angel"	44	8