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"Balls to the Wall" is a song by German heavy metal band Accept. It was released as the lead single from their 1983 studio album of the same name. The anthemic title track is the album's best known song, and quickly became Accept's signature song. An accompanying music video was made that received airplay on MTV.
Balls to the Wall received positive reviews and was praised by Accept's contemporaries and successors. Ty Tabor of the American hard rock band King's X was a fan of the album and its production, saying that it "set a new bar for what heavy rock could sound like on a record". [7]
Accept achieved its first commercial success with their fifth studio album Balls to the Wall (1983), which is the band's only album to be certified gold in the United States and Canada, [3] [4] and spawned their well-known hit "Balls to the Wall". Accept has disbanded and reformed multiple times.
Balls to the wall is an idiom that refers to a maximum commitment or effort; e.g. full throttle. Balls to the wall also refers to: Balls to the Wall, an album by the German heavy-metal band Accept "Balls to the Wall" (song), the title song and lead single from the album; Balls to the Wall, a 2011 American comedy film
Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic praised Restless and Wild with 4.5 out of 5 stars and called it Accept's "creative breakthrough." He then added, "The bottom line here is that this, like its successor Balls to the Wall, is an essential heavy metal album, and any fan worth his salt should own them both." [7]
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Accept "I'm a Rebel" 1980 I'm a Rebel "Burning" 1981 Breaker "Breaker" "Starlight" "Fast as a Shark" 1983 Restless and Wild "Restless and Wild" "Balls to the Wall" Balls to the Wall "Midnight Mover" 1985 Metal Heart "Screaming for a Love-Bite" "T.V. War" 1986 Russian Roulette "Generation Clash" 1989 Eat the Heat "I Don't Wanna Be Like You" 1993
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