Idolator

Despite all my rage, I am still just a gnat in a cage.

Lock thread. As it were.

The whole album has leaked, and unfortunately is terrible. I was hoping the pairing of Desmond Child, Klaus Meine and Billy Corgan would be a gooey hard rock explosion. Sadly, The Cross is the best song on the record.

The Scorpions just don't really have a songwriter in the band anymore...

.....It's just not the same without Mathias Jabs, or even Michael Schenker. Other than the slide-y 4-5-1 [minor 3rd]-4-1 riff, this is pretty homogenized and weak. It's a bad sign when they have to bury the guitar lead in the mix. This band badly needs a lead guitarist, and someone to turn up some guitar amps!

Sounds okay to me. Better if Corgan didn't sing, but he's an egomaniac.