Balls to the Wall [Import]

Balls to the Wall [Import]

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Product Description
2002 reissue of the band's 1984 album features 12 remastered tracks including 2 live bonus tracks, ''Up To The Limit' & 'Head Over Heels'. 'Balls to the Wall' is a tough, impressive follow-up to Accept's creative breakthrough 'Restless & Wild' (1983). BMG.

Tracks:

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)

Customer Reviews:

Classic Metal.......2007-01-26

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.......2007-01-18

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

TIMELESS, QUALITY, GUT-WRENCHING METAL!!!.......2006-12-27

Simply put, they don't make quality Heavy Metal like this anymore (harder to find these days)! Searing hot, snarling, fist and teeth clenching, bombastic, highly structured and serious killer Metal riffing and leads with great songwriting and vocals. Udo Dirkschneider (vocals) and Wolf Hoffman (lead guitars) may very well be one of the all-time great hard rock/metal duo's in the business. Just a superb, genre-leading metal masterpiece!!!

It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This !!!.......2006-12-08

Balls To The Wall is not only one of the greatest Accept albums of all times,it is truly one of the greatest metal albums of all time! In fact,along with "Holy Diver" from Dio,"Pyromania" from Def Leppard and "Headhunter" from Krokus,this is what I would play for someone who has never heard 80s style metal. It's really that good. Accept is one of my favorite bands and this CD has all the reasons for that. Udo has never sounded better with his trademark screaming vocals (no one sounds quite like him,no one,and that's the sign of a legend),Wolf is in top form as usual for great lead guitar work and the rest of the band is just awesome. As great as this is,it is not my favorite Accept album,that honor goes to the one that followed this "Metal Heart" but in all fairness I'm a sucker for melody and that was their most melodic album. However,when it comes to THE classic Accept sound,you simply can't beat this. It has the radio smash hit "Balls To The Walls" the amazing "London Leather Boys", and so much more. Every song on here is a classic and how many CDs can you truly say that about? This CD was my first taste of Accept. I was at a concert in 1983 (it was a Kix concert being from Pennsylvania where they played alot) and my favorite memory of that night was not the concert itself (which was great too) it was the CD they played before the concert. I heard this fantastic song called Head Over Heels,then I heard "Turn Me On" then I heard "Love Child" and then I heard "Balls To The Walls" and at that point I said "I have got to buy this CD" the next day I went to the record store and bought it and listened to it so much I wore out my cassette (thank goodness for CDs). To truly appreciate this masterpiece,you have to really crank up the volume.I recommend this to anyone just discovering Accept or hard rock music in general. It doesn't get much better!

The Pros:Everything. Of course the title track "Balls To The Wall" ,"London Leather Boys", "Head Over Heels" ,the very sexual lyrics to "Turn Me On" the very brave lyrics to "Love Child" (it took a lot of courage to write about homosexual feelings in a metal band),"Losers And Winners" and "Losing More Than You Ever Had".

The Cons:The only thing I can come up with for this,is the guitar sound is a little dryer than the previous release "Restless And Wild" but it still sounds great.The production is awesome and the songwriting is amazing.

The Bottom Line:I can't recommend this highly enough.It is a true masterpiece.The performance and the songwriting. The only other advice I can give about this is play it on 10 to get maximum effect.Donutman says so!!!

Have You Got The Balls?.......2006-09-27

I was a latecomer to Accept. As a kid my doorway to metal was pretty traditional-Metallica, Megadeth, Maiden, Priest. In fact, it wasn't uncommon many years ago to see an Iron Maiden, Anthrax or even Helloween album(cassette usually, sometimes cd. Cd's were still kinda new at the time) at your local WalMart or other department store. Imagine that! Accept didn't really make it there, so I never really knew about them. Many years later I get into them and love it. Balls to the Wall ends a fantastic heavy metal trilogy that started with Breaker and continued with Restless and Wild. These aren't the only good Accept albums, but you'd have to be a fool to call yourself an Accept fan and not have them. Musically it's heavy and midpaced with the occasional speedy number thrown in. Very powerful, very anthematic. Udo is bar none one of the best metal vocalists ever. Sure, on the books he'll always be a second stringer to Halford, Dickinson and Dio, but honestly I personally don't feel he's one iota beneath any of those giants. Modern day metal audiences will just kinda laugh this off as silly, and most folks with any kind of recollection of the band are usually under the impression that Accept were some hair metal band that never quite made it. In fact, Sony (who remastered this cd) placed a big ass sticker on the cover(on mine anyway) that screams Big Hair!! Big Hits!! This pisses me off coz it proves that Sony had absolutely no idea of what they were remastering that day. Anyone who thinks Accept is a silly hair band can take a flying jump at the moon for all I care. Of course in a day when bands like Slipknot and HIM exist, who's to criticize something for being silly? Anyhow, I'm ranting. The point is, I'm not saying anything new to fans of the group, but to those wanting to expand their horizons and have an interest in checking out some of the golden days of heavy metal shouldn't be without this or one of the other two Accept albums. It's Rockin'! It's Udo! It's German! It's Heavy Friggin' Metal!

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Great, but incomplete
"They're gonna break their chains"
__DO NOT BUY THIS! __
Exceptional Accept- The only Accept you need
Great songs, questionable arrangement

Restless and Wild/Balls to the Wall
Accept
Manufacturer: Sony
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Metal Heart
Russian Roulette
Best of '81 to '85
Tooth and Nail
Master of Puppets

ASIN: B000002666
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Fast As A Shark
Restless And Wild
Don't Go Stealing My Soul Away
Love Child
Turn Me On
London Leatherboys
Losers And Winners
Princess Of The Dawn
Head Over Heels
Winterdreams
Flash Rockin' Man
Losing More Than You've Ever Had
Neon Nights
Shake Your Heads
Balls To The Wall

Customer Reviews:

Great, but incomplete.......2007-04-04

I owned Restless and Wild and Balls to the Wall on vinyl, so I was excited to find the combination of the two on CD. Accept still sounds wonderful, and the music included is among their best. My only disappointment was from not reading the track listing closely enough. I didn't realize that this CD didn't include all of the tracks from both albums, and was disappointed with the songs omitted. If you're not looking for 100% of the songs on both albums, it's a great CD with most of the tracks included. If you're trying to replace your vinyl albums as I was, buy the separate CDs. Either set is well worth a listen.

"They're gonna break their chains".......2005-04-15

At first glance, I thought this was one of the best metal deals on Amazon. The two best albums by the best band from the Fatherland in one package. On closer inspection I have to ask What's Up? The tracks are all mixed up, interspersed between the two albums. Why aren't they in order? Then the biggest problem: the absence of five tracks. If these tracks included the "Love Child," "Turn Me On," and "Losers and Winners" which are the weaker, lyrically peculiar or hedonistic tracks off Balls to the Wall or "Flash Rockin' Man" which is the weakest track off the masterpiece Restless and Wild, I would almost accept it, but the missing tracks include some excellent metal. "Head of the Pack" rocks. "Get Ready" is a furious, adrenaline pumper. "Demon's Night" is a heavy hitter from Restless. "Fight it Back" is one of the best off Balls. "Guardian of the Night" is the only absent track I would not miss that much but I would rather have it. Restless and Wild, in particular, is one of the best metal albums of the 1980s, and is best heard with its tracks in order and all in place. The only thing I can praise about this CD is the price and I hope it will encourage record buyers who are curious about Accept to check them out.

Anyway, here are the tracks offered here reviewed by album in its original order:

Restless and Wild (Accept's 4th album, released in 1983):
Restless and Wild is my favorite Accept album and is in my top 10 metal albums of all time list. The first track is the furious "Fast as a Shark," which probably was a precursor to thrash. "Restless and Wild" was the first Accept track I heard and it remains my all-time favorite of theirs. "Balls to the Wall" is intense, but "Restless," to me, packs a heavier punch and Stefan Kaufmann's fast drum work is incredible. "Shake Your Heads" has that slow metal chanting style Accept is known for. The 6:00 "Neon Nights" is incredible! It has a Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith-era sound (of course, this album came out the year before Defenders). Even with those raw, screeching vocals, Udo puts a lot of emotion in this slower yet intense track. The first track here from side two is "Flash Rockin' Man." It is my least favorite track on Restless but that shows how solid this album is as "Flash" is no slouch but is a dark, intense track with a killer guitar riff at the bridge. "Don't Go Stealing My Soul Away" may be the most accessible song on the record as it has a catchy melody. The guitars really drive this track. Like with "Neon Nights," the second side ends with a long (6:27), slower epic song "Princess of the Dawn." It is an incredible track to end one of the best metal albums of all time.
Balls to the Wall (Accept's 5th album, released in 1984):

Germany's answer to Judas Priest begins this album with their most famous and one of their best tracks. "Balls to the Wall" kicks well what the title suggests or, in my case, something else entirely (I'm a metal chick). While I favor "Restless and Wild" as their best track, "Balls" is incredibly intense. "London Leatherboys" got some attention back in the day, especially coupled with the cover artwork and the band photo on the inner sleeve (in vinyl terms). The cover, of course, has a seductive (well, it depends on what you're into) look at a leather-clad man's hairy leg. The inner sleeve shows Udo in his customary military garb surrounded by his shirtless bandmates (I don't think very many people in the world wanted to see a shirtless Udo). Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and drummer Stefan Kaufmann even have their arms linked [these photos were on the Balls to the Wall vinyl release, not necessarily included on this CD]. I'm not speculating on anything here, but hearing the German metal demons chanting "London Leatherboys" is a bit unnerving. Still, the song, musically, is good. Moving on, the rest of the tracks on side one are amazing. "Head Over Heels" is a catchy song. The music doesn't follow the lyrics which are very sexually-driven about a man needing to peep at a couple getting hot and heavy in a dark alley. "Losing More Than You Ever Had" is a slower, more accessible track. Unlike Restless and Wild, which is solid from first track to last, the first half of Balls is much better than the second. "Love Child" probably has the most peculiar lyrics: "Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by" and more directly "Don't know what I am a woman or a man." "Turn Me On" is just a straight up, raw shot to the groin ("I can't wait to get you down on the dirty floor"). "Losers and Winners" is another odd track. It is very harsh lyrically. It is about a man pining after a woman. Udo advises him to write her a letter expressing his feelings. It is a little comical hearing the German metal gods chanting "Write a letter!" Then the tables are turned: "You should give me the letter I'll use it for my own (haha)" and later "Why don't you take it easy and sc**w the girl who's next to you." Wow, rough stuff. While the music takes center stage on side one, the lyrics seem to overpower the music for most of the songs on side two. It ends with "Winterdreams" which has a nice guitar intro and offers a pleasant, calming mood. It is a slow track but with a more uplifting sound than other slow Accept numbers that are almost always dark. It is a nice way to end the metal brutality of Balls to the Wall. Both albums are highly recommended to any fan of metal.

__DO NOT BUY THIS! __.......2000-07-09

The music is awesome, but this CD doeesn't have all of the songs from the original albums. Believe me, if you like Accept, you'll want to have _all_ of the songs from these albums, particularly "Ahead Of The Pack" from R&W & "Fight It Back" from BTTW, neither of which is on this CD.

Exceptional Accept- The only Accept you need.......2000-07-03

Accept seems a band destined to win the silver and lose the gold. But this compiliation shows that 2nd place can still be pretty good. This CD combines 15 tracks from their 2 strongest albums -Restless & Wild and Ball to the Wall- to provide over an hour of vintage metal, circa '83/'84. The music is pretty derivative of the usual suspects -Judas Priest, AC/DC, and especially the Scorpions- but Accept plays it well. The guitars squiggle & squeal in the right places, the drums are as fast as -well- a shark, and Udo's rusty razor vocals accomplish things they would not seem capable of. What puts Accept ahead of the rest of economy class metal are their lyrics. No songs about demons and wizards or up all night, sleep all day. Like the Scorps, Accept mostly write lyrics about the lives they live, working class rockers chock full of sex, sex, sex. Several songs like Head Over Heels, Love Child, & London Leatherboys are sexually ambiguous; pretty risky for the ultra macho metal of the early 80's. Losing More Than You Ever Hand is one of the most complex breakup songs you'll ever hear and Losers & Winners offers some helpful relationship advice -or else. Of course, the CD closes with Accept's one bonafide smash: Balls to the Wall. I defy you to not sing along. If you like your rock hard, fast, and aggressive Accept no substitutes.

Great songs, questionable arrangement.......1999-10-11

I've never been a fan of compilations, mainly because I thing song selection is questionable on many of them. This album takes 15 songs from the Restless and Balls albums. There are 20 total songs among those two. So why not just add the extra 5 songs and make it a double cd set? I recommend just buying both Restless and Balls cds.

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A Must Have Harp Album
A Musical Experience
Less Than I Expected
Not just "essential Vollenweider", simply essential!
from Solo Piano Publications

The Essential Andreas Vollenweider

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000058T7P
Release Date: 2001-02-13

Tracks:

Behind The Gardens, Behind The Wall, Under The Tree...
Flight Feet & Root Hands
Belladonna
Angoh!
The Play Of The Five Balls
Pyramid
Pearls & Tears
See, My Love...
Moon Dance
Passage To Promise
Dancing With The Lion
Wanja The Wanderer
Night Fire Dance
Cor Do Amor
Stella
Pace Verde

Amazon.com

The Essential Andreas Vollenweider surveys the Swiss harpist's career from his 1981 worldwide debut, Behind the Gardens, Behind the Wall, Under the Tree..., to 2000's Cosmopoly. In 1981, Vollenweider was a breath of fresh incense capable of creating sweet, poignant melodies with an electro-acoustic harp that reached from deep bass lows to shimmering highs. As Vollenweider's music progressed, world-music elements came to dominate his sound. Sometimes, as on "Belladonna" from 1982's Caverna Magica, the fusion resulted in world-music kitsch as Middle Eastern and Brazilian vocals wafted over snappy lounge rhythms. By the time of 1984's White Winds, Vollenweider had coalesced his multicultural approach into sweeping suites. The Essential Andreas Vollenweider concentrates on his upbeat, jazzier material, leaving the more textural, emotionally ambiguous pieces aside. Nevertheless, there's a breadth of vision represented on this CD that shows a musician always searching. Vollenweider's albums are meticulously recorded, with each instrument given its own space, creating an encompassing sense of architecture. But the remixes here improve the sound dramatically, especially on the earlier works. For the Vollenweider fan, there's nothing new here, but for the uninitiated, this is a good place to begin exploring the works of a New Age pioneer. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

A Must Have Harp Album.......2003-07-01

Andreas Vollenweider has created great music and this has his best songs. The only other album I own by him is "Dancing With The Lion". My dad bought the cassette a long time ago, I listen to it sometimes but not a lot. Andreas Vollenweider is the second harp player I heard, the first was Hillary Stagg and I can see a big difference in their music mostly because of the background instruments.

All of the songs on the album were good but I found "Wanja The Wanderer" a bit strange and so did my dad when he listened to it, so I don't think I'll get his album "Kryptos". Here are my favorite songs: Behind the Gardens, Flight Feet and Root Hands, Belladonna, See My Love, Moon Dance, Dancing With The Lion, Night Fire Dance and Cor Do Amor. The only reason I gave the album 4 stars was because some songs sounded a bit strange.

The bonus material on this CD includes: songs with new mixes, mulltimedia cd including the music video of pearls and tears and a new song "Pace Verde"

If you don't own any albums by Andreas Vollenweider and are thinking of buying one I would recommend this one the most but if you already have this one I would recommend "Down To The Moon".

I hope you enjoy his music!

A Musical Experience.......2002-03-28

This composer has never let me down from the very first time I heard his CD entitled, Down To The Moon. I was in a restaurant having lunch, and even though I was having a conversation with three other people, I was constantly drawn to the music playing in the backround. I asked the waiter for the name of the composer. After lunch, I ran out and purchased the CD. That was several years ago. I now have all of his works, and find that each one is as moving as the first time I listened to him. With this album, you'll get a sampling of his work, that will keep you coming back for more.

Less Than I Expected.......2001-09-16

I have most of Vollenweider's CDs already, but was willing to purchase this one because I was interested in the remixed versions. In my opinion these "new" versions have not changed enough to justify the price of the CD. However, if you intend to purchase only one Vollenweider disc, this would be a good one. My recommendation: purchase a used disc.

Not just "essential Vollenweider", simply essential!.......2001-04-29

Made in CAN in 2000, Serial# SK-89507, Playing Time 72:47

First of all, let me just say that, contrarily to what's stated on the cover artwork, there is NO multimedia section on my copy of this disc.

Still, this 12th album by AV covers material from all his albums, except his first (which, contrarily to popular belief, only half of which is on "The Trilogy" set), "Eolian Minstrel" and "Live".

The songs presented here have been remastered and remixed by AV and long-time percussionist collaborator Pedro Haldemann, and tend to focus on his more joyful genre. His early albums have also been remastered a few years ago, but the selections here contain some rich textures: his earlier works are a lot more new-age and "natural" than his latest offerings. "Stella" is the only track from "Cosmopoly", an otherwise bland and generally "ethnic" album: I would even suggest you listen to the sound clip from that album, and you'll be amazed to see what sounds can come out of his harp: much closer to classical guitar than harp.

An excellent starting point for the novice; if you enjoy, start gathering the albums chronologically, as you'll notice a somewhat significant departure from "Book Of Roses" forward.

from Solo Piano Publications.......2001-04-10

I have to confess that in all the years I've been listening to new instrumental music, I've avoided Andreas Vollenweider because I really don't like harp music. When I received a copy of "The Essential Andreas Vollenweider" for review, I kind of thought, "Oh great - another harp CD." Vollenweider's is such a huge and well-respected name that I decided that this would be an opportunity to educate myself. Many "best-of" and "greatest hits" albums are compiled by labels without any input from the artists, but this collection was chosen by Vollenweider himself from albums dating from 1981-1999. Several of the older tracks were remastered by Vollenweider, so this was a great chance to get to know a bit about this artist. It really didn't surprise me that quite a few of the songs were familiar from radio play, but I was surprised that many of them I never would have guessed as being played on harp. Vollenweider developed his electracoustic harp, which has quite a different sound from the standard acoustic harp. In addition to the harp, Vollenweider sings and plays wind instruments, guitars, accordion, keyboards, percussion, and "special fx". I was also surprised at how much I found myself enjoying this album! Musical influences can be heard from all over the world, and most of the music is lively, rhythmic, and infectious. I especially like "Moon Dance", "Dancing With the Lion", and Pace Verde", but the album as a whole is a wonderful sampler for those of us who are relatively new to Vollenweider's music, and is an excellent "best of" collection for his longtime fans. I will definitely be adding more of his music to my collection! The CD is multimedia-enhanced and contains the music video to "Pearls and Tears". Highly recommended!

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I have to tell you that I think the cd is AWESOME!
A delight for guitar lovers!

Guitar Bazaar
Michael Monarch
Manufacturer: MSR
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Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

Technical Meltdown
Funk Attack
Latin Manhattan
Satisfied
Bits & Pieces
Fender Bender
Bahama Mama
Black Satin Sheets
Happy Feet
Little Dreamer
East Turn
Showdown
Whistler
Toastin' Jam

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I have to tell you that I think the cd is AWESOME!.......2001-12-24

WOW! I have to tell you that I think the cd is AWESOME! I was blown away by it. He's just plain on fire! Man, that stuff gets the juices flowin' pretty quick. Being a bass player, I LOVE stuff like that. Funk mixed with rock just gives you so much room to move as a bass player. Well, I just had to write and tell you how much I LOVE the disc. ..........Peter Tudisco

A delight for guitar lovers!.......2001-06-23

Michael Monarch - "Guitar Bazaar" Many "guitar-oriented" albums are released each year. Some are wimpy new-age efforts, others bluesy romps, recycling old licks 'til the cows come home. This is none of these - just a straight-ahead rock and roll whirlwind, moving effortlessly one tune to another, with major influences Jeff Beck and Albert King echoing throughout. Monarch, former lead guitarist for Steppenwolf, is an accomplished fret man, and he plays the majority of instruments on this outing. The tunes range from the subtle, moody "Black Satin Sheets" to "Technical Meltdown," which begins tongue-in-cheek, pastiching the faux-jazz that passes for music on our local station - very tasty, and quite aggressive. Monarch has an attack and control over tone seasoned by years of playing, and he's a joy to hear, whether playing forceful, crunchy rock ("Toastin' Jam") or something more playful and thoughtful ("Little Dreamer"). All in all, this outing is a delight for guitar lovers.........Stephan Patt, Vintage Guitar Magazine, May 2001

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1 song to review. 5/5 stars
It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This !!!
Hard hitting classic metal!
A truly Teutonic tonic
metal at its best

Balls to the Wall
Accept
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000025YW
Release Date: 1995-04-11

Tracks:

Balls To The Wall
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

Customer Reviews:

1 song to review. 5/5 stars.......2007-06-24

My most favorite song BALLS TO THE WALL that song sounded like motorhead kind of funny how they were singing it made me laugh too. The guitars were pretty awesome don't know any other positive way to review this but I loved that song. I have a small mix of accept on a metal mix cd so i just decided to review this 1 song I couldnt find any single albums of balls to the wall so I decided to review it here.

It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This !!!.......2006-12-08

Hard hitting classic metal!.......2006-09-30

Accept totally rocks with aggressive sounding tunes and a massive wall of thick guitar tone. Udo is a unique vocalist to say the least, but it all comes together here perfectly. The twin guitar attack is to die for and the pounding rhythm section is full at right on the money. Gene Simmons from Kiss thought these guys kicked some serious butt back then and he wasn't wrong! Yes this is 80's metal at it's gnarly best!!

This release along with Metal Heart are their best cd's.

A truly Teutonic tonic.......2006-02-24

This album hammers. Buy it as soon as you can.

My reasons for the above simple statement are;
1) The title track - with copies of this album available for a mere half a dozen dollars - the title track alone is worth this much.
2) The fun doesn't stop there. Track after track of dead on, no holds barred hard rock. This album, like a bunch of Accept discs, is a little bit like listening to a best of collection of AC/DC albums. Sure the humour isn't there as much, but then you do get a slightly different attitude. Where AC/DC aspire to come across as dumb (hey, they're Australian - it's a national trait of ours), Accept don't bother with the affectations and deliver a slightly more metal take on things.
3) Further, this album is a stripped back blast, nothing too fancy, just awesome tracks like Guardian of the Night and Love child and the excellent and visceral Fight it Back. The solos are excellent throughout and there is genuine feeling in the slower numbers. The 'ballads' are quite able to take the listener to deep dark places just as much as the rockers.

All in all a top achievement by a band who were at the top of their game.

metal at its best.......2005-12-02

One of the best metal cd's of all time. If you like 80's metal like Iron maiden and Judas Priest, you will not want to miss this one. Do yourself a favor and buy it. There is not a bad song on it. This has been a regular in my collection since I heard it in 1984.

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The Fallen
Audrey Auld
Manufacturer: Reckless Records
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ASIN: B00009NH52
Release Date: 2003-05-27

Tracks:

I'd Leave Me Too
Black Cloud
Shove It
To The Bone
Jellyroll
Alcohol + Pills
Without You
Too Far To Fall
Jackson (duet with Dale Watson)
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Balls to the Wall
Accept
Manufacturer: Sony Music
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Product Description

6 tracks: 1. Turn me on 2. Demon's Night 3. Balls to the Wall 4. Too High To Get It Right 5. Russian Rollette 6. Metal Heart

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Balls to the Wall
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ASIN: B000065AU4
Release Date: 2004-02-09

Tracks:

Balls To The Wall
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
Winter Dreams
Up To The Limit (Live)
Head Over Heels (Live)

Album Description

2002 reissue of the band's 1984 album features 12 remastered tracks including 2 live bonus tracks, ''Up To The Limit' & 'Head Over Heels'. 'Balls to the Wall' is a tough, impressive follow-up to Accept's creative breakthrough 'Restless & Wild' (1983). BMG.

Album Details

Includes Two Live Bonus Tracks "up to the Limit" and "Head Over Heels".