It seems strange to me that no one on DeBaser has reviewed this album yet, so I'm going to do it. The album was released in 1984, after that masterpiece known as "Restless And Wild", during the golden period of the Teutonic band.

The first song is the title track. The exhortation to destroy the Berlin wall is evident both from the lyrics and the video that accompanied the release of the song, but let's start with the description of the piece. A powerful guitar riff introduces the voice of the little man Udo Dirkshneider, initially soft and muffled, then gradually more powerful until the chorus where the voice is joined by the rest of the group's backing vocals. The song continues in a rather linear fashion until the very tight solo at the end of which the chorus repeats in a low voice "Balls To The Wall" and Udo sings with a delicate voice? then the chorus changes, becoming church-like, the singer’s voice grows, and the song restarts furiously from the chorus. After this musical apotheosis, you hear a drum and bass intro that begins "London Leatherboys". The drumming has an almost military rhythm, and Udo sings with a hoarse voice. It seems that the song will end as it began, but no, because immediately after the chorus, the rhythm changes and a very beautiful and powerful solo arrives, after which the piece reprises from the chorus, which is repeated until the end. There isn’t even a moment to catch your breath when "Fight It Back" kicks in with a wild and aggressive riff, followed by Udo's scream and the relentless rhythm section. The piece is similar to the previous ones but is still very good, and Stefan Kauffmann keeps the beat with the double pedal. Then the solo is something spectacular, with artificial harmonics that drive you crazy.

The fourth track is "Head Over Heels", which opens with an ominous bass line. This piece is slower than the previous ones and has a very catchy chorus. The choruses are the main characteristic of Accept. "Losing More Than You Never Had" is an irresistible piece that is easy to hum along to. When it seems like it might be repetitive, a rhythm change shatters that idea, leading to a brief instrumental interlude that brings back the chorus and the conclusion of the piece. Now comes the real masterpiece of the album: "Love Child"!!!!!!!!! A riff pumped up to the max, an aggressive voice, a chorus for insane Headbanging: these are the three features that make up this piece, not forgetting the solo, which is something epic. It is definitely in pieces like this that Accept show their best. "Turn Me On" and "Loosers And Winners" are two tracks, as usual, wild, raw, and powerful with choruses to sing until your tonsils explode. Now a delicate arpeggio disrupts everything: it’s the intro of "Guardian Of The Night", which then starts like all the other tracks. This is certainly a good piece, but it is not among the best on the album.

Now a slow bass pulse opens "Winter Dreams", a sweet, slow, and beautiful song. Here, Accept demonstrate their ability to transition from aggressive pieces to calmer ones with truly disarming ease, and Udo gives us one of his best performances using a really beautiful voice. This is a song to listen to in winter in front of the fireplace. This is the end of "Balls To The Wall", an exceptional album and a worthy successor to "Restless And Wild". I apologize to the readers if I was too concise in describing some songs, but since they are not very different from each other, I did not want to burden the reading with unnecessary and exhausting descriptions. Well, now I’ll leave you with a quote from the lyrics of "Balls To The Wall":

"Too many slaves in this world
Die by torture and pain
Too many people do not see
They're killing themselves, going insane
Too many people do not know
Bondage is over the human race
They believe slaves are always lose
And this fear keeps them down
Watch the damned - God bless ya
They're gonna break the chains
No, you can't stop them - God bless ya
They're coming to get you"

Tracklist Lyrics and Videos

01   Balls to the Wall (05:43)

Too many slaves in this world die by torture and pain
Too many people do not see
They're killing themselves, going insane
Too many people do not know bondage is over the human race
They believe slaves always lose, and this fear keeps them down

(CHORUS)
Watch the damned (god bless ya)
They're gonna break their chains (hey)
You can't stop them (god bless ya)
They're coming to get you
And then you'll get your balls to the wall

You may screw their brains
You may sacrifice them too
You may mortify their flesh
You may rape them all
One day the tortured stand up and revolt against the evil
They make you drink your blood and tear yourself to peaces

(CHORUS)

Come on man, let's stand up all over the world
Let's plug a bomb in everyone's arse
If they don't keep us alive, we're gonna fight for the right
Build a wall with the bodies of the dead and your saved
Make the world scared
Come on, show me the sign of victory

02   London Leatherboys (03:58)

Walking down the main street
I see a city's face
Boys dressed in leather
Girls dressed in lace
See the easy riders
They're roaring down their way
They need to give full speed ahead

They've been bunched together
To keep their crazy life
They turn on the power
Get wrecked every night
Got some kind of feeling
Looking in his eyes
I feel the power surge to a head

London leatherboys
Nightmare's pleasure, what you've done
London leatherboys
All together
All together - nightmare's pleasure

After all the roaring
The sound of silence scares
Girl of the leader
Cried in his arms
Don't you see the danger
When we are running wild
Please, stop the games, it's getting late

London leatherboys
Nightmare's pleasure, what you've done
London leatherboys
All together

Swearing that he would do - he could not even say
Boy dressed in leather - boy died in pain
They're the easy riders - but heroes die too fast
He was more than the best of the bunch

Best together
Lousy leather
Say what's better
All together

London leatherboys

03   Fight It Back (03:34)

Always been the prophets who make the world evolve.
Always been the average breaking it down.
Majority, the unknown, giving us the rule.
It`s more than luck to get the standard.
You`ll never find me like I hope that I am.
You`ll never treat me like you think you can.
Be always independent, surrendering no way.
I won`t deal with crimes of society.
Now, if you hate it, you gotta fight it back.
You gotta fight it back.
Just try to change it.
Fight, fight it back.
Find myself in crisis, get near to collapse.
Am I forced to live that boring life?
God, I hate the av`rage! Go and nuke it out.
Go piss the accepted; screw them all.
Now, if you hate it...

04   Head Over Heels (04:25)

Late at night in the park
I saw them slipping in the dark
For heaven sake what's going on
It's like someone is here

Gotta follow now
Like being in a trance for me
There's silence here
More than all the noise

Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Everyday, every night

Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Oh yeah

Down on my knees, God help me please
Gotta know who's out in the dark
I've stopped my breath, can feel the hands
Could hear the sound of people making love


I surrender right now
I've to be touched I feel so much

Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Everyday, every night

Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Yeah

Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Everyday, every night

Spurting in the dark head over heels
Overheated heart head over heels
Treating it so hard the spurting feels
Everyday, every night

Spurting in the dark head over heels

05   Losing More Than You've Ever Had (05:09)

Man, I know that you`re out in the crowd,
and I feel, how you burn your hate in my soul.
It`s like I`d have my hands in your coat,
and feel the stainless steel of a sword.
Years have gone by. I know that she`s left you, before I passed by.
I was collecting the dreams of her heart.
And then she was reborn in my arms.
Can`t you see that you`ve lost her soul?
She`s been gone a long time ago.
Man, it`s been a long time since you lost her heart.
Yes, it's been a long time since you've lost her heart.
Man, you`re dying, for what you`ve lost but never had.
`Cause you`ve been losing, more than you have ever had.
Man, stop longing, for the girl you made so sad.
Always losing, for so long.
Man, why are you running blind for the past?
Why don`t you try, to understand?
When I found her she was dying, trying, to kill herself.
Maybe you didn`t know what you`ve done.
But all you wanna do is wrong.
Man, you come to kill, for someone who`s gone
Man, it`s been a long time since you lost her heart.
Man, you`re dying, for what you`ve lost but never had.
`Cause you`ve been losing, more than you have ever had.
Man, stop longing, for the girl you made so sad.
Always losing, for so long...
Man, you`re dying for what you`ve lost but never had.
`Cause you`ve been losing, more than you have ever had.
Man, stop longing, for the girl you made so sad.
Always losing for so long.

06   Love Child (03:34)

Everyone is telling me that he was born as a love child
By looking in his eyes something turned me lose in his hot
nights
Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by
Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane don't know why
I can feel your sex winding up the girl in the red dress
And my brain is gone, what is going on, I'm burning inside
Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by
Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane don't know why
A love child, running wild a love child
A love child, running wild a love child - love child
I gotta tell myself that he was born as a love child
And the story of his way should not make me stay in the hot
night
Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by
Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane don't know why
A love child, running wild a love child
A love child, running wild a love child - love child
Don't know what I am
A woman or a man
Many troubles behind me
I'm doing all I can
But I'm what I am
Leave me alone - don't mistreat me
Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by
Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane don't know why
A love child, running wild a love child

07   Turn Me On (05:12)

I can`t wait to get you down on the dirty door.
I know it ain`t a place, but come on and close the floor.
I`m coming down for pleasure, for head games all night long.
Yes indead, I wanna have it now, all what you`ve gotta give
I`m coming to the point where I can`t hold myself.
You shouldn`t hold me back; it has to be done.
Please turn me on, turn me on; I can`t hold it.
Please turn me on, turn me on; I explode.
Would bee good to do it in the nice way,
but sorry, I ain`t got no time.
I know you would like some light, but sorry, here`s no lamp.
So please don`t stop the feeling. Please come close to me.
I`ve got to feel your hand to bring it to an end.
I`m coming to the point...
Baby, that was a hot lick, but someone`s banging the door.
Believe me, I`m sorry to stop you, but I`m coming back for more.
It was more than I could ask for. Sorry, babe; I gotta go.
Guess there`s more than two now who wants to break the door.
Please babe, I`ve gotta go. You have been really good.
I know you want some more, but what can I do? Let`s go ahead!

08   Losers and Winners (04:20)

You told me that you like her, but she doesn`t wanna know.
You tried so much to take her, bur there`s no way to go.
I know that kind of feeling, knocking on someone`s door.
I know the endless crying when you don`t know what you`re living for.
Write a letter. (What`s the matter?)
You`ll find better. (Write a letter.)
You`ll feel better when it`s done.
There`s one way to show what you feel for the girl.
Write her a loveley letter, tell her what you`re looking for.
Don`t think it`s old fashion to take one`s heard (when it`s true).
You gotta take it as a man when you can`t win her in this game.
Write a letter...
There are losers and winners, just like you and me.
You should give me the letter; I`ll use it for my own.
Maybe she wants to take me before she stays alone.
Could be my destination to pick up broken hearts.
Why don`t you take it easy and screw the girls who`s next to you.
Write a letter...

09   Guardian of the Night (04:24)

In the night of the day I was born
Quite sure I wouldn't see no tomorrow
All the days I was wasting alone
Always waiting for the nights without sorrows

Mister, mister, you don't know what I am
Can't you hear it always trembling in my voice
Don't you know I'm doing all that I can
But I'm a man without any choice

Everyday's only pain for me
I don't like the sunlight shining on my head
I'm the man that was born for the dark
Every light that shines is making me feel bad

Lady, lady, put your hand on my head
Can't you feel the grieving sorrows in my brain
'cause I'm the one who's behaving so bad
I need those feelings for you again

Man of the dark - the guardian of the night
Man of the dark - the guardian of the night

I don't like people working all day
Only working just to see next tomorrow
But they are happy while they're living that way
In that world I gotta beg, steel or borrow

Mister, mister, you don't know what I am
Can't you hear it always trembling in my voice
Don't you know I'm doing all that I can
But I'm a man without any choice

Man of the dark - the guardian of the night
Man of the dark - the guardian of the night

Of the night - of the dark

10   Winterdreams (04:54)

There`s snow on the mountains, and fog in the street;
Flickering candles in the room. Hear the churchbell ring.
See the children playing. I feel the pure delight,
And the snow is falling, taking me away.

Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Reflecting the sound of my heart; it`s my taste of freedom.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Don`t try to tear me apart; cold winter dreams

Find myself in peace, warm from underneath.
Wish you would be here in this magic scene.
I`ve escaped from reality, dancing in the snow.
Cold, blue sky gives me the innocence I need.

Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Freezing the heat in my heart; it`s my taste of freedom.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Chill me and tear me apart; cold winter dreams.

The world seemed so clear, like a wonderful diamond,
Can`t imagine there`s meaness. Can`t imagine one lie
But when I`m dead and gone and snow`s pouring down,
I`m burried and covered, peaceful under millions of stars.

Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Reflecting the sound of my heart; it`s my taste of freedom.
Cold winter nights, cold winter dreams,
Don`t try to tear me apart; cold winter dreams

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