Russian Roulette (album)

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Russian Roulette
Studio album by Accept
Released	April 21, 1986
Recorded	October 1985 - January 1986 Dierks-Studios, Stommeln
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	43:21
Label	Portrait Records
Producer	Accept
Professional reviews
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Accept chronology
Metal Heart (1985) Russian Roulette (1986) Eat the Heat (1989)

Russian Roulette is a 1986 release by German heavy metal band Accept. It was again recorded at Dierks-Studios, but the band chose to self-produce rather than bring back Dieter Dierks as producer. It would be the last Accept album to feature Udo Dirkschneider as lead vocalist until the 1993 reunion album Objection Overruled.

The album returns Accept to the darker, heavier sound of releases prior to predecessor Metal Heart. Wolf Hoffmann explains the band's decision: "Maybe we were trying sort of go back to our natural and not polished Accept sound with that record. We weren't really all that happy with the polished and clean-sounding Metal Heart. I was sort of very happy with my guitar playing on that record and very happy with my parts, but I remember the whole vibe of the band was at the time that we don't want to go through this again with Dieter Dierks who had produced Metal Heart."

The digitally remastered CD edition includes live versions of "Metal Heart" and "Screaming For A Love-Bite" as bonus tracks, taken from the Kaizoku-Ban album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "T.V. War" – 3:27
2. "Monsterman" – 3:25
3. "Russian Roulette" – 5:22
4. "It's Hard to Find a Way" – 4:19
5. "Aiming High" – 4:26
6. "Heaven Is Hell" – 7:12
7. "Another Second to Be" – 3:19
8. "Walking in the Shadow" – 4:27
9. "Man Enough to Cry" – 3:14
10. "Stand Tight" – 4:05

[edit] Credits

• Udo Dirkschneider: Vocals
• Wolf Hoffmann: Guitars
• Jörg Fischer: Guitars
• Peter Baltes: Bass Guitar
• Stefan Kaufmann: Drums

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1986	The Billboard 200	114

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