Blackout | ||||
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![]() Cover art by Gottfried Helnwein | ||||
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Released | 8 March 1982[1] | |||
Studio | Villa San Pecaïre (Saint Jacques, Grasse, France) with Dierks Recording Mobile Dierks Studios (Stommeln, West Germany) | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 36:44 | |||
Label | Harvest/EMI | |||
Producer | Dieter Dierks | |||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10[3] |
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Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions. It was released in 1982 by Harvest and EMI Records.
In the US, the album was certified gold on 24 June 1982 and platinum on 8 March 1984 by RIAA.[6] Rolling Stone ranked Blackout as 73rd on their list of "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" in 2017.[7]