Classic Bites

Classic Bites
Greatest hits album by Scorpions
Released	5 February 2002
Recorded	1990–1994
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	79:16
Label	Mercury
Producer	Keith Olsen, Bruce Fairbairn, Scorpions
Scorpions compilations chronology
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Scorpions (2001) Classic Bites (2002) Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions (2002)

Classic Bites is a compilation album released in 2002 by the German hard rock/heavy metal band Scorpions. It features songs from two studio albums—Crazy World (1990) and Face the Heat (1993)—as well as a single track from the 1995 live album Live Bites.

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Source	Rating
Allmusic

Greg Prato of AllMusic criticises the compilation, claiming that it "falls very short" as it "focuses entirely on their early-'90s period... and nothing earlier". He suggests that Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions is "a much more thorough collection".

Track listing

All music is composed by Rudolf Schenker except where noted

No.	Title	Lyrics	Original album	Length
1.	"Crazy World"	Klaus Meine, Schenker, Herman Rarebell, Jim Vallance	Crazy World	5:09
2.	"Alien Nation"	Meine	Face the Heat	5:43
3.	"Tease Me Please Me" (Music: Matthias Jabs, Vallance)	Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Crazy World	4:36
4.	"No Pain No Gain"	Meine, Mark Hudson	Face the Heat	3:46
5.	"In Trance" (live)	Meine	Live Bites	4:02
6.	"Hit Between the Eyes"	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Crazy World	4:21
7.	"Under the Same Sun" (Music: Hudson, Scott Fairbairn, Meine)	Hudson, Fairbairn, Meine	Face the Heat	4:51
8.	"Lonely Nights"	Meine	Face the Heat	4:40
9.	"Send Me an Angel"	Meine	Crazy World	4:30
10.	"Ship of Fools"	Meine	Face the Heat	4:15
11.	"Restless Nights"	Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Crazy World	5:22
12.	"Lust or Love" (Music: Meine)	Meine, Rarebell, Vallance	Crazy World	4:22
13.	"Don't Believe Her" (Music: Schenker, Vallance)	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Crazy World	4:51
14.	"Unholy Alliance"	Meine	Face the Heat	5:15
15.	"Kicks After Six" (Music: Francis Buchholz, Vallance)	Rarebell, Meine, Vallance	Crazy World	3:46
16.	"To Be with You in Heaven"	Meine	Crazy World	4:36
17.	"Wind of Change" (Music: Meine)	Meine	Crazy World	5:11
Total length:				79:16

Personnel

• Klaus Meine – lead vocals, whistling on "Wind of Change"
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, acoustic guitar on "Send Me an Angel", backing vocals
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals
• Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 11-13, 15-17)
• Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals (tracks 2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 14)
• Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion, backing vocals