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Pure Instinct
Rock · 1996 · 10 tracks

Pure Instinct

Scorpions

A pivot toward soft rock and acoustic-led ballads. Polished, sentimental, and melodic, trading stadium thunder for intimate, late-night reflection.

May 20, 1996 · Atlantic

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A warm, sentimental collection of melodic rock that favors intimacy over stadium-sized aggression.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Wild Child
4:17
02
But the Best for You
5:21
03
Does Anyone Know
5:56
04
Stone in My Shoe
4:38
05
Soul Behind the Face
4:01
06
Oh Girl (I Wanna Be With You)
3:50
07
When You Came Into My Life
5:29
08
Where the River Flows
4:11
09
Time Will Call Your Name
3:57
11
Are You the One?
3:14
Moments Worth Listening For
The delicate acoustic arpeggio that opens You and I, setting a vulnerable tone for the album's centerpiece.
The sudden surge of electric grit in Wild Child that briefly recalls the band's heavier roots.
The soaring, multi-tracked vocal harmonies during the climax of When You Came Into My Life.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Pure Instinct sound next to the rest of Scorpions's catalogue?

Candlelit+3.8σ

Candlelit saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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