Fly to the Rainbow

Rock · 1974 · 6 tracks

Fly to the Rainbow

A pivotal bridge between psychedelic krautrock and the precision of 80s metal. Features sprawling guitar epics and Klaus Meine's emerging vocal power.

It's the Scorpions before they were famous, playing spacey hard rock with a guitar god who thought he was Jimi Hendrix.

A restless blend of hard-hitting rock energy and cosmic, psychedelic wandering.

Fly to the Rainbow · vs · Scorpions

Storytelling+3.2σ

The writing leans far further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks

02

They Need a Million

4:53

03

Drifting Sun

7:42

04

Fly People Fly

5:04

05

This Is My Song

4:17

06

Far Away

5:42

07

Fly to the Rainbow

9:31

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden shift from the driving hard rock of the title track into a spacey, experimental soundscape of bird calls and synthesizer washes.

Uli Jon Roth's Hendrix-esque dive-bombing guitar solo on 'Drifting Sun' that pushes the band into proto-metal territory.

The soaring, anthemic vocal harmonies that bridge the gap between 60s pop and 70s arena rock on 'Fly People Fly'.

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