VIRGIN KILLER is the fourth studio album by The Scorpions, released at the end of 1976, and is the band's shortest album with a length of 35 minutes. It is the second album made in collaboration with producer Dieter Dierks and d was another step away from psychedelic influences and towards hard rock. The title VIRGIN KILLER refers to the idea that time is the "killer" of innocence. The album reached #32 on the Japanese album charts and was the first Scorpions album to be certified gold in Japan.