Recorded Dierks Studios, Stommeln, Cologne, Germany, October–December 1984
Genre Heavy metal
Length 39:38
Label RCA (Europe)
Portrait (US)
Producer Dieter Dierks
Track listing
All lyrics and music written by Accept and Deaffy.
01. Metal Heart 5:19
02. Midnight Mover 3:05
03. Up to the Limit 3:47
04. Wrong Is Right 3:08
05. Screaming for a Love-Bite 4:06
06. Too High to Get It Right 3:47
07. Dogs on Leads 4:23
08. Teach Us to Survive 3:32
09. Living for Tonite 3:33
10. Bound to Fail 4:58
・Udo Dirkschneider - lead vocals, harmony vocals (4, 9, 10), backing vocals (1, 8), finger snapping (8)
・Wolf Hoffmann - lead & rhythm guitars (all except 9), rhythm guitar (9), acoustic guitar (1, 10), backing vocals (1, 6, 7, 10), sitar (1)
・Jorg Fischer - rhythm guitar (all except 4, 9), lead & rhythm guitars (4, 9), 8-string bass (3), backing vocals (1, 6, 7, 10), finger snapping (8)
・Peter Baltes - bass, Moog Taurus (1, 5, 7, 10), 8-string bass (1, 8, 10), backing vocals (1, 6, 7, 10), harmony vocals (2, 5), acoustic bass guitar (8)
・Stefan Kaufmann - drums, backing vocals (1, 6, 7, 10), timpani (1, 8, 10), cymbals and gongs (1), drum effects and gang vocals (3)
アクセプトの6枚目のスタジオ・アルバム。
本国ドイツをはじめ北欧や日本で成功を収めたアルバム。
本作からオリジナルメンバーのヨルグが復帰した。
タイトル曲にはチャイコフスキーの「スラブ行進曲」やベートーベンの「エリーゼのために」のフレーズが引用されていて馴染み深い。
ウドの金切りダミ声にいささかの衰えもなく、ファンにとっては期待を裏切らず安心して聴けるアルバムだ。
個人的にはアクセプトのアルバム、ベスト3の1枚だ。