Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Scorpions

Scorpions (band)

Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...

, released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previous work, which alienated some fans, despite lead single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

For the first (and, thus far, only) time, Scorpions released a song recorded in their native language, namely "Du bist so schmutzig".

Track listing

1. "Mysterious" (Rieckermann, Schenker, Jabs, J.M. Byron, Meine) – 5:28
2. "To Be No. 1" (Peter Wolf, Jabs, Meine) – 3:57
3. "Obsession" (Meine, Wolf) – 4:09
4. "10 Light Years Away" (Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Meine, Schenker) – 3:52
5. "Mind Like a Tree" (Schenker, Wolf, Meine) – 5:34
6. "Eye to Eye" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:04
7. "What U Give U Get Back" (Schenker, Wolf, Meine) – 5:02
8. "Skywriter" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:55
9. "Yellow Butterfly" (Schenker, Frederiksen, Meine) – 5:44
10. "Freshly Squeezed" (Schenker, Wolf, Meine) – 3:58
11. "Priscilla" (Schenker, Meine) – 3:17
12. "Du bist so schmutzig" (Jabs, Schenker, Meine, Kottak) – 3:55
13. "Aleyah" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:19
14. "A Moment in a Million Years" (Meine) – 3:38

Credits

• Klaus Meine
  Klaus Meine
  Klaus Meine is a German singer, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the heavy metal band Scorpions...
  
   – Lead vocals
• Rudolf Schenker
  Rudolf Schenker
  Rudolf Schenker is a German guitarist and founding member of heavy metal band Scorpions, being the rhythm/lead guitarist and one of the main song-writers of the band...
  
   – Rhythm guitars, Backing vocals
• Matthias Jabs
  Matthias Jabs
  Matthias Jabs is a German guitarist and songwriter. He is a member of the heavy metal band Scorpions. Before joining the Scorpions, Jabs had played for the bands Lady, Fargo and Deadlock....
  
   – Lead guitars, Backing vocals
• James Kottak
  James Kottak
  James Kottak is an American drummer for the heavy metal band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996....
  
   – Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals
• Ralph Rieckermann – Bass, Backing vocals

Singles

Billboard (North America)

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1999	"Mysterious"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#26