The Scorpions : Taken By Force

I KNOW WE'VE 

NEVER BEEN APART

YOUR LOVE

SETS FIRE TO MY HEART

WE'LL BURN THE SKY

WHEN IT'S TIME

 FOR ME TO DIE

 Taken by Force

 is the fifth 

studio album

 by German band

 The Scorpions, 

released by

 RCA Records in 1977. 

This was the first 

Scorpions album

 to feature drummer 

Herman Rarebell 

and the final 

studio album to

 feature guitarist

 Uli Jon Roth.

 Roth left the band in 1978 

following the end 

of the album's tour, 

and was at first 

replaced by 

Michael Schenker 

and later by

 Matthias Jabs.

The lyrics to

 "We'll Burn the Sky" 

were initially

 a poem

 written by 

Monika Dannemann, 

the last girlfriend of

 Jimi Hendrix , 

as a tribute to him

 after he died.

Artwork

The album cover photography

 was taken by 

Michael von Gimbut; 

his third Scorpions album

 cover commission.

 Like their previous

two albums, 

Taken by Force

 caused controversy 

with its cover art 

which again resulted in

 the artwork being replaced

 in most markets

 with an alternative cover 

using photographs

 of the band members. 

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