Year : 1983 , 1985 (Portrait Records Remastered Edition 2001)
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 137 mb
Bio:
Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s. The band played an important role in the development of speed metal, being part of the German heavy metal scene, which emerged in the early to mid-1980s.Following their disbandment in 1997 and short-lived reunion in 2005, Accept reunited again in 2009 with former T.T. Quick frontman Mark Tornillo replacing Dirkschneider and released their two highest charting albums to date, Blood of the Nations and Stalingrad.They have sold over 17 million albums worldwide.
Album:
Reissue edition from 2001 with 2 bonus tracks from EP Kaizoku-Ban.Originally released at the end of 1983, “Balls To the Wall” is the fifth album by the influential German heavy metal band Accept. Taking much of their inspiration from the likes of fellow German hard-rockers the Scorpions, as well as a debt to UK metal legends Judas Priest, Accept were fronted by the inimitable Udo Dirkschneider on vocals, backed by lead guitar heroes Wolf Hoffmann and Herman Frank.Controversial at the time for its cover and some of the album’s themes, it was also their greatest commercial success, reaching number 75 in the US Billboard Hot 100. “Balls To The Wall” received gold status in the US, partly off the back of the heavy rotation the title track’s video received on MTV.The album is now backed by the bonus CD “Staying A Life”, a live album recorded at the Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan on 18th September 1985. As well as storming live versions of key tracks from “Balls To The Wall”, it features many Accept classics including ‘Breaker’, ‘Princess Of The Dawn’, ‘Restless And Wild’, ‘Son Of A Bitch’ and ‘Fast As A Shark’.An expanded booklet features new liner notes from Classic Rock and Metal Hammer’s Malcolm Dome, commissioned for this release.
Line-Up:
Udo Dirkschneider - vocals - See also: Dirkschneider & the Old Gang, U.D.O., Metal All Stars, Udo Dirkschneider, ex-Band X
Wolf Hoffmann - guitar - See also: Wolf Hoffmann
Herman Frank - guitar - See also: Herman Frank, Iron Allies, Victory, ex-Hazzard, ex-Moon'Doc, ex-Poison Sun, ex-Pänzer, ex-Sinner, ex-The Element
Peter Baltes - bass - See also: Ashrain, Dirkschneider & the Old Gang, U.D.O., ex-DeuxMonkey, ex-Don Dokken
Stefan Kaufmann - drums - See also: Dirkschneider & the Old Gang, ex-U.D.O.
Production:
Record Company – Sony Music
Glass Mastered At – Sony Music, Pitman – DIDP-105820
Composed By – Accept
Design – Jean Lessenich
Design Concept [Cover Idea] – Deaffy
Engineer – Louis Austin
Mixed By – Michael Wagener
Photography By – Dieter Eikelpoth
Producer – Accept
Reissue Producer – Jeff Magid
Tracklist:
01. Balls To The Wall
02. London Leatherboys
03. Fight It Back
04. Head Over Heels
05. Losing More Than You've Ever Had
06. Love Child
07. Turn Me On
08. Losers And Winners
09. Guardian Of The Night
10. Winter Dreams
11. Head Over Heels (Live) (Bonus Track)
12. Love Child (Live) (Bonus Track)
Tracks 1 to 10 originally released on Balls To The Wall (1984) (Portrait 39241)
Tracks 11 and 12 recorded live in Japan, 1985. Originally released on the Kaizoku-Ban EP (Portrait 54916)
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