Scorpions - Lonely Nights

On this album, Scorpions had just replaced their longtime bass player Buschholz with a younger player, Ralph Rieckermann, who stayed for this and the next two albums. And the nice thing was, he played fretless bass... The band was: Scorpions Klaus Meine – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements on Woman Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, sitar, EBow, backing vocals Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, talk box Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion Ralph Rieckermann – bass Additional musicians John Webster – keyboards Luke Herzog – additional keyboards on Woman and Lonely Nights, arrangements on Woman Helen Donath – opera voice on Ship of Fools Rhian Gittins – girl&voice on Nightmare Avenue Paul Laine, Mark LaFrance – backing vocals Bruce Fairbairn, Mark Hudson – backing vocals on Under the Same Sun