Accept discography
| Accept discography | |
|---|---|
 Accept performing live in 2022 | |
| Studio albums | 16 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 9 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 11 |
| Singles | 25 |
The discography of Accept, a German heavy metal band, consists of 16 studio albums, five live albums, nine compilations, 25 singles, four video albums and 11 music videos. Formed in Solingen in 1976, Accept originally consisted of lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, rhythm guitarist Gerard Wahl (later replaced by Jörg Fischer), bassist Peter Baltes and drummer Frank Friedrich.[1][2] The band signed to Brain Records and released their self-titled debut album in 1979, which failed to chart.[3] After Friedrich was replaced by Stefan Kaufmann, I'm a Rebel, Breaker and Restless and Wild (the group's first release after Fischer's departure) followed over the next three years,[2] the last of which gave Accept their debut on the UK Albums Chart when it reached number 98.[4]
The band signed with RCA Records and released Balls to the Wall in 1983, their first album with Fischer's replacement Herman Frank.[5] It was the band's first domestic success, registering at number 59 on the German Albums Chart.[6] The album also charted in the United States and Canada,[7][8] receiving gold certifications in both regions.[9][10] With Fischer later returning,[2] the band's commercial recognition increased with their next two releases, as Metal Heart and Russian Roulette gave Accept their first German top 20 and top 10 chart positions, respectively.[6] Dirkschneider was fired in 1987, but the band (with David Reece and without Fischer again) returned in 1989 with Eat the Heat, which peaked at number 15 in Germany.[6] After a final touring cycle, Accept broke up in late 1989.[2]
Reuniting with Dirkschneider, Accept returned in 1992 to record their comeback album Objection Overruled.[2] Released the following year, it reached number 17 on the German Albums Chart.[6] The group's popularity began to reduce in the 1990s, however, as 1994's Death Row peaked at number 32 and 1996's Predator peaked at number 56.[6] Again, the band broke up in 1997.[2] After a brief touring cycle in 2005,[11] Accept reformed in 2009 with Hoffmann, Baltes, Frank joined by returning drummer Stefan Schwarzmann and new vocalist Mark Tornillo.[12] Signed to Nuclear Blast, the band peaked at number 4 with 2010's Blood of the Nations and number 6 with 2012's Stalingrad: Brothers in Death, before achieving their first German Albums Chart number one with Blind Rage, released in 2014.[6]
Accept parted ways with Frank and Schwarzmann in 2014, with their places taken in April 2015 by Uwe Lulis and Christopher Williams, respectively.[13] In 2017 the band reached number 9 in Germany with the live album Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015, before issuing The Rise of Chaos later in the year and reaching the top three.[6] Another live release, Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017, also reached the German Albums Chart top 20 in 2018.[6]
Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [6] |
AUT [14] |
CAN [8] |
FIN [15] |
FRA [16] |
NOR [17] |
SWE [18] |
SWI [19] |
UK [4] |
US [7] | |||
| Accept | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| I'm a Rebel (titled Accept in the United States) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Breaker |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Restless and Wild |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 98 | — | |
| Balls to the Wall |
|
59 | — | 43 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 74 | |
| Metal Heart |
|
13 | — | 86 | — | — | 9 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 94 | |
| Russian Roulette |
|
5 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 9 | 23 | 80 | 114 | |
| Eat the Heat |
|
15 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 26 | — | — | 139 | |
| Objection Overruled |
|
17 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 22 | — | — | |
| Death Row |
|
32 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | |
| Predator |
|
56 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 28 | 49 | — | — | |
| Blood of the Nations |
|
4 | 19 | — | 9 | 72 | — | 7 | 15 | — | 187 | |
| Stalingrad: Brothers in Death |
|
6 | 70 | — | 8 | 77 | 22 | 10 | 17 | — | 81 | |
| Blind Rage |
|
1 | 18 | — | 1 | 48 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 85 | 35 | |
| The Rise of Chaos |
|
3 | 13 | — | 5 | 96 | — | 10 | 4 | — | 140 | |
| Too Mean to Die |
|
2 | 9 | — | 4 [20] |
88 | — | 7 [21] |
4 | — | — | |
| Humanoid |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | ||||||||||||
Live albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [6] |
BEL Fla. [22] |
BEL Wal. [23] |
FIN [15] |
FRA [16] |
SWI [19] |
UK [4] |
US Hard [24] |
US Indie [25] |
US Rock [26] | |||
| Kaizoku-Ban |
|
50 | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | |
| Staying a Life |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| All Areas – Worldwide |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015 |
|
9 | 101 | 74 | 42 | 113 | 81 | — | 10 | 18 | 30 | |
| Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 |
|
20 | — | 112 | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | ||||||||||||
Compilations[edit]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Best of Accept |
|
| Midnight Highway (released in North America only) |
|
| Hungry Years |
|
| The Collection |
|
| No Substitutes (released in the United States only) |
|
| Restless: The Best |
|
| Steel Glove: The Collection |
|
| Hot & Slow: Classics, Rocks 'n' Ballads |
|
| Playlist: The Very Best of Accept |
Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Lady Lou" | 1979 | 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 | Objection Overruled |
| "All or Nothing" | ||
| "Slaves to Metal" | ||
| "Bad Habits Die Hard" | 1994 | Death Row |
| "Hard Attack" | 1996 | Predator |
| "The Abyss" | 2010 | Blood of the Nations |
| "Stampede" | 2014 | Blind Rage |
| "Final Journey" | ||
| "Restless and Wild" (live) | 2016 | Restless and Live |
| "The Rise of Chaos" | 2017 | The Rise of Chaos |
| "Koolaid" | ||
| "Balls to the Wall" (live) | 2018 | Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 |
| "Breaker" (live) | ||
| "Life's a Bitch" | 2019 | Life's a Bitch |
| "Restless and Wild" (live) | ||
| "The Undertaker" | 2020 | Too Mean to Die |
| "Too Mean to Die" | ||
| "Zombie Apocalypse" | 2021 |
Videos[edit]
Video albums[edit]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Staying a Life | |
| Metal Blast from the Past |
|
| Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015 |
|
| Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 |
|
Music videos[edit]
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "I'm a Rebel" | 1980 | unknown | |
| "Balls to the Wall" | 1984 | Julien Temple | [27] |
| "Midnight Mover" | 1985 | Zbigniew Rybczyński | [28] |
| "Generation Clash" | 1989 | unknown | |
| "Protectors of Terror" | 1993 | ||
| "Slaves to Metal" | |||
| "Death Row" | 1994 | ||
| "Teutonic Terror" | 2010 | Dave Blass | [29] |
| "Pandemic" | 2011 | [30] | |
| "Stampede" | 2014 | ||
| "The Rise of Chaos" | 2017 | Scott Diussa | [31] |
| "The Undertaker" | 2020 | unknown | [32] |
References[edit]
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- ^ a b Canadian Albums Chart peak positions for Accept releases:
- Balls to the Wall: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 40, no. 4. 31 March 1984. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- Metal Heart: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 42, no. 8. 4 May 1985. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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- ^ a b "Gold/Platinum Search "Accept"". Music Canada. March 1985. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Drummer Stefan Schwarzmann To Rejoin Accept For Summer Festival Appearances". Blabbermouth.net. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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- ^ "Accept Chart History: Top Rock Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Begrand, Adrien (7 December 2015). "Accept Interview: "We Were Literally Freezing Our Balls Off"". Iron Fist. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "How A Polish Director Invented The "Bullet Time" Effect for Accept's "Midnight Mover: video, 14 Years Before "The Matrix"". The Golden Age of Music Video. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Accept - new video online!". Nuclear Blast. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Accept - Video director Dave Blass reports from the 'Stampede' shooting". Nuclear Blast. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Accept - unveil 'The Rise Of Chaos' music video!". Nuclear Blast. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "ACCEPT Releases Music Video For New Single 'The Undertaker'". Blabber Mouth. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.