The Third outing for the European Hard Rock specialist as they continue to expand on the radio friendly ballads and crunchy rocker laid down on 'Lonesome Crow' and 'Fly to the Rainbow'. While there are plenty of strong moments, these do contrast some more obscure tracks, that to me haven't stood the test of time so well. My only other nark is 'Ulrich Roth' while the man is an superb guitarist, he should leave the vocals to 'Klaus Meine', who is by far a better singer.

The opener 'Dark Lady' is an early gem, the gloomy plod is brilliant laid down and acts as a sweet contrast to the splendid uplifting guitar work. 'Ulrich Roth' should've taken a back seat for the vocals though, his pronunciation is quirky and overall pretty unmelodious. More quality is found in the title track 'In Trance', an impressively written number, full of astute pace changes, which work really well against the melodic vocals. 'Life's like a River' is an interesting number, a sort of ballad come rocker, which regrettable excels at neither and ultimately comes across as a bit lifeless abate 'Klaus Meine's' enthusiasm. Full marks for the effort displayed on the early hard-hitter 'Top of the Bill' the axe-work is pretty groundbreaking, but lyrically it comes unstuck and ends up sounding awkward and makes for an arduous listen. Less memorable is 'Living and Dying' a track stuck in a mid-tempo no-mans-land and as a whole is a pretty depressing number. The second side kicks off with the enjoyable romp known as 'Robot Man', lyrically it's a disaster but somehow it works and thankfully comes off as a tasty, fast paced rocker. 'Evening Wind' is a respectably written slower number, but to me sound dated. The 'Hendrix' influenced 'Sun in my Hand' is better with its intricate guitar work and superb soloing, unfortunately 'Ulrich Roth' takes over the vocal duties and does this tasty fret heavy track, no credit. 'Longing for the Fire' starts off pretty ordinary, but quickly picks up when the marvellous guitaring cuts in. Last up is 'Night Lights' a slow instrumental, that while nicely played is in a dire need an vitality injection.

As with all of 'Scorpions' early work if you can get past the quirky numbers, there's plenty of glorious early hard rockers, that will please any fans of 70's 'Hard Rock'.