Album · Scorpions
Lovedrive by Scorpions
Lovedrive is an album by Scorpions, released in 1979. 7 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 35 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Loving You Sunday Morning”, on 8 lists with a best position of #104.
Lovedrive, Scorpions' sixth studio album, came out in 1979 with Dieter Dierks producing, and it's where the Hanover band found the formula that would carry them through the decade ahead: hard rock with teeth, cut with melodic ballads. Uli Jon Roth was gone, new lead guitarist Matthias Jabs was in, and Michael Schenker, Rudolf's younger brother, came back for a brief stay before leaving again for a solo career. Klaus Meine sang, Francis Buchholz played bass and Herman Rarebell drummed.
The record snarls and gleams by turns, "Another Piece of Meat" all lean muscle and the title track galloping hard. It was their first album on Harvest in Europe and Mercury in North America after leaving RCA, their first to crack the Billboard album chart and their first to chart in the UK, and Dave Mustaine later named "Another Piece of Meat" his favourite Michael Schenker moment with the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lovedrive on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loving You Sunday Morning | 8 | #104 | – | 1990–2002 | |
| 2 | Love Drive | 6 | #115 | – | 1990–1999 | |
| 3 | Holiday | 7 | #395 | – | 1990–2002 | |
| 4 | Always Somewhere | 6 | #404 | – | 1990–1999 | |
| 5 | Coast to Coast | 6 | #530 | – | 1990–1999 | |
| 6 | Another Piece of Meat | 1 | #389 | – | 1990 | |
| 7 | Can't Get Enough | 1 | #442 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.