{"id":6762,"date":"1983-12-10T00:00:49","date_gmt":"1983-12-10T00:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2015-02-18T01:59:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T01:59:49","slug":"news-accept-release-balls-to-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-accept-release-balls-to-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCEPT Release \u2018Balls To The Wall\u2019 (December 1983) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACCEPT Release \u2018Balls To The Wall\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nDecember 1983<\/strong><\/span>
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\nGerman heavy metal group Accept issued fifth studio full-length album Balls To The Wall<\/em> in December 1983. The follow-up to 1982\u2019s Restless And Wild<\/em>, the outing was cut between July-August 1983 at Dierks Studios in Cologne, Germany. Accept produced, while Louis Austin engineered. Michael Wagener mixed the effort. Jean Lessenich designed the front cover artwork, based on a concept devised by manager Gaby Hauke \u2013 Hauke was credited under the pseudonym \u2018Deaffy\u2019, and also co-penned lyrics. Album photography was handled by Dieter Eikelpoth. The track listing was as follows;<\/p>\n

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Side one:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Balls To The Wall\u2019
\n02. \u2018London Leatherboys\u2019
\n03. \u2018Fight It Back\u2019
\n04. \u2018Head Over Heels\u2019
\n05. \u2018Losing More Than You\u2019ve Ever Had\u2019 <\/p>\n

Side two:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Love Child\u2019
\n02. \u2018Turn Me On\u2019
\n03. \u2018Losers And Winners\u2019
\n04. \u2018Guardian Of The Night\u2019
\n05. \u2018Winterdreams\u2019 <\/p>\n

On November 27th, 1990, the Record Industry Association Of America (RIAA) awarded Balls To The Wall<\/em> Gold certification for North American shipments in excess of 500,000 copies.<\/p>\n

Fourth studio record Restless And Wild<\/em> was released in October 1982.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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