Accept
Accept's self-titled debut is where the German heavy metal band's story begins. It was recorded in 1978 and came out on 16 January 1979. Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann has described it as a gathering of songs the band had been playing through their early years, a mixture of styles with no real focus. He recalls it selling around 3,000 copies.
It was not a record the band themselves were fully happy with. Vocalist Udo Dirkschneider remembered the thrill of a first studio session alongside a sense of disappointment. Better production and a more cohesive direction came with later albums, yet this first step won Accept their first shows in Belgium, the Netherlands and France. For anyone tracing how they developed, it is a useful starting point. Therion later covered "Seawinds" on Crowning of Atlantis, in 1999.
Accept: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 36:23Tracklist
- 1Lady LouBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann3:03
- 2Tired of MeBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann3:15
- 3SeawindsBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann4:32
- 4Take Him in My HeartBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann3:32
- 5Sounds of WarBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann4:39
- 6Free Me NowBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann3:02
- 7Glad to Be AloneBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann5:14
- 8That’s Rock ’n’ RollBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann2:53
- 9HelldriverBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann2:42
- 10Street FighterBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Friedrich, Hoffmann3:29
- Produced by
- Frank Martin
- Recorded at
- Delta Acoustic Studio, Delta-Studio, Wilster, West Germany
- Recorded
- September and December 1978
- Mixed at
- Delta Acoustic Studio
- Engineered by
- Manfred Schunke, René Tinner
- Labels
- Discos Victoria, Brain Metronome GmbH
- Length
- 36:23
Line-up
- Peter Baltes · electric bass guitar, lead vocals
- Jörg Fischer · electric guitar
- Frank Friedrich · drums (drum set)
- Wolf Hoffmann · electric guitar
- Udo Dirkschneider · lead vocals
Singles
- “Lady Lou” · November 1979 (Ger.)
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 16 January 1979 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 16 January 1979 | |
| Wikidata | 1979 |
14 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DE | Brain | other | |
| 1979 | ES | Discos Victoria | other | |
| 16 January 1979 | DE | Brain | original | |
| 1 August 1986 | JP | Polystar | 4988023001005 | other |
| 1992 | ES | Discos Victoria | other | |
| 1995 | GB | Castle Classics | 5017615640427 | other |
| 2000 | DE | Breaker Records | 693723572529 | other |
| 2000 | DE | Nuclear Blast | 727361648626 | other |
| 2002 | DE | Generation Records | other | |
| 25 April 2005 | DE | Steamhammer | 693723697628 | other |
| 1 October 2006 | XW | Brain | 00602508736698 | other |
| 2007 | AR | Icarus Music | 7898237385020 | other |
| 23 June 2010 | JP | Brian Records | 4988005610874 | other |
| 2017 | RU | Фоно | 4632000128222 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |