The Platinum Collection is a compilation album by German hard rock band Scorpions, released in 2005, in Europe, Australia and South Africa.
A three-disc compilation covering 1975's In Trance through 2004's Unbreakable, it is one of the band's few near career-spanning sets, featuring their better-known Mercury Records material, as well as the earlier material released on RCA (although the band's first two albums Lonesome Crow and Fly To The Rainbow are ignored).
As the AllMusicGuide review from Greg Prato points out, "Ultimately, although it consists of a trio of discs, Platinum Collection features far too much post-1984 material (a full disc and a half), and not nearly enough '70s selections, when the Scorpions were one darn vicious metal act (and the non-inclusion of such early classics as 'Speedy's Coming' and 'The Sails of Charon' is absolutely ridiculous).
As a result, one of the many shorter -- yet more wisely assembled -- Scorpions collections would make a better purchase (such as 2006's Gold)."
'*Digital Remaster 2001