Lovedrive

Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions, released in 1979. Considered by some critics to be the pinnacle of their career, Lovedrive was a major evolution in the band's sound, exhibiting their "classic style" that would be developed over the next few albums. Lovedrive cemented the "Scorpions formula" of hard rock combined with melodic ballads.

Following the band's departure from RCA, Lovedrive was their first album to be released by Harvest Records in Europe and Mercury Records in the United States and Canada. A major commercial breakthrough, it reached No. 55 on the Billboard Top 200, which none of their previous five albums had dented. The RIAA certified the record gold on 28 May 1986. In the United Kingdom, Lovedrive was the first Scorpions album to chart, peaking at No. 36.

Lovedrive ranked No. 25 on IGN's 2007 list of the top 25 metal albums.

"Another Piece of Meat" was lauded by Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine: "Michael Schenker was always the Kinder Egg of the Scorpions: y'know, would he appear on this record or not? Without a doubt, 'Another Piece of Meat' is my favourite song he did with the band. There were these really tasty little blurts of guitar that he did in between the vocal lines, and he would almost take this running jump at the solo. It was different from anything I'd heard before in heavy metal." Mustaine also acclaimed the title track: "You've got that cool, galloping riff, and behind it a second guitar doing counterpoint, which shows you how beautiful a guitar duo can be, if they know how to work off each other."