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Classic Metal

Fred Rayworth | Las Vegas, NV United States | 01/25/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is by far the best Accept album as far as I'm concerned. Balls To The Wall and London Leather Boys are worth it alone. I got to see them live with the Scorpions in Madrid, Spain and they put on a great show.



The rest of the songs are pretty good too, but sometimes Udo's voice gets a little much with his screaming. However, that is a minor thing and not even worth knocking this review down a star.



This is great stuff and I highly recommend it.



"

All Balls to the Wall

Jesse Kittredge | Freedom, WI | 01/18/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Accepts best album! Classic 80's rock in the vain of the mighty AC/DC before the hair band craze hit the radio."

80s Metal as it was meant to be.

James Simpson | USA | 01/26/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Accept's 1983 release of "Balls to the Wall" is one of the true cornerstones of the genre.

After attempting to hone there sound on there first few releases,they came to perfection on the previous year's "Restless and Wild",arguably the heaviest album of the time.

Accept melded that sound the next year,simplifying the structure for more accesibility,but not compromising the heaviness resulting in one of the best produced Heavy albums of the decade.

To this day this album is among the top 100 essentials that one must acquire if they want to build a proper Heavy Metal collection.



Each track is a classic,and many would rate among the band's classics.

What has always impressed me,was the versatility offered this album,it's tone's and styles changing song to song.

It's often difficult to properly classify what sub-genre Accept has forged here.



The Tracks:

Balls to the Wall-The album opens with one of the most iconic Metal riffs of all time and the most well known song of the band's career.

A classic anthem to the constraints of society(and in particular,the metalhead)comes through in this timeless classic,which sports one of the most addictive choruses of all time.

The promo video was a hoot!



London Laetherboys-Despite what many percieve as a song about homosexuality,it's more a tribute to the Metal movement that was in Britain,which arose from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

It has a good steady riff,and is kind of AC/DCish in it's style,but is a classic track.



Fight It Back-Awesome speedster that recalls the relentlessness of the previous album,with a typically commanding vocal by Herr Dirkscheider.

Sort of a deep album track,but lots of fun.



Head Over Heels-Great guitar here in song about falling for someone,yet it's lyrics are far from any love song YOU'VE ever heard!

Another hooky chorus that will be stuck in your mind for awhile.

Good soloing too by Kaufman and Hoffman.



Losing More Than You Ever Had-One of my favorites of the Accept catalouge,this underlooked classic features some of the band's best lyrics dealing with betrayal and heartache to devastating effect bya particularly powerful vocal performance by Udo.

The Guitar work is among the best the band ever did,and I must say,this is one of the album's classics.



Love Child-HEAVY riff and pretty fast,sort of recalls Priest in song that also gets confused as one about homosexuality(that line about getting hot at the guy passing by!) is actually about a fairly promiscuous young woman who is after men.

Odd subject for a metal song,but most don't know that alot of Accept's material was written by a woman!

This is one of the band's classics,anyway.



Turn Me On-Highly sexual song has a certain urgency that reminds one of Priest's "Burnin Up" from there Hell Bent for leather(1978) album.

This song is another riff classic that features some of Udo's best vocals.

Still appears in his live sets.



Losers and Winners-Good time accessible metal that has a pop edge,but like everything else on the album,still packs a punch.

Nice deep album cut,not talked about a s much as it should.



Guardian of the Night-Awesome mood piece that evokes memories of Priest and Dio and Accept's own,"Princess of the Dawn" is a Power Metal song about a denizen of the nighttime.

A CLASSIC chorus and nice classical intro combine to create one of the band's all time masterpieces.



Winterdreams-The closer of the album is another mood piece in the form of an out right ballad,and a damn good one at that.

Unlike many of the Hair Metal Power ballads that will "poison" the remainder of the decade,this song features good,emotional lyrics and a vocal performance by Udo that clearly shows he's a man of versatility.

A beaut of a solo by Wolf Hoffman,and alot of emotional power combine to create one of the best ballads in the genre's history.



The beautiful re-master of this Cd,also sports some good live cuts of Head Over Heels and Love Child,which were extras from the live in Osaka,1985 show.



Excellent Metal release of a truly great band.

If you don't got this title,than you got your balls to the wall....man."