Accept (Accept album)

Studio album by Accept

Released

January 16, 1979

Recorded

September and December 1978

Studio

Delta-Studio, Wilster, Germany

Frank Martin

Accept chronology

Accept
(1979)

I'm a Rebel
(1980)

Singles from Accept

"Lady Lou" / "Seawinds"
Released: November 1979

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Accept is the self-titled debut album released by German heavy metal band Accept. It was recorded in 1978 and released in early 1979 on the German label Brain Records. Drums on the record are played by Frank Friedrich, but he chose not to pursue a professional music career and so his place was taken by Stefan Kaufmann just prior to the album's release.^[2] Bassist Peter Baltes performs lead vocals on "Seawinds" and "Sounds of War".

Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann later remembered the debut as simply a collection of songs the band had worked up over their formative years, with no real focus: "We were just playing songs that we had always played. It was material that had gathered up over the first few months and years of our existence and it was a mixture of all kinds of stuff." He also recalls it selling around 3,000 copies. Lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider expressed dissatisfaction with the group's first effort looking back on it: "Naturally, it was very exciting for us the first time we entered a recording studio but also disappointing at the same time."^[3] Accept would gain better production values and a more cohesive direction on future releases, but the debut was an important early step that gained them the ability to play the neighbouring countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and France for the first time.

Swedish metal band Therion covered "Seawinds" on Crowning of Atlantis (1999)

Track listing

All tracks written by Accept.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lady Lou"	3:01
2.	"Tired of Me"	3:13
3.	"Seawinds"	4:29
4.	"Take Him in My Heart"	3:30
5.	"Sounds of War"	4:33

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Free Me Now"	2:59
7.	"Glad to Be Alone"	5:11
8.	"That's Rock 'n' Roll"	2:52
9.	"Helldriver"	2:40
10.	"Street Fighter"	3:29
Total length:		35:57

Note

A Russian edition released by Fono Ltd. in 2017 contains a spoken commentary track by Udo Dirkschneider talking about the early years of the band.

Credits

Band members

Udo Dirkschneider – vocals
Wolf Hoffmann – lead guitar
Jörg Fischer – rhythm and lead guitar
Peter Baltes – bass, vocals
Frank Friedrich – drums

Production

Frank Martin – producer for Delta Studio Productions
René Tinner, Manfred Schunke – engineers, mixing
Jacques Sehy – photography
Alster-Atelier, Hamburg – cover design
The motor-saw was provided by Fichtel & Sachs
Published by Oktave, Hamburg

References

↑ Hinds, Andy. "Accept Accept review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ "Accept". Nuclear Blast America. Nuclear Blast. Archived from the original on March 16, 2005. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ "Heavy Metal and Hard Rock News 2005". Hardradio.com. March 24, 2005. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2012.

Accept
Wolf Hoffmann Peter Baltes Mark Tornillo Uwe Lulis Christopher Williams Udo Dirkschneider Michael White Rob Armitage David Reece Michael Wagener Gerhard Wahl Herman Frank Jörg Fischer Jan Koemmet Jim Stacey Dieter Rubach Frank Friedrich Stefan Kaufmann Ken Mary Michael Cartellone Stefan Schwarzmann
Studio albums	Accept I'm a Rebel Breaker Restless and Wild Balls to the Wall Metal Heart Russian Roulette Eat the Heat Objection Overruled Death Row Predator Blood of the Nations Stalingrad Blind Rage The Rise of Chaos
Compilations	Best of Accept The Collection Restless The Best
Live albums	Staying a Life All Areas - Worldwide
Extended plays	Kaizoku-Ban Rich & Famous
Singles	"Lady Lou" "I'm a Rebel" "Burning" "Fast as a Shark" "Restless and Wild" "Balls to the Wall"
Related articles	Discography U.D.O.

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