Album
Eat the Heat
Eat the Heat is the eighth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released on 11 May 1989 through Epic. It was recorded at Dierks Studios in Cologne between September 1988 and January 1989, and it stands alone in the band's catalogue as the only record with American vocalist David Reece. Until Blood of the Nations in 2010, it was also the one Accept album without Udo Dirkschneider at the microphone.
The line-up lists Jim Stacey on rhythm guitar, yet the credits state that Wolf Hoffmann played every guitar part on the record. Stacey did handle second guitar when the band played live. Dirkschneider still has a presence here, adding crowd vocals to "Turn the Wheel", and his own band U.D.O. regularly play songs from the album, "X-T-C" among them. That makes it a curious, distinctive chapter in the Accept story.
Eat the Heat: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 50:06Tracklist
- 1X-T-CBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece4:25
- 2Generation ClashBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece6:52
- 3Chain ReactionBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece4:41
- 4Love SensationBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece4:38
- 5Turn the WheelBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece4:04
- 6PrisonerBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece6:22
- 7MistreatedBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece4:25
- 8Stand 4 What U RBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece4:58
- 9HellhammerBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece5:26
- 10D-TrainBaltes, Deaffy, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Reece4:15
- Produced by
- Dieter Dirks, Dieter Dierks
- Recorded at
- Dierks Studios, Stommeln, Cologne, Germany
- Recorded
- September 1988–January 1989
- Mixed by
- Dieter Dirks
- Labels
- Epic, RCA/BMG Ariola (Europe)
- Length
- 50:06
Line-up
- Peter Baltes · electric bass guitar
- Wolf Hoffmann · guitar
- Stefan Kaufmann · drums (drum set)
- David Reece · vocals
- Jackie Virgil · background vocals · guest
- Mark Dodson · background vocals · guest
Singles
- “Generation Clash” · July 1989 (EU)
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1989 | 139 |
| German Albums · 1989 | 15 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1989 | 19 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1989 | 25 |
| Swedish Albums · 1989 | 26 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1989 | 87 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1989-05-11; musicbrainz + wikidata 1989-01-15 (116 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 15 January 1989 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 11 May 1989 | |
| Wikidata | 15 January 1989 | |
| US release | 15 January 1989 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | March 1989 | earliest UK or European date |
12 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XE | RCA | 743219321121 | remaster |
| 1989 | US | Epic | 074644436822 | other |
| 1989 | DE | RCA | other | |
| 15 January 1989 | US | Epic | 07464443684 | original |
| 15 January 1989 | US | Epic | original | |
| March 1989 | XE | RCA | 0035627408328 | other |
| 17 May 1989 | JP | Epic Records | 4988010238551 | other |
| August 1989 | GB | Epic | other | |
| 7 June 1993 | DE | RCA | 743211257121 | other |
| 21 May 2002 | DE | RCA | 743219321121 | remaster |
| 20 July 2005 | JP | Epic Records International | 4571191053381 | other |
| 2025 | — | Silver Lining Music | 5034644361772 | 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) |
| coverartarchive | 1000×998 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |