*European first pressing.
Contains 10 tracks total.
Country: GermanyLanguage: English
Genre: Heavy Metal
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label Number: ND 74472
© 1983-1990 RCA Records
AllMusic Review by Eduardo Rivadavia
© 1983-1990 RCA Records
AllMusic Review by Eduardo Rivadavia
Accept's most notorious album, Balls to the Wall was also their biggest commercial success. Following hot upon the heels of their creative breakthrough, Restless and Wild,
you'd also be hard pressed to find a more sexually charged record in
any musical genre. Its hysterically nonsensical lyrics notwithstanding,
the legendary title track remains an irresistible, fist-pumping
masterpiece that came to epitomize the modern, slow-marching metal
anthem as it became known. And when paired with second single "London
Leatherboys," it arguably constitutes the most blatantly homoerotic
couplet in the history of heavy metal (eat your heart out, Rob Halford).
"Fight It Back" is about as close as the band gets to their old,
semi-thrashing ways (taken to the limit the previous year with the
maniacal "Fast as a Shark"), and it is the more melodic "Head Over
Heels" and semi-ballad "Losing More Than You've Ever Had" that set the
tone for Accept's
future direction. The album's third undisputed classic, the driving
"Love Child," kicks off side two with one of metal's great staccato
riffs -- so good, the band revisits it nearly verbatim a few songs later
with "Losers and Winners," which is nearly as powerful. And though not
quite as celebrated, the remaining tracks are no less potent, especially
the slowly building tension heard on the downright lascivious "Turn Me
On." The bottom line here is that this, like its predecessor Restless and Wild, is an essential heavy metal album, and any fan worth his salt should own them both. But, for the sake of first-time visitors, Balls to the Wall is the slightly more melodic, less gritty of the two. Whichever you chose, you can only win.
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