Eat the heat

Eat the heat
Accept studio album
Publication (s)	1989
admission	September 1988 - January 1989
Label (s)	RCA Records
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	Heavy metal
Title (number)	10
running time	62 min, 22 sec
occupation	David Reece - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitars Peter Baltes - electric bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums Jim Stacey - rhythm guitar (stated, not played on album)
production	Dieter Dierks
Studio (s)	Dierks Studios , Stommeln
chronology Russian Roulette (1986) Eat the heat Objection Overruled (1993)

Eat the Heat is the eighth studio album by the German heavy metal band Accept . It was released in 1989 on RCA Records . Until the release of Blood of the Nations in 2010, it was Accept's only album without a singer Udo Dirkschneider .

Origin and style

Again the album was recorded in the studios of Dieter Dierks in Stommeln , this time again with his production, in the period from September 1988 to January 1989. Although Jim Stacey, a second guitarist who also played on tour, took over Wolf Hoffmann according to the Cover the guitars themselves. Musically, the band adapted the songwriting to both the new singer David Reece and the commercial taste of the time and thus moved a bit away from previous releases.

reception

Eat the Heat made it to Germany in 15th place, in the US at No. 139. Vincent Jeffries of Allmusic .com awarded 1.5 out of five stars. He wrote about the new singer: "Filling in for a legend, especially one as unique as Reece's predecessor, is a risky business, and the American wailer doesn't do much to help his cause as he never injects a personality of his own". However, songwriting and production have also been criticized. Holger Stratmann wrote for Rock Hard that the quintet had "expanded the range to include more commercial rockers like Chain Reaction and Prisoner , which the group really enjoyed" . Eat The Heat is “an album that has to be taken seriously!” Lars Strutz from Powermetal.de wrote about the 2002 remaster that if you approach it with an open mind, Eat the Heat is “one of the coolest records that has ever been ignored. When you get used to outputs like Restless and Wild or Balls to the Wall , an Accept as you know them simply disappears. " Metal Hammer wrote that Accept succeeds" on Eat the Heat, something that especially the domestic competition does (with the exception of the Scorpions ) has so far failed miserably ”:“ To have advanced from German soil into primeval American rock realms and to have served the old Accept-Banger as well as the new Accept-Hardrocker equally well. ”

Track list

All songs were written by Accept and Deaffy (aka Gaby Hoffmann).

CD version

1. "XTC" - 4:26
2. "Generation Clash" - 6:26
3. "Chain Reaction" - 4:42
4. "Love Sensation" - 4:43
5. "Turn the Wheel" - 5:24
6. "Hellhammer" - 5:30
7. "Prisoner" - 4:50
8. "I Can't Believe in You" - 4:50
9. "Mistreated" - 8:51
10. "Stand 4 What U R" - 4:05
11. "Break the Ice" - 4:14
12. "D-Train" - 4:27

Vinyl version (based on original 1989 vinyl)

Side A:

1. "XTC" - 4:26
2. "Generation Clash" - 6:26
3. "Chain Reaction" - 4:43
4. "Love Sensation" - 4:43
5. "Turn The Wheel" - 4:58

Side B:

1. "Prisoner" - 4:14
2. "Mistreated" - 6:45
3. "Stand 4 What U R" - 4:05
4. "Hellhammer" - 5:30
5. "D-Train" - 4:27

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.allmusic.com: Eat the Heat review by Vincent Jeffries
2. ↑ Holger Stratman in Rock Hard, issue 32
3. ↑ www.powermetal.de: Eat the Heat review by Lars Strutz
4. ↑ Metal Hammer, No. 5/1989, page 140
5. ↑ Booklet of the CD