The Scorpions
' two previous releases,
Blackout
and
Love at First Sting
, were mostly successful due to the band's ability to adjust with the times; with
, they used the classic power
rock
introduced by bands like
Van Halen
, and for
Sting
they used similar melodies, but with a harder, tighter sound akin to the work of such bands as
Dokken
REO Speedwagon
. With
Savage Amusement
, the group's first studio recording in almost four years,
the Scorpions
experimented with more polished
pop
melodies that
Def Leppard
and the like had made popular. The end result is polished and often predictable music that, while good, on the whole fails to be as infectious as the music on their previous albums. Die-hard fans will certainly find their share of worthwhile songs, such as
"Don't Stop at the Top"
"Believe in Love,"
but they still may find
to be incomparable to its predecessors. ~ Barry Weber