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I’ve been listening to Accept recently. I honestly can’t wait for their new album. Love their early stuff with Udo. And their modern stuff with Mark Torniilo. Underrated band!
What's cool though is they're becoming better and better known all the time. I remember when Balls to the Wall had six million views on RU-vid (that was only five years ago). Now? 31 Million.
Hell Yeah I love U.D.O and Accept I’m 22 going on 23 later this year and I’ve loved Rock And Metal since I was a kid when my Dad got me into classic rock n roll and heavy metal Udo Dirkschneider is one of my favourite metal singers I saw U.D.O Live 2 years ago here in Edmonton on March 16th 2018 at The Starlite Room when they played Accept songs for the last time it was a great show and I’ll always forever love rock and metal until the day I die🤘
Thanks so much, Pete and Martin! I had to come back to comment and say that, thanks almost entirely to this video (and listening to some song samples), I just placed a huge order for eleven Accept CDs! It's so cool to finally get into a great band that I just missed out on back in the day! Thanks for the great work that you two are doing to celebrate classic rock, hard rock, metal, prog, and more!
It was my 1st accept album in got in 1986..it will always be my favorite for many reasons..dark..heavy..bit experimental ..full of hooks and catchy riffs..love it
Udo's debut solo album, "Animal House" (1987) is for all intents and purposes an Accept album. All the songs were written by accept before he left the band and they let him have them for his first solo album.
« Lay down the law » was even recorded by Accept and sounds a bit different then the rest of the album. Animal house would be my top altogether with Roulette.
1- Balls To The Wall (its a classic!) 2- Russian Roulette 3- Restless and Wild 4- Blood Of The Nations 5- Blind Rage 6- Breaker 7- Metal Heart 8- Objection Overruled 9- Death Row 10- The Rise Of Chaos 11- Stalingrad 12- I'm A Rebel 13- Eat The Heat 14- Predator 15- Debut
1.Metal Heart 2.Balls To The Wall 3.Restless And Wild 4.Russian Roulette 5.Blood Of The Nations *Wolf Hoffmann is a masterful player and deserves to be mentioned with guitar greats.
Thank again Pete and Martin for doing this list this was very cool and an easy list for me especially the top five: 1. "Restless and Wild" -----1982 2. "Metal Heart" -------1985 3. "Breaker" -----1981 4. "Balls to the Wall" ------1984 5. "Blood of the Nations" -------2010
I’m an old school Accept fan who loves Eat The Heat. Reece’s vocal performance is awesome. I think of the album similar to Turbo. It sticks out in the catalog but still rocks.
Popoff and Pardo are at it again and what a great discussion and overview of such an extensive catalogue. Fascinating that you two matched on so many slots but, in the end, each has their particular favorite for specific reasons. Really enjoy most of this discography. So Metal Heart is probably tops for me because, as Pete said, it is the most fun Accept album to me. The others in each of your top four are on my list but Metal Heart is the one listened to the most. Thanks, gents, for another great show. Looking forward to more of the two of you on SoT.
i saw the metal heart tour. it was my first time to see Accept and they opened with metal heart and when Udo came walking out singing "it is 1999...", it was the first and only time i've ever screamed uncontrollably like a girl for a band. hahahaha the whole feeling in the coliseum was amazing.
A band that switched direction and then switched back is Deicide. Legion was incredibly forward thinking for its time, but the band obviously got cold feet when it wasn’t the commercial success their debut was.
One of my fave bands. Not their best overall IMO, but Metal Heart was my first Accept album. It was one of my 13 from Columbia House. The guitar solos are incredible and could even be played on piano they are so well crafted.
Was looking forward to this show with Martin anticipating his insight compared with Pete didn’t disappoint. My favorite is Restless and Wild the solo on Fast As a Shark is epic one of my all time favorites. Such an incredible band.
I saw Accept on the Metal Heart Tour. It was nearly a hundred degrees, but I didn't notice the weather when they came out. The other bands this day were Y & T and Motley Crue as the headliner. Helix no showed the event. I was nearly deaf for two weeks after this show!
@@AndrewCapobianco2014 don't know..... all I know is, that "Staying a Live" was recorded in japan...... while Udo is talking to the crowd, he mentions Osaka several times
IMO, Teutonic Terror might be the best old-school metal song of the 21st Century, with a killer groove, understated soloing, and Mark's awesome vocals. I really hope I get a chance to see Accept live, as I would love to see this song. (I did see Dirkschneider a few years ago when he played nothing but Accept material, and that was a great show).
Terrific video as always. I am really looking forward to the new Accept album which I have pre-ordered on CD. My rankings minus that new one since I have heard it in its entirety is very close to Martin's list actually. Looking for the Robert Plant and The Tubes ranking the albums episodes.
Great video! Regrettably I'm late to the party on this. Anyway, Accept are my all-time favorite HM band! I find it hard to go past "Metal Heart" as my No.1 choice. It was the first time I heard them, and it was a revelation! I loved every track, which I find to be a rare thing. After Metal Heart, I picked up on "Balls to the Wall" and "Restless & Wild" and they were awesome albums too! I'm so grateful they took in Mark Tornillo and breathed life into the band, when I thought they were gone forever. The quality has been quite mixed since "Blood of the Nations", but I will always be a big fan!
Of course I was introduced to Accept when i heard Balls to the Wall on the old Metal Shop radio show in 1984. So I got their earlier records later. Have to put Restless and Wild number one just because of the pure power of it. Start to finish.
Thank you Pete and Martin and great show as always. The fact that several of us are listing albums such as Russian Roulette, Eat the Heat, Death Row, and the debut among their best speaks volumes about Accept's excellent catalog of music. I always felt that Accept should have gone platinum in the States with Metal Heart and that the reason they didn't was because they picked the wrong single. "Midnight Mover" is a cool tune but I believed that "Screaming for a Love Bite" was the stronger track and should have been the single and video. And that video for "Midnight Mover" wasn't going to win over the masses. 1. Metal Heart 2. Balls to the Wall 3. Blood of the Nations 4. Restless and Wild 5. Stalingrad 6. Breaker 7. Objection Overruled 8. Russian Roulette 9. Death Row 10. Blind Rage 11. The Rise of Chaos 12. Predator 13. Eat the Heat 14. Accept 15. I'm a Rebel
I'm heartbroken!!! lol... I love I'm A Rebel... it was my first taste of ACCEPT back in 1980, which started my love affair with them... its still holds a place in my heart
My all time favorite German Heavy Metal band ever!!! I love all their studio albums including Eat The Heat, Death Row, and Predator. I am really looking forward to Too Mean To Die big time. I love the title track and The Undertaker alot. 15. Self titled debut album 14. I'm A Rebel 13. Predator 12. Death Row 11. Eat The Heat 10. Objection Overruled 9. The Rise Of Chaos 8. Stalingrad 7. Breaker 6. Blood Of The Nations 5. Russian Roulette 4. Blind Rage 3. Metal Heart 2. Balls To The Wall 1. Restless And Wild
@@anthonyrivers1619 I do too. I hated it back when they first came out back in the 90's, but I grew to love them over the years. I was a teenager at that time , and very stubborn to change.
Even Balls to the Wall was how I started with AccepT back in 1984 my rankin': Restless &Wild 💥, Breaker, Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart, I'm a Rebel, Russian Roulette, Objection Overruled. That's it 🤘 Honorary - first album = beast!
I am german (by the way, older than you two) and first, the original cover from Restless is the cover with the burning guitars, second, their most successful and most selling album in europe was the Russian Roulette album and the tour was their most successful also. In the states they sell more with balls, yes but they never had the status like in europe and they opened only for bigger bands in North America. And last but not least, my opinion too the NWOBHM.....without Priest there would not be any NWOBHM, and my top NWONHM bands are Maiden, Saxon, Accept, Krokus and the early Def Leppard. So my Accept Top 15 (because I dont talk about illegal downloads) is: Tornillo and the last albums are great, but the best 30 Dirkschneider Songs are another Level! 1. Restless and Wild 2. Breaker 3. Russian Roulette 4. Balls to the Wall 5. Metal Heart 6. Blood of the Nations 7. Objection Overruled 8. Eat the Heat 9. Blind Rage 10. Stalingrad 11. The Rise of Chaos 12. Death Row 13. I’m a Rebel 14. Predator 15. Accept
I'm an American (I'm ducking now! haha)....I started with Balls to the Wall, but I sure love Metal Heart - bought it when it came out on cassette! The title track is truly epic....I absolutely love German Metal....you guys do it right, sounds like every German band grew up on the battlefield with their sound....I revere Grave Digger and am Loyal to Kreator and Destruction since 1985!
@@anthonyrivers1619 I love americans and american bands, but heavy metal is british and european. and we european always stay for our metal, you can see it in the charts and thats the great different to N-America. Take a look in the charts.
My introduction to Accept was "Eat the Heat" and I liked it a bit, but after I've listened to Restless and Wild and Breaker I realized the true value of the band. These two are still my favorites by them!
I could live without Can't Stand the Night and Breaking Up Again, they feel kinda contrived. Feelings on other hand is one of my most favs, an often forgotten killer track.
I saw them on that tour. Thought it was a huge step up from British Steel. Much better song writing IMO. Priest fans dont like it cuz it isnt as heavy.
not their best offcourse, but still killer album...... Priest were not part of NWOBHM, but "Point of Entry" is basically a prototype of a NWOBHM album......
Loved Martin’s explanation of his Metal Heart ranking was awesome. The war between the heart and head. My list is almost identical to Pete’s I’d put Blood Of The Nations ahead of Breaker.
Pete, your reaction to Fast as Shark is identicle to mine. My buddy Pete and I used to comb the record racks for hours . He found this and bought it. Neither of us had ever heard of Accept before. So putting the record and 1st hearing the intro, we looked at each other like WTF is this and then the scream that split the sky came in.
Hi! This is My Top Ten: 01- Restless and Wild 02- Breaker 03- Balls to the Wall 04- Metal Heart 05- Russian Roulette 06- Objection Overruled 07- Blood of the Nations 08- Stalingrad 09- Blind Rage 10- I'm a Rebel Cheers from Argentina!
Metal Heart is the first album I ever listened to by Accept. I got it back in 1987 at Camelot Music store on cassette for $2. I was barely 10 years old back then , and I would get the Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal guy that worked at Camelot Music to show me what was Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal in the $1and $2 sections. Ever since Accept has been one of my all time favorite bands ever.
I saw them opening for Priest, too. It was at the Grugahalle in Essen, Germany in 1982. The second support band that night was Def Leppard. It was really great.
I saw them live way back in Northern Germany, at a Rock Festival, pre-album, mid-70s at a guess, several bands took part. Accept was actually the best band that afternoon.
It's funny that the first album I bought from ACCEPT was "Eat the Heat". I heard Generation Clash on Z-Rock and out I went and bought the album. I grew up in the '80's and listened to bands like Motley Crue , RATT , Poison , KISS ect. so I really like the album. After hearing more Accept music since ," Eat The Heat " definetly has a Hairband sound which is what I was listening to at the time it came out.
Have to say I think they actually peaked lyrically (or "Deaffy" did) with Balls To The Wall. It's cleaver, subversive, suggestive and witty ...how many macho metal bands were telling YOU to "write a letter and you'll feel better." ..."What's a letter?" fuck'n brilliant.
1. Russian Roulette 2. Breaker 3. I'm a Rebel 4. Restless and Wild 5. Balls to the Wall 6. Eat the Heat 7. Blood of the Nations 8. Blind Rage 9. The Rise of Chaos 10. Too Mean to Die 11. Stalingrad 12. Metal Heart 13. Predator 14. Accept 15. Objection Overruled 16. Death Row
This video is a great way for me to finally, very belatedly, dive into this band's catalogue! Accept is one of those metal bands that, sadly, never really made it on the radar, even for most metal fans, in the tiny Southern town where I was born and raised. Not a single one of my friends was into them, and unfortunately, I followed my friends' lead at that time. Over the years, though, I have come to realize that in doing so, I really missed out on some great hard rock and heavy metal. I'll be placing a big order for several of their CDs soon!
A great episode. Love ACCEPT. But you mentioned the intro of "Fast as a Shark" , this gave me the idea about great intros too opening tracks like "Hellion" or the opening on "Black Sabbath" or the opening Bell on "Hell's Bell's. Stuff like that.
Good ep. I've been a fan of Accept for 5-6 years but only have 4 albums. Listening to Chick and Chainsaw now on YT. God it rocks. Sounds like heavy metal to me. As heavy as Priest in 1979.
I love Accept! Great discography! 1- Balls to the Wall 2- Restless and Wild 3- Metal Heart 4- Breaker 5- Russian Roulette 6- Objection Overruled 7- Blood of the Nations 8- The Rise of Chaos 9- Blind Rage 10- Stalingrad 11- Predator 12- Death Row 13- I'm a Rebel 14- Accept 15- Eat The Heat
I think their debut is so different from what their known for but I first heard this in the early 80s before all that and was totally blown away. Because they were just learning their way makes this album sound very raw. For that reason I would rank this a little higher.
Hi Guys. First of all, I sadly prejudged the Mark Tornillo version of Accept thinking that Accept cannot have good music without UDO. I was wrong. Mark Tornillo's Accept is very good. With that said here is my list. 1. Restless and Wild - Like I said before, this album changed my life and my whole way of thinking on Metal Music. 2. Balls to the Wall - My top 2 will never change on this band 3. Metal Heart - 4. Breaker - 5. Blood of the Nations- Very good Debut with Mark Tornillo as singer 6. Blind Rage- 7. Accept- Great debut album 8. Stalingrad- 9. Objection Overruled- 10. Death Row- Good Music a little to long though 11. Rise of Chaos- 12. Russian Roulette- 13. To Mean to Die - Have not heard this album yet.(Just a couple of songs, but it is better than the rest of the albums below it) 14. Predator- 15. I'm a Rebel - Not very good 16. Eat the Heat - This is a Horrible album. Any traditional Accept fan would have said WTF is this and burned the album.
Sortir 5 classiques d'affilée c'est vraiment exceptionnel. Voici mes albums préférés: 1/ Restless and Wild 2/ Balls to the Wall 3/ Breaker 4/ Metal Heart 5/ Russian Roulette
Thanks for posting this. It made me excited to break out some Accept that I hadn’t listened to in awhile. In fact, I’m cranking Metal Heart while milking my cows in the barn this morning.
1. Russian Roulette (1986) 2. Balls to The Wall (1983) 3. Restless and Wild (1982) 4. Metal Heart (1985) 5. Breaker (1981) 6. Stalingrad (2012) 7. Blood of The Nations (2010) 8. Objection Overruled (1993) 9. Too Mean to Die (2021) 10. Blind Rage (2014) 11. Accept (1979) 12. Deathrow (1994) 13. The Rise of Chaos (2017) 14. Predator (1996) 15. I'm a Rebel (1980) 16. Eat The Heat (1989)
Great show! Accept have a good long catalog. Also got me thinking maybe you guys could do a ranking of Andy Sneap produced albums! Or rank which bands sound the best with Sneap on the mixing/ mastering / producing
Technically Animal House is an Accept album. It is U.D.O.'s debut album, but it was intended to be an Accept album. All the songs were written by all the members of Accept, but they decided to fire Udo Dirkschneider and start from scratch . Udo Dirkschneider took the songs for the debut album of U.D.O. It is actually my favorite U.D.O. album besides albums like Mean Machine,Faceless World,Timebomb, and Steelhammer.
as always coming back to comment as i work through older music that i finally started listening to Accept and i started with Eat the Heat and i love it!
Their debut and I'm a Rebel are so much better than a good chunk of their albums. I rank them higher than, Eat The Heart, Objection Overruled, Death Row, Stalingrad, The Rise of Chaos, and their most recent. I even like them better than Russian Roulette and maybe even Metal Heart.
1 - Restless And Wild 2 - Russian Roulette 3 - Blood Of The Nations 4 - Stalingrad 5 - Metal Heart 6 - Balls To The Wall 7 - Breaker 8 - Too Mean To Die 9 - The Rise Of Chaos 10 - Blind Rage 11 - Objection Overruled 12 - Death Row 13 - Accept 14 - I'm A Rebel 15 - Predator 16 - Eat The Heat
Accept were the first band I ever saw live, back in 1986 ( I think) They were great live, and great fun. I loved Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart, Restless & Wild & Russia Roulette, but gave up after that. I heard enough.
They should have put "troubleshooter" as one of the singles. Much more commercial than desert plains. Desert Plains only came to life on the defenders tour, where they sped it up and had the extended middle breakdown section. I played Hot Rockin and Highway to death. Solar Angels too. This album is no Stained Class, but it's a lot better than its credited
The song I liked was don’t go this is only my favorite preist album because it was consistent songs like breaking the law and living after midnight good. In there dAy kill me now
One of the funniest moments for me on SOT was Hudson Valley Squares worst album covers of all time. Pete holds up Balls to the Walls says nothing and shrugs his shoulders, the squares burst in to laughter. Pete says "I was embarrassed to bring it in to the house." I was crying I laughed so hard.
@@csabacsernak7445 Kiss Albums Ranked will be my next video, have it recorded just need to edit... W.A.S.P. will be my next discography ranking after that... Accept will happen eventually but probably not soon
16. Predator 15. Death Row 14. I'm A Rebel 13. Accept 12. The Rise Of Chaos 11. Objection Overruled 10. Eat The Heat 9. Too Mean To Die 8. Blind Rage 7. Breaker 6. Stalingrad 5. Russian Roulette 4. Balls To The Wall 3. Metal Heart 2. Blood Of The Nations 1. Restless And Wild
This band came in my life early 80s with Breaker. I'm stuck to the 80s albums. Saw them live 84 and 85. 1: Balls to the Walls (Love the cover art from the beginning. Different and bold). 2: Breaker 3: Restless and Wild 4: Metal Heart 5: Russian Roulette 6: The debut
Predator is there to remind us that the once great chemistry and magic between Wolf and Udo expired completely a long time ago. No need for another improbable reunion. Primitive has to be the worst song in their catalog.
I actually love Predator, but I love all of Accept's studio albums. Predator has some great songs like Hard Attack and Crossroads. I actually like Primitive also. I guess that I am in the minority when it comes to Predator.
Eat The Heat is my favorite album. The only Accept album I can listen to from beginning to end. I like UDO in small doses, Reece is a far superior vocalist. I get people love UDO and i like UDO but for me I prefer a vocalist who can sing and give the music different layers. But everyone has there own tastes and that's what makes music great.
Agree. I dismissed Eat The Heat on first hearing but it has grown on me in time, to the point I play it as much as Restless and Balls. D-Train is a killer speed metal track they should be playing live!
