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Balls to the Wall
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Track Listing
- Balls To The Walls
- London Leatherboys
- Fight It Back
- Head Over Heels
- Losing More Than You've Ever Had
- Love Child
- Turn Me On
- Losers And Winners
- Guardian Of The Night
- Winterdreams
- Head Over Heels (live)
- Love Child (live)
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #32027 in Music
- Released on: 2001-08-28
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered
Customer Reviews
Balls to the Wall?
'Metal Heart' and this album brought this German hybrid of of Judas Priest and AC/DC into the spotlight. I listened to this album a lot when it came out and I still like Accept but this is really not their best stuff. Like a lot of other metal from the mid-80s, it has just passed its expiration date.
Songs about putting your balls to the wall and plugging an explosive into everyone's rectum as a sign of victory isn't really that appealing. A sign of victory to what I wonder. London leatherboys? Sounds like a gay S&M song.
Udo Dirkschneider is a reasonably good singer to the likes of Brian Johnson and Wolf Hoffmann is a good lead guitarist which keeps Accept in the above average level of otherwise forgettable '80s bands like Armored Saint or Grim Reaper. Most of this album is pretty forgettable stuff. This is not the album you want to start with if you're going to listen to Accept though. I would choose 'Metal Heart' over 'Balls to the Wall' if you are considering between the two. 'Restless and Wild' and 'Breaker' are their best albums in my book: heavier and more original.
Classic Metal
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
Accepts best album! Classic 80's rock in the vain of the mighty AC/DC before the hair band craze hit the radio.
