{{About|the Scorpions album|similar uses|Eye to Eye (disambiguation){{!}}Eye to Eye}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox album | name = Eye II Eye | type = studio | artist = Scorpions | cover = EyeToEye.jpg | alt = | released = 9 March 1999 | recorded = 1998–1999 | venue = | studio = Little America Studios, Austria | genre = * Hard rock * pop rock | length = 62:49 | label = East West (Europe)<br>Koch (US)<br>WEA Japan (Japan) | producer = Peter Wolf | prev_title = Pure Instinct | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Moment of Glory | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Singles | name = Eye II Eye | type = studio | single1 = To Be No. 1 | single1date = 1999 | single2 = Mysterious | single2date = 1999 | single3 = 10 Light Years Away / Start Me Up | single3date = 1999 | single4 = Eye to Eye | single4date = 1999 | single5 = Aleyah | single5date = 1999 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/eye-ii-eye-mw0000244988 | title = Scorpions - Eye II Eye review | access-date = 6 December 2012 | last = Huey | first = Steve | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}</ref> | rev2 =''Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal'' | rev2Score = 2/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 August 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9 |page=388}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Metal Hammer'' (GER) | rev3Score = 6/7<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/scorpions-eye-to-eye/ |title=Scorpions – Eye II Eye |language=de |last=Scöwe |first=Andreas |magazine=Metal Hammer |date=April 1999 |access-date=20 June 2017 }}</ref> | rev4 = ''Rock Hard'' | rev4Score = 3.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct |magazine=Rock Hard |year=1999 |last=Breusch |first=Matthias |issue=144 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=7158 |access-date=20 June 2017 |language=de}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
'''''Eye II Eye''''' is the fourteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that ''Eye II Eye'' is much more pop-oriented than their previous work, which alienated many fans, despite the single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.<ref name="US" >{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/eye-ii-eye-mw0000244988/awards| title = Eye II Eye Billboard Albums | access-date = 6 December 2012 | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150726030816/http://www.allmusic.com/album/eye-ii-eye-mw0000244988/awards | archive-date=26 July 2015}}</ref> It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature James Kottak on drums and also the final Scorpions studio album to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.
For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded largely in German, namely "Du bist so schmutzig" ("You are so dirty"), with few English lyrics by Kottak.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_lyrics = Klaus Meine, except where noted | title1 = Mysterious | music1 = Ralph Rieckermann, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Jean-Michel Byron | length1 = 5:28 | title2 = To Be No. 1 | music2 = Peter Wolf, Jabs | length2 = 3:57 | title3 = Obsession | music3 = Meine, Wolf | length3 = 4:09 | title4 = 10 Light Years Away | note4 = Lyrics: Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker | music4 = Jones, Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker | length4 = 3:52 | title5 = Mind Like a Tree | music5 = Schenker, Wolf | length5 = 5:34 | title6 = Eye to Eye | note6 = In memoriam of Hugo Meine and Heinrich Schenker, Klaus and Rudolf's fathers | music6 = Schenker | length6 = 5:04 | title7 = What U Give U Get Back | note7 = Lyrics: Meine, Schenker | music7 = Schenker, Wolf | length7 = 5:02 | title8 = Skywriter | music8 = Schenker | length8 = 4:55 | title9 = Yellow Butterfly | music9 = Schenker, Frederiksen | length9 = 5:44 | title10 = Freshly Squeezed | music10 = Schenker, Wolf | length10 = 3:58 | title11 = Priscilla | music11 = Schenker | length11 = 3:17 | title12 = Du bist so schmutzig | note12 = Lyrics: Meine, Jabs, James Kottak | music12 = Jabs, Schenker | length12 = 3:55 | title13 = Aleyah | note13 = Lyrics: Meine, Schenker | music13 = Schenker | length13 = 4:19 | title14 = A Moment in a Million Years | music14 = Meine | length14 = 3:38 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus track | title15 = You and I (“Butcher”-radio-remix) | music15 = Meine | length15 = 4:00 }} {{Track listing | headline = Eye II Eye single-only track | title1 = Mind Power | length1 = 4:28 | music1 = Meine | note1 = from the "To Be No.1" CD-single }}
==Personnel== ;Scorpions *Klaus Meine – lead vocals *Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitars, lead guitars, acoustic guitar, electric sitar, backing vocals *Matthias Jabs – lead guitars, rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, voice box, mandolin *Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals *James Kottak – drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Du bist so schmutzig"
;Additional musicians *Peter Wolf – keyboards and piano on "A Moment in a Million Years" *Michelle Wolf – backing vocals on "Skywriter" and "What U Give U Get Back" *Mick Jones – acoustic guitar on "10 Light Years Away" *Airway Allstars: Siedah Garrett, Lynn Davis, James Ingram, Phil Perry and Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals on "What U Give U Get Back" *Herman Rarebell – backing vocals on "Mind Like a Tree"
;Production *Peter Wolf – producer, mixing of tracks 5, 6 and 14, arrangements with Scorpions *A.T., Christian Leitgeb, Paul Ericksen and Kenji Nakai – engineers *Bill Schnee – mixing *Chris Kimsey – mixing on track 2 *Stephen Marcussen, Chris von Rautenkranz – mastering
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (1999) ! Peak<br/>position |- {{Album chart|Finland|37|artist=Scorpions|album=Eye II Eye|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- !scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Y.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=March 25, 2024 |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |archive-date=22 October 2014 }} ''Select ''Scorpions'' from the menu, then press ''OK''.''</ref> | align="center"|50 |- {{Album chart|Germany|6|id=2970|artist=Scorpions|album=Eye II Eye|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Hungary|24|artist=Scorpions|album=Eye II Eye |year=1999|week=15|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2024}} |- !scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref> | align="center"| 84 |- {{Album chart|Switzerland|49|artist=Scorpions|album=Eye II Eye|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|UKRock|23|date=19990404|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |}
==Sales and certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Malaysia|award=Platinum|certref=<ref name="Malasya">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3BQEAAAAIBAJ&hl=en&pg=3313%2C1907099|title=Scorpions bares its soul|newspaper=News Straits Times|access-date=11 July 2023|date=19 April 1999|page=3}}</ref> |salesamount=25,000|salesref=<ref name="Malasya"/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=South Korea|nocert=true|certref=<ref name="KOREA">{{cite news|url=http://fanofmusic.free.fr/Site-Charts-KoreaDatabaseUK.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927163946/http://fanofmusic.free.fr/Site-Charts-KoreaDatabaseUK.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=dead|title=Best Selling Foreign Album in Korea (1999-Now) :|access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref>|salesamount=11,515|salesref=<ref name="KOREA"/>}} {{end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121031181655/http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/discography/records/eye_to_eye.asp Official album page] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRsczdqs0Ss "To Be No. 1" video] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FspXByxdCx4 "A Moment in a Million Years" video] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCbshfkiC5w "What U Give U Get Back" video]
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