Russian Roulette (Accept album)
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| Studio album by Accept | ||||
| Released | April 21, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Dierks Studios, Stommeln, Cologne, Germany, October 1985–January 1986 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 43:21 | |||
| Label |
RCA (Europe) Portrait (US) | |||
| Producer | Accept | |||
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| Singles from Russian Roulette | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Martin Popoff | [2] |
Russian Roulette is the seventh studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1986. 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.[1]
The album returns Accept to the darker, heavier sound of releases prior to the more commercial-sounding predecessor Metal Heart. Wolf Hoffmann explained 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."[3]
Peter Baltes explained the album's title and front cover as an expression of the strong anti-war themes throughout the record, showing war as a game of Russian roulette: "It means - go and play the game y'know, what a silly game it is. One will die definitely."[4]
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 EP.
Track listing
All lyrics and music written by Accept and Deaffy.
- Side one
- "T.V. War" – 3:27
- "Monsterman" – 3:25
- "Russian Roulette" – 5:22
- "It's Hard to Find a Way" – 4:19
- "Aiming High" – 4:26
- Side two
- "Heaven Is Hell" – 7:12
- "Another Second to Be" – 3:19
- "Walking in the Shadow" – 4:27
- "Man Enough to Cry" – 3:14
- "Stand Tight" – 4:05
Credits
- Band members
- Udo Dirkschneider – vocals
- Wolf Hoffmann – guitars
- Jörg Fischer – guitars
- Peter Baltes – bass guitar
- Stefan Kaufmann – drums
- Production
- Michael Wagener – engineer
- Mark Dodson – mixing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
- Gaby "Deaffy" Hauke – management, cover concept
- Didi Zill Bravo – cover photo
- Produced and arranged by Accept for Breeze Music Gmbh
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 5 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] | 16 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 9 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 23 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 80 |
| US Billboard 200[10] | 114 |
References
- 1 2 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Accept Russian Roulette review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ↑ "Accept - interviews". Metallian.com. June 17, 2002. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ↑ Sharpe, Gaz (1986). "Gambler GAZ SHARPE talks to Accept bassist PETER BALTES". Metal Forces (18). Retrieved February 3, 2013.
- ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Accept – Russian Roulette". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Accept – Russian Roulette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Accept – Russian Roulette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Accept – Russian Roulette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "Accept | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "Accept – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Accept. Retrieved 2014-06-10.