World Wide Live

{{Short description|1985 double live album by Scorpions}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox album

| name = World Wide Live

| type = Live album

| artist = Scorpions

| cover = WorldWideLive.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1985|06|14}}{{cite magazine|date=June 7, 1985|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1985/FMQB-1985-06-07.pdf|magazine=FMQB|page=32|access-date=April 4, 2023|archive-date=20 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320054325/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1985/FMQB-1985-06-07.pdf|url-status=live}}

| recorded = Love at First Sting World Tour
23 January 1984 – 7 February 1985

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Heavy metal{{cite web | url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/45890/Scorpions-World-Wide-Live/ | title=Review: Scorpions - World Wide Live | Sputnikmusic | access-date=14 September 2022 | archive-date=26 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026220718/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/45890/Scorpions-World-Wide-Live/ | url-status=live }}

| length = 77:27

| label = Harvest/EMI (Europe)
Mercury (US)

| producer = Dieter Dierks

| chronology = Scorpions live albums

| prev_title = Tokyo Tapes

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Live Bites

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{Singles

| name = World Wide Live

| type = live

| single1 = No One Like You

| single1date = June 1985

}}

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = World Wide Live

| type = video

| artist = Scorpions

| cover =

| alt =

| released = 1985

| recorded = 1984–1985 World Tour

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Heavy metal
• glam metal
• hard rock

}}

| length = 60 min.

| label = PMI / Castle

| director = Hart Perry

| producer = Marty Callner, Hart Perry

| chronology = Scorpions video albums

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = To Russia with Love and Other Savage Amusements

| next_year = 1988

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/world-wide-live-mw0000191757 | title = Scorpions World Wide Live review | access-date = 21 November 2012 | last = Weber | first = Barry | work = AllMusic | archive-date = 4 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104030011/http://www.allmusic.com/album/world-wide-live-mw0000191757 | url-status = live }}

|rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

|rev2Score = 6/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 319}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = (mixed){{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/scorpions/albums/album/322267/review/5940820/world_wide_live | title = Album Reviews: Scorpions - World Wide Live | access-date = 11 November 2012 | last = Holmes | first = Tim | date = 12 September 1985 | magazine = Rolling Stone | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013222653/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/scorpions/albums/album/322267/review/5940820/world_wide_live | archive-date = 13 October 2007}}

| noprose = yes

}}

World Wide Live is a live album by German rock band Scorpions, released in 1985. The original audio recording was produced by Dieter Dierks. A VHS was released at the same time with footage of Scorpions' world tour.

The live album was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set, in a gatefold-sleeve, and a cassette. The liner notes contain a crew member list, tour date information and when the shows were recorded:

• Bercy, Paris, France (1984-02-29)
• The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1984-04-24 & 1984-04-25)
• Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA (1984-04-26)
• Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, USA (1984-04-28)
• Sporthalle, Cologne, West Germany (1984-11-17)

The initial CD release featured 15 tracks (dropping "Another Piece of Meat", "Six-String Sting" and "Can't Get Enough", parts 1 & 2, due to time constraints), but the remastered edition of 1997 features the original album in full.