<P> The album was recorded in 1983 and 1984 at Dierks Studios in Stommeln, West Germany . Initial sessions took place in Stockholm's Polar Studios in the Summer of 1983 with ex-Rainbow members Jimmy Bain on bass and Bobby Rondinelli on drums, but nothing made it to the final album . Love at First Sting is notable in that it was one of the first digitally recorded hard rock records ever released . </P> <P> It became the group's most successful album in the US, where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984, and went double - platinum by the end of the year, reaching triple - platinum status in 1995 . The song "Rock You Like a Hurricane" reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the same year, "Still Loving You" reached number 64 on the same chart, number 14 in Germany, number 3 in the French and Swiss single charts . </P> <P> The original cover art was created by Kochlowski, which is a German graphic design company, and features a photo shot by renowned German photographer Helmut Newton . Despite the record company having shown the original cover art to retailers without any concerns, a complaint by Wal - Mart in the US after the album was released resulted in PolyGram Records issuing a "clean" cover for use in several department store chains . The alternative cover was designed to be less controversial by simply showing a photo of the band members, which was the same photo as the one on the inner sleeve . </P> <P> All lyrics written by Klaus Meine except where noted; all music composed by Rudolf Schenker . </P>

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