Scorpions "Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads"

Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads is a compilation album by German rock band Scorpions. It includes the most popular Scorpions ballads, with a brand new acoustic studio version of the song "Send Me an Angel", a new full band studio version of the song "Follow Your Heart" and two brand new songs "Melrose Avenue" and "Always Be with You" that were written specifically for this compilation.

Record label Sony Music contacted Scorpions and said that they wanted to release a compilation album consisting of their most popular ballads. They also suggested that the band record a couple of new songs that would be included with all those ballads. The band went into the studio and everybody in there came up with new song ideas. They wrote and recorded "Melrose Avenue" and "Always Be with You". "Melrose Avenue" is the newest song composed by Matthias Jabs. It is named after one of the most popular strips in Los Angeles and it talks about the enchanting sense of life in California. "Always Be with You" is a brand new song written by Rudolf Schenker. Written shortly after the birth of his youngest son, it is a declaration of love and a story of change. Before doing an interview for Sirius XM Satellite Radio on 12 September 2017, the band finished recording sessions and listened to the first mixes of the songs.

On 22 October 2017, the band announced the compilation album title and track listing. The album is a compilation of 17 ballads. It includes MTV Unplugged versions of the songs "Born to Touch Your Feelings" and "When You Came into My Life", both of which were previously released on the bonus disc called "Studio Edits" which was part of the MTV Unplugged: Live in Athens Tour Edition. It also includes 2011 versions of the songs "Wind of Change" and "Still Loving You" which were released on Comeblack (2011), 2015 remastered versions of the songs "Always Somewhere", "Holiday", "When the Smoke Is Going Down" and "Lady Starlight". Furthermore, it includes "Lonely Nights" from the album Face the Heat (1993), "Gypsy Life" from the album Return to Forever (2015), "The Best Is Yet to Come" from the album Sting in the Tail (2010). Also, it includes a radio edit of the song "Eye of the Storm", which was only available on a digital single release of the same song, and a single edit version of the song "House of Cards". It also includes a brand new acoustic version of the song "Send Me An Angel",a full-band version of the song "Follow Your Heart" (previously played and sung by Klaus Meine on his own during the MTV Unplugged show), and two brand new ballads: "Melrose Avenue" and "Always Be with You".

On 10 November 2017, "Follow Your Heart" (new 2017 version) was released as the compilation's lead single. On 15 November 2017, lyrics video for the song "Follow Your Heart" was also released. The album was released worldwide on 24 November 2017 on CD, double heavy gatefold LP, as digital download and it is also available for streaming.

Track listing

1. "Born to Touch Your Feelings" (studio edit from MTV Unplugged: Live in Athens – Tour Edition, 2014) Klaus Meine Rudolf Schenker 4:02
2. "Still Loving You" (from Comeblack, 2011) Meine Schenker 6:43
3. "Wind of Change" (from Comeblack, 2011) Meine Meine 5:08
4. "Always Somewhere" (2015 remastered version) Meine Schenker 4:54
5. "Send Me an Angel" (new 2017 acoustic version) Meine Schenker 4:19
6. "Holiday" (2015 remastered version) Meine Schenker 6:31
7. "Eye of the Storm" (radio edit from "Eye of the Storm" single, 2015) Meine Meine, Mikael Nord Andersson, Martin Hansen 3:22
8. "When the Smoke Is Going Down" (2015 remastered version) Meine/Schenker 3:51
9. "Lonely Nights" (from Face the Heat, 1993) Meine Schenker 4:49
10. "Gypsy Life" (from Return to Forever, 2015) Meine Schenker 4:52
11. "House of Cards" (single edit from "We Built This House" 7" single, 2015) Meine/Schenker 4:28
12. "The Best Is Yet to Come" (from Sting in the Tail, 2010) Anders Wikström, Fredrik Thomander, Eric Bazilian, Schenker Wikström, Thomander, Bazilian 4:32
13. "When You Came Into My Life" (studio edit from MTV Unplugged: Live in Athens – Tour Edition, 2014) Meine, Schenker, James F. Sundah, Titiek Puspa Meine, Schenker, Sundah, Puspa 3:32
14. "Lady Starlight" (2015 remastered version) Meine Schenker 6:16
15. "Follow Your Heart" (new 2017 version) Meine Schenker 4:05
16. "Melrose Avenue" (new song) Meine, Matthias Jabs Jabs 3:32
17. "Always Be with You" (new song) Meine, Hansen, Andersson Schenker 3:29

Total length: 78:25