Tracks
Side A
- 11972In Search Of The Peace Of Mind4:57E major
- 22025This Is My Song4:08D minor
- 31974Speedy's Coming3:34F minor
- 41975In Trance4:43
Side B
- 11976Pictured Life3:24C♯ minor
- 21977The Sails of Charon5:12G major
- 31975Top of the Bill3:25F♯ minor
- 41979Always Somewhere4:58D major
Side C
- 11980The Zoo5:30E major
- 21982No One Like You3:59E major
- 31984Rock You Like a Hurricane4:14E major
- 41984Big City Nights4:09E major
Side D
- 11990Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 22 of 1991, 14 weeks in the chartWind Of Change5:12E major
- 21987Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 14 of 1987, 13 weeks in the chartStill Loving You6:43C♯ major
- 32007Humanity5:27C minor
- 42022Rock Believer3:57F minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of From The First Sting
From The First Sting sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 123 bpm.
Quietest track: In Search Of The Peace Of Mind · most energetic: No One Like You
Across 16 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All 13 members of Scorpions over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Rudolf Schenker
Lothar Heimberg
Wolfgang Dziony
Klaus Meine
Michael Schenker
Uli Jon Roth
Francis Buchholz
Jürgen Rosenthal
Herman Rarebell
Matthias Jabs
Ralph Rieckermann
James Kottak
Paweł Mąciwoda197019801990200020102020Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was From The First Sting by Scorpions released?
From The First Sting came out in 2025.
How many tracks are on From The First Sting?
From The First Sting has 16 tracks, 74 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from From The First Sting made the Dutch Top 40?
Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Wind Of Change and Still Loving You. The highest was Wind Of Change, at number 1 in week 22 of 1991.
Which category is From The First Sting in?
From The First Sting is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Scorpions.
Which other albums by Scorpions are in the collection?
The collection holds two more albums by Scorpions: Love At First Sting (1984) and Crazy World (1990).
Who was in Scorpions when From The First Sting came out?
In 1972–2025, Scorpions consisted of Rudolf Schenker, Lothar Heimberg, Wolfgang Dziony, Klaus Meine, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Francis Buchholz, Jürgen Rosenthal and four others. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of From The First Sting mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play From The First Sting?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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