Staying a Life is a double live album by Accept, released on 21 October 1990 through RCA. It was recorded in Osaka, Japan, in 1985, and Uli Baronowsky mixed it at Dierks Studios in Stommeln. A VHS release with the same title and cover art, drawn from live footage of the 1985–1986 world tour, appeared in the same year.

The record arrived shortly after the band's first breakup, so it works as a look back at the group at work in the mid-eighties, the period of Metal Heart. Fans of traditional heavy metal get a full concert rather than a highlights reel. A single-disc edition also exists, though it leaves out "Neon Nights", "Burning", "Head Over Heels" and "Outro (Bound to Fail)", so the double set is the one to find.

Staying a Life: tracklist and credits

19 tracks · 1:39:14

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1Metal HeartBaltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann5:26
  3. 2BreakerBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann3:40
  4. 3Screaming for a Love‐BiteBaltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann4:22
  5. 4Up to the LimitBaltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann4:45
  6. 5Living for ToniteBaltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann3:35
  7. 6Princess of the DawnDeaffy, Fischer, Baltes, Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Smith-Diesel7:49
  8. 7Neon NightsDeaffy, Fischer, Baltes, Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Smith-Diesel8:17
  9. 8BurningBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann7:29
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1Head Over HeelsBaltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann5:49
  12. 2Guitar Solo Wolf4:27
  13. 3Restless and WildBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Smith-Diesel2:34
  14. 4Son of a BitchBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann2:35
  15. 5London LeatherboysBaltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann3:54
  16. 6Love ChildBaltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann5:01
  17. 7Flash Rockin’ ManBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann6:31
  18. 8Dogs on LeadsBaltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann5:52
  19. 9Fast as a SharkBaltes, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann5:26
  20. 10Balls to the WallBaltes, Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Deaffy10:33
  21. 11Outro (Bound to Fail)Baltes, Deaffy, Dirkschneider, Fischer, Hoffmann, Kaufmann1:09
Produced by
Stefan Kaufmann
Recorded at
フェスティバルホール
Recorded
18 September 1985
Mixed by
Uli Baronowsky
Mixed at
Dierks Studio
Labels
RCA, RCA/BMG Ariola (Europe), Epic (US)
Length
1:39:14

Line-up

  • Peter Baltes · electric bass guitar
  • Jörg Fischer · electric guitar
  • Wolf Hoffmann · electric guitar
  • Stefan Kaufmann · drums (drum set)
  • Udo Dirkschneider · lead vocals

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DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
1990DERCA0035627472022other
1990DEEpicother
1990DERCA0035627472015other
21 October 1990JPEpic Records4988010516925original
20 July 2005JPEpic Records International4571191053374other
10 January 2020XEMusic on Vinyl8719262010123other
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