Pure Instinct

Pure Instinct
Studio album by Scorpions
Released	May 21, 1996
Recorded	Scorpio Sound Studio, Magic Moments Studio, Wisseloord Studios, Goodnight LA
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	50:50
Label	EastWest Records
Producer	Erwin Musper, Keith Olsen and Scorpions
Scorpions chronology
Face the Heat (1993) Pure Instinct (1996) Eye II Eye (1999)
Alternative cover

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Pure Instinct is the thirteenth studio album by German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1996.

The cover art for this album like many previous Scorpions album cover was replaced with an alternative cover for some releases due to the nudity on the original cover. This is the only Scorpions album on which Curt Cress plays drums.

Track listing

All songs written by Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine, except as indicated

1. "Wild Child" – 4:19
2. "But the Best for You" (Meine) – 5:26
3. "Does Anyone Know" (Meine) – 6:03
4. "Stone in My Shoe" – 4:42
5. "Soul Behind the Face" – 4:14
6. "Oh Girl (I Wanna Be with You)" – 3:56
7. "When You Came into My Life" (Meine, Schenker, Titiek Puspa, James F. Sundah) – 5:13
8. "Where the River Flows" – 4:16
9. "Time Will Call Your Name" – 3:21
10. "You and I" (Meine) – 4:21
11. "Are You the One?" – 3:15
12. "She's Knocking at My Door" (Bonus Track on Japanese Release) – 3:21

Credits

Band members

• Klaus Meine – Lead vocals
• Rudolf Schenker – Rhythm guitars, Backing vocals
• Matthias Jabs – Lead guitars, Backing vocals
• Ralph Rieckermann – Bass, Backing vocals
• Curt Cress – Drums, Percussion

Production

• Erwin Musper – producer, engineer, mixing
• Keith Olsen – producer of tracks 1 and 7
• Evelien Tjebbes, Attie Bauw, Peter Kirkman – assistant engineers
• George Marino – mastering

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	The Billboard 200	#99

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1996	"Wild Child"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#19