Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions.

[6] Rolling Stone ranked Blackout as 73rd on their list of "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" in 2017.

[7] After losing his voice during the writing of the album,[8] lead singer Klaus Meine had to undergo surgery on his vocal cords and was uncertain as to whether or not he would be able to record.

[9] However, none of those recordings are featured on the album and Dokken is only credited with backing vocals.

issue 12, guitarist Rudolf Schenker said that he could not choose between his guitar solos on "China White" so the US and European releases differed in this detail.