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''Virgin Killer'' shared the same fate as the other Scorpions albums featuring lead guitarist ]: it "failed to attain any serious attention in the United States" but was "quite popular in Japan"<ref>{{cite web |author=Weber, Barry |title=Scorpions |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifuxqr5ldke~T1 |publisher=] |accessmonthday=May 12 |accessyear=2008}}</ref> where it peaked at number 32 in the charts.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sharpe-Young, Garry |title=Scorpions discography |url=http://www.rockdetector.com/discography,7799.sm |publisher=] |accessmonthday=May 12 |accessyear=2008}}</ref> The album was another step in the band's shift from ] to ].<ref name="Buck">{{cite book |last=Berelian |first=Essi |editor=Buckley, Peter & Buckley, Jonathan (eds.) |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |publisher=Rough Guides |date=2003 |location=London |page=909 |isbn=1843531054}}</ref> Critic Vincent Jeffries of ] contends in hindsight that the album was "the first of four studio releases that really defined the Scorpions and their urgent metallic sound that was to become highly influential."<ref>{{cite web |author=Jeffries, Vincent |title=''Virgin Killer'' review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fqxqy5ldae |publisher=] |accessmonthday=May 12 |accessyear=2008}}</ref> He also counts the title track and "Pictured Life" among the "all-time Scorpions standouts." Among the band members, Uli Jon Roth considers ''Virgin Killer'' and the previous release '']'' as his favourite Scorpion albums.<ref name="RothRules"/>
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Virgin Killer is the fourth studio album by the Germanheavy metal band Scorpions. It was released in 1976, and was the first album of the band to attract attention outside Europe. The original cover, featuring a naked prepubescent girl, stirred controversy in the United States and elsewhere. It was subsequently reissued with a different cover.
"Polar Nights" was also covered by Therion on the various artist compilation A Tribute to the Scorpions.
References
Yasui, Todd Allan (Aug 30 1988), "The Sign of the Scorpions; The West German Metal Meisters' Tour de Force", The Washington Post, pp. F3 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)