Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by the
German hard rock band
Scorpions, released in 1979. Considered by some critics to be the pinnacle of their career,
Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound, exhibiting their "classic style" that would be later developed over their next few albums.
Lovedrive cemented the "Scorpions formula" of hard rock songs combined with melodic ballads.