| In Trance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 17 September 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Studio | Dierks Studios,Stommeln,West Germany | |||
| Genre | Hard rock,heavy metal | |||
| Length | 37:17 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Dieter Dierks | |||
| Scorpions chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from In Trance | ||||
| ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
 | ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Rock Hard | 7.0/10[3] |
| Teraz Rock |  [4] |
In Trance is the third studio album by Germanrock bandScorpions, released byRCA Records in 1975. The music was a departure from the progressive rock of the two previous albums. Instead, the album has ahard rock sound of shorter and tighter arrangements with which the band would achieve their global success and fame. Extended suites in the vein of songs such as "Lonesome Crow" and "Fly to the Rainbow" are absent altogether. This was the first of two studio albums to feature drummer Rudy Lenners, and the first album by the band to contain the now-famous logo and controversial artwork.
The original version of the album cover--photographed by Michael von Gimbut[5] was censored for clearly showing the cover model's exposed breast[6] hanging down towards the guitar. Later releases blacked out the breast so that it is not visible. This is the first of many Scorpions album covers to have been censored. The band's former lead guitaristUli Jon Roth claimed he may have "come up with the idea to do the thing with the guitar for the cover ofIn Trance".[7]
However, in a 2008 interview Roth claimed that early Scorpions album covers in general were "the record company's idea-- but we certainly didn't object. And so shame on us. Those covers were probably the most embarrassing thing I've ever been involved with." He did, though, classify theIn Trance cover as "borderline".[8]
The WhiteStratocaster shown on the cover belonged to Roth and he can be seen playing the same guitar on the cover of theElectric Sun albumFire Wind. This is the guitar that Roth used on all subsequent Scorpions and Electric Sun albums on which he played.[9]
This was the band's first album to feature the band's name written in the now-familiar font used on nearly all subsequent album covers--as well as their first collaboration with producerDieter Dierks.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dark Lady" | Ulrich Roth | 3:30 |
| 2. | "In Trance" | Rudolf Schenker,Klaus Meine | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Life's Like a River" | Roth, Schenker, Corina Fortmann | 3:54 |
| 4. | "Top of the Bill" | Schenker, Meine | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Living and Dying" | Schenker, Meine | 3:24 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Robot Man" | Schenker, Meine | 2:47 |
| 7. | "Evening Wind" | Roth | 5:06 |
| 8. | "Sun in My Hand" | Roth | 4:25 |
| 9. | "Longing for Fire" | Schenker, Roth | 2:44 |
| 10. | "Night Lights" (Instrumental) | Roth | 3:14 |
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)