Accept: Balls To The Wall (CD)

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.

1. Balls To The Wall
2. London Leatherboys
3. Fight It Back
4. Head Over Heels
5. Losing More Than You've Ever Had
6. Love Child
7. Turn Me On
8. Losers And Winners
9. Guardian Of The Night
10. Winterdreams