Album Cover Art

Let's look at #45 of Gigwise.com's top 50 sexiest and dirtiest album covers (as compiled by their crack staff):

45. Scorpions: 'Love At First Sting' is the ninth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1984. Love at First Sting became the most successful album of the band in the USA where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984 and went triple platinum. The song "Rock You Like a Hurricane" reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the same year, "Still Loving You" reached number 64 on the same chart, number 14 in Germany, number 2 in the French and Swiss Top 50.

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" ranked #31 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs and "Still Loving You" ranked #22 on VH1's 25 Greatest Power Ballads.


An alternate cover showing a photo of the band members is used in several department store chains since they refused to carry the original album cover art.