# Pure Instinct
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{{Infobox album
| name = Pure Instinct
| type = studio
| artist = [Scorpions](/source/Scorpions_(band))
| cover = ScorpionsPureInstinct.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover photo by [Gered Mankowitz](/source/Gered_Mankowitz)
| released = 21 May 1996
| recorded =
| studio = {{flatlist|
*Scorpio Sound Studio, [Hannover](/source/Hannover), Germany
*[Wisseloord Studios](/source/Wisseloord_Studios), [Hilversum](/source/Hilversum), Netherlands
*Magic Moments Studio, [New York City, New York](/source/New_York_City), US
*Goodnight LA, [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles), US
}}
| genre =
* [Hard rock](/source/Hard_rock)
| length = 51:04
| label = [East West](/source/East_West_Records) (International){{·}}[Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records) (US)
| producer =
* [Erwin Musper](/source/Erwin_Musper)
* [Keith Olsen](/source/Keith_Olsen)
* Scorpions
| prev_title = [Face the Heat](/source/Face_the_Heat)
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = [Eye II Eye](/source/Eye_II_Eye)
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Pure Instinct
| type = studio
| single1 = [You and I](/source/You_and_I_(Scorpions_song))" / "She's Knocking at My Door
| single1date = 1996
| single2 = Does Anyone Know" / "Stone in My Shoe (live)
| single2date = 1996
| single3 = Wild Child
| single3date = 1996 (US only)
| single4 = When You Came into My Life
| single4date = 1996
| single5 = Where the River Flows
| single5date = 1997
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover photo by [Michel Comte](/source/Michel_Comte)
| type = Studio album
| cover = PureInstinctUS.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}[{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/pure-instinct-r234850/review | title = Scorpions Pure Instinct review | access-date = 5 August 2011 | last = Weber | first = Barry | work = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | publisher = [Rovi Corporation](/source/Rovi_Corporation)}}]
| rev2 =''[Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal](/source/Martin_Popoff)''
| rev2Score = 4/10[{{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](/source/Collector's_Guide_Publishing) | date = 1 August 2007 | location = [Burlington, Ontario](/source/Burlington%2C_Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada) | isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9 |pages=387–388}}]
| rev3 = ''[Metal Hammer](/source/Metal_Hammer)'' (GER)
| rev3Score = 5/7[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/scorpions-pure-instinct/ |title=Scorpions – Pure Instinct |language=de |last=Scöwe |first=Andreas |magazine=[Metal Hammer](/source/Metal_Hammer) |date=May 1996 |access-date=20 June 2017 }}]
| rev4 = ''[Rock Hard](/source/Rock_Hard_(magazine))''
| rev4Score = 7.0/10[{{cite magazine |title=Review Album: Scorpions - Pure Instinct |magazine=[Rock Hard](/source/Rock_Hard_(magazine)) |year=1996 |last=Glas |first=Stefan |issue=101 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=726 |access-date=20 June 2017 |language=de}}]
| rev5= ''Music Waves'' (FRA)
| rev5Score = 2/5[{{cite web |url=https://www.musicwaves.fr/frmReview.aspx?ID=7127&REF= |date=7 May 2011 |author=Loloceltic |title=Scorpions Pure Instinct review |website=Music Waves |language=fr |access-date=15 April 2020}}]
| noprose= yes
}}
'''''Pure Instinct''''' is the thirteenth studio [album](/source/album) by the German [hard rock](/source/hard_rock) band [Scorpions](/source/Scorpions_(band)), released in 1996. The album received mixed reviews from critics, with many criticizing it for having too many ballads and not enough [hard rock](/source/hard_rock) songs.
The cover art for this album, as with several earlier Scorpions albums, was replaced with an alternative cover for some releases due to the nudity on the original cover.[{{cite web|author=Jeffrey Easton |title=Metal Exiles interview with Klaus Meine' |url=http://www.metalexiles.com/_mgxroot/page_11070.html |publisher=metalexiles.com |access-date=21 April 2010 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421000657/http://www.metalexiles.com/_mgxroot/page_11070.html |archive-date=21 April 2010 }}] This is the only Scorpions album that does not feature an official drummer, released following the departure of [Herman Rarebell](/source/Herman_Rarebell) before the recording sessions. The band hired session musician [Curt Cress](/source/Curt_Cress) as drummer for the album. The song "[You and I](/source/You_and_I_(Scorpions_song))" gained some popularity and was often played in Scorpions concerts.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = [Klaus Meine](/source/Klaus_Meine), except "When You Came into My Life" by Meine, [Rudolf Schenker](/source/Rudolf_Schenker), [Titiek Puspa](/source/Titiek_Puspa) and [James F. Sundah](/source/James_F._Sundah)
| title1 = Wild Child
| music1 = Schenker
| length1 = 4:19
| title2 = But the Best for You
| music2 = Meine
| length2 = 5:26
| title3 = Does Anyone Know
| music3 = Meine
| length3 = 6:03
| title4 = Stone in My Shoe
| music4 = Schenker
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Soul Behind the Face
| music5 = Schenker
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Oh Girl (I Wanna Be with You)
| music6 = Schenker
| length6 = 3:56
| title7 = When You Came into My Life
| music7 = Meine, Schenker, Puspa, Sundah
| length7 = 5:13
| title8 = Where the River Flows
| music8 = Schenker
| length8 = 4:16
| title9 = Time Will Call Your Name
| music9 = Schenker
| length9 = 3:21
| title10 = [You and I](/source/You_and_I_(Scorpions_song))
| music10 = Meine
| length10 = 6:16
| title11 = [Are You the One?](/source/You're_the_One_(Bonnie_Tyler_song))
| music11 = Schenker
| length11 = 3:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title12 = She's Knocking at My Door
| music12 = Schenker
| length12 = 3:21
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Pure Instinct'' single-only tracks
| title1 = Kiss of Borrowed Time
| length1 = 3:39
| writer1 = Meine
| note1 = from the "When You Came into My Life" CD-single
| title2 = You and I
| length2 = 4:21
| writer2 = Meine
| note2 = special single mix from the "You and I" CD-single
}}
"Time Will Call Your Name" is 3:56 in length on European releases.[{{cite AV media notes |title=Pure Instinct |type=liner notes |others=Scorpions |publisher=EastWest Records GmbH |year=1996 |location=Germany |id=0630-14524-2 35 511 5}}]
==Personnel==
;Scorpions
*[Klaus Meine](/source/Klaus_Meine) – lead vocals
*[Rudolf Schenker](/source/Rudolf_Schenker) – rhythm guitar, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, [EBow](/source/EBow), backing vocals
*[Matthias Jabs](/source/Matthias_Jabs) – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, [slide guitar](/source/slide_guitar)
*Ralph Rieckermann – bass
;Additional musicians
*[Curt Cress](/source/Curt_Cress) – drums, percussion
*Pitti Hecht – percussion
*Luke Herzog, Koen van Bael – keyboards
;Production
*[Erwin Musper](/source/Erwin_Musper) – producer, engineer, mixing
*[Keith Olsen](/source/Keith_Olsen) – producer on track 1
*Evelien Tjebbes, Attie Bauw, Peter Kirkman – assistant engineers
*[David Foster](/source/David_Foster) – producer, arranger, keyboards on track 7 (uncredited on this album, but credited on single)
*Claude Gaudette – keyboards on track 7 (uncredited on this album, but credited on single)
*David Reitzas, Felipe Elgueta – engineers on track 7 (uncredited on this album, but credited on single)
*[Chris Lord-Alge](/source/Chris_Lord-Alge) – mixing on track 7 (uncredited on this album, but credited on single)
*[George Marino](/source/George_Marino) – mastering at [Sterling Sound](/source/Sterling_Sound), New York
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1996)
! Peak
position
|-
{{Album chart|Austria|20|artist=Scorpions|album=Pure Instinct|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Wallonia|37|artist=Scorpions|album=Pure Instinct|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|95|artist=Scorpions|album=Pure Instinct|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Finland|10|artist=Scorpions|album=Pure Instinct|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"| French Albums ([SNEP](/source/Syndicat_National_de_l'%C3%89dition_Phonographique))[{{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''.'']
| align="center"|11
|-
{{Album chart|Germany|8|id=2304|artist=Scorpions|album=Pure Instinct|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Hungary|14|year=1996|week=21|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 18, 2025}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([Oricon](/source/Oricon))[{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[Oricon Entertainment](/source/Oricon)|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}]
| align="center"| 28
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|4|artist=Scorpions|album=Pure Instinct|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|38|artist=Scorpions|album=Pure Instinct|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Switzerland|15|artist=Scorpions|album=Pure Instinct|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|UKRock|18|date=19960512|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|99|artist=Scorpions|refname=Billboard 200|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry | region=Finland | title=Pure Instinct | artist=Scorpions| award=Gold| type=album| access-date=13 January 2021| relyear=1996|salesamount=25,000}}
{{Certification Table Entry | region=France| title=Pure Instinct | artist=Scorpions | award=Gold | type=album | access-date=13 January 2022 | relyear=1996|certyear=1996|source=infodisc}}
{{Certification Table Entry | region=Germany | title=Pure Instinct | artist=Scorpions | award=Gold | type=album | access-date=15 November 2011 | relyear=1996| relmonth=5 | date=1996}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Indonesia|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|certref=[{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1996/1996-11-30-Billboard-Page-0053.pdf|title=Scorpions Pure Instinct|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=November 30, 1996|page=53}}]|salesamount=50,000|salesref=[{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109165528/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf|archive-date=9 January 2007|url-status=dead|title=Certification Award Levels|publisher=[IFPI](/source/IFPI)|access-date=23 March 2023}}]}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Malaysia|award=Platinum|number=6|certref=[{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VPxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3BQEAAAAIBAJ&hl=en&pg=3313%2C1907099|title=Scorpions bares its soul|newspaper=[New Straits Times](/source/New_Straits_Times)|access-date=11 July 2023|date=19 April 1999|page=3}}]
|salesamount=150,000|salesref=[{{cite web|url=https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tRUJH-SaobM/Vx6DSmwgdpI/AAAAAAAAhpc/40FG2nyRu2MJPoNcuIP8JBa-lZ1OiBEkQCLcB/s1600/vlcsnap-2016-04-23-23h04m55s698.png|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206173922/https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tRUJH-SaobM/Vx6DSmwgdpI/AAAAAAAAhpc/40FG2nyRu2MJPoNcuIP8JBa-lZ1OiBEkQCLcB/s1600/vlcsnap-2016-04-23-23h04m55s698.png|archive-date=6 December 2020|url-status=dead|title=Platinum Award for the sales of 50'000 copies of Pure Instinct|access-date=4 February 2021}}]|salesamount=50,000|salesref=[}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
* [http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/discography/records/pure_instinct.asp Official album page]
* [http://www.the-scorpions.com/german/videos/you_and_i.asp "You and I" video]
* [http://www.the-scorpions.com/german/videos/when_you_came_into_my_life.asp "When You Came into My Life" video]
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