{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox album | name = Face the Heat | type = Album | artist = Scorpions | cover = ScorpionsFacetheHeat.jpg | alt = | released = 21 September 1993 | recorded = 1993 | venue = | studio = Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | genre = *Hard rock *heavy metal | length = 52:04 | label = Mercury | producer = * Bruce Fairbairn * Scorpions | prev_title = Crazy World | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Pure Instinct | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Singles | name = Face The Heat | type = studio | single1 = Alien Nation | single1date = 1993 | single2 = Woman | single2date = 1993 | single3 = Under the Same Sun | single3date = November 1993 | single4 = No Pain No Gain | single4date = 1994 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/face-the-heat-mw0000102149 | title = Scorpions Face the Heat review | access-date = 25 November 2012 | last = Weber | first = Barry | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}</ref> | rev2 =''Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal'' | rev2Score = 4/10<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=387}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Metal Hammer'' (GER) | rev3Score = 6/7<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/the-scorpions-face-the-heat/ |title=Scorpions – Face the Heat |language=de |last=Scöwe |first=Andreas |magazine=Metal Hammer |date=October 1993 |access-date=20 June 2017 }}</ref> | rev4 = ''Rock Hard'' | rev4Score = 8.0/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review Album: Scorpions - Face the Heat |magazine=Rock Hard |year=1993 |last=Kupfer |first=Thomas |issue=77 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=9039 |access-date=20 June 2017 |language=de}}</ref> | noprose= yes }}
'''''Face the Heat''''' is the twelfth studio album released by the German hard rock band Scorpions in 1993.
It was produced by the band and the late Bruce Fairbairn and released on the Mercury label. This album marked their status as a sort of political band with the song "Alien Nation", which was about the re-unification of Germany.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} This album had a contemporary touch to it, as the band were then going with the current trends, before later returning to their original style in ''Unbreakable'' in 2004. This is the last album to feature drummer Herman Rarebell, and the first with Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar replacing Francis Buchholz. It is also the band's final studio album to be released on Mercury.
"Under the Same Sun" was played during the ending credits of the 1994 film ''On Deadly Ground''.
"Alien Nation" was covered by the Italian heavy metal band Mastercastle, recorded by Pier Gonella at MusicArt Studios and released as Japanese bonus track of their album ''The Phoenix''.
"No Pain, No Gain" was one of the songs of the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
"Lonely Nights" was later included in the 2017 compilation album ''Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads''.
== Track listing == All tracks are written by Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine except where noted {{Track listing | title1 = Alien Nation | length1 = 5:44 | title2 = No Pain No Gain | length2 = 3:55 | writer2 = Schenker, Meine, Mark Hudson | title3 = Someone to Touch | length3 = 4:28 | writer3 = Schenker, Meine, Hudson | title4 = Under the Same Sun | length4 = 4:52 | writer4 = Hudson, Meine, Scott Fairbairn | title5 = Unholy Alliance | length5 = 5:16 | title6 = Woman | length6 = 5:56 | title7 = Hate to Be Nice | length7 = 3:30 | title8 = Taxman Woman | length8 = 4:30 | title9 = Ship of Fools | length9 = 4:15 | title10 = Nightmare Avenue | length10 = 3:54 | writer10 = Matthias Jabs, Meine, Hudson | title11 = Lonely Nights | length11 = 4:50 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks | title12 = Kami O {{sic|Shin Jiru|expected=Shinjiru}} | length12 = 3:49 | title13 = Daddy's Girl | length13 = 4:18 }} {{Track listing | headline = European edition bonus tracks | title12 = Destin | length12 = 3:17 | title13 = Daddy's Girl | length13 = 4:18 }} {{Track listing | headline = US edition hidden track | title12 = (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame | length12 = 2:27 | writer12 = Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | note12 = Elvis Presley cover }} {{Track listing | headline = ''Face the Heat'' single-only tracks | title1 = Rubber Fucker | length1 = 3:39 | writer1 = Herman Rarebell | note1 = from the "Alien Nation" maxi-single | title2 = Partners in Crime | length2 = 4:24 | note2 = from the "Under the Same Sun" maxi-single }}
==Personnel== ;Scorpions *Klaus Meine – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements on "Woman" *Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, sitar, EBow, backing vocals *Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, talk box *Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion *Ralph Rieckermann – bass
;Additional musicians *John Webster – keyboards *Luke Herzog – additional keyboards on "Woman" and "Lonely Nights", arrangements on "Woman" *Helen Donath – opera voice on "Ship of Fools" * Rhian Gittins – girl's voice on "Nightmare Avenue" *Paul Laine, Mark LaFrance – backing vocals *Bruce Fairbairn, Mark Hudson – backing vocals on "Under the Same Sun"
;Production *Bruce Fairbairn – producer, arrangements with Scorpions *Erwin Musper – engineer, mixing at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands *Mike Plotnikoff – engineer *George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York *Hubert Kretzschmar – cover photography
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (1993) ! Peak<br/>position |- {{Album chart|Austria|12|artist=Scorpions|album=Face the Heat|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|Canada|34|chartid=2276|artist=Scorpions|album=Face the Heat|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|Netherlands|34|artist=Scorpions|album=Face the Heat|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 166 | language= fi}}</ref> | align="center"| 8 |- !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"| 5 |- {{Album chart|Germany|4|id=1683|artist=Scorpions|album=Face the Heat|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|Hungary|11|year=1993|week=37|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 25, 2025}} |- ! scope="row"|Italian Albums (''Musica e Dischi'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e Dischi|language=it|access-date=March 25, 2024}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Scorpions".</ref> | align="center"| 22 |- !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"| 29 |- {{Album chart|Norway|4|artist=Scorpions|album=Face the Heat|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|Sweden|15|artist=Scorpions|album=Face the Heat|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|Switzerland|9|artist=Scorpions|album=Face the Heat|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|UK2|51|date=19930919|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|Billboard200|24|artist=Scorpions|refname=Billboard 200|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |}
==Certifications and sales== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Scorpions|title=Face the Heat|award=Gold|source=infodisc|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|access-date=November 24, 2021}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Scorpions|title=Face the Heat|nocert=true|salesamount=350,000|relyear=1993|salesref=<ref name="sales">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-06-04-N.pdf|title=World Music Awards - Scorpions|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=23|page=73|date=4 June 1994|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=21 March 2022}}</ref>}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Norway|artist=Scorpions|title=Face the Heat|award=Gold|certyear=1994|relyear=1993|access-date=20 May 2019}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Switzerland|artist=Scorpions|title=Face the Heat|award=Gold|certyear=1993|relyear=1993|access-date=20 May 2019}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Scorpions|title=Face the Heat|nocert=true|salesamount=450,000|relyear=1993|salesref=<ref name="sales"/>}} {{Certification Table Summary}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Worldwide|artist=Scorpions|title=Face the Heat|nocert=true|salesamount=1,500,000|relyear=1993|salesref=<ref name="sales"/>}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}
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