Ranking the Studio Albums: Accept (w/Martin Popoff)

[@anthonyrivers1619]

My opinion, Winterdreams is a fantastic closing track to a very epic album...UDO gets me every time on that one!

[@benedictdonald4338]

Winterdreams is a masterpiece.

[@daxtear]

1. Metal Heart 2. Restless and Wild 3. Balls To The Wall 4. Blind Rage 5. Breaker I love me my catchy hooks

[@cr4zyJ-79]

I’ve been listening to Accept recently. I honestly can’t wait for their new album. Love their early stuff with Udo. And their modern stuff with Mark Torniilo. Underrated band!

[@yngwievanhalen9640]

What's cool though is they're becoming better and better known all the time. I remember when Balls to the Wall had six million views on KZbin (that was only five years ago). Now? 31 Million.

[@LuchaLibertaria]

1- Balls To The Wall (its a classic!) 2- Russian Roulette 3- Restless and Wild 4- Blood Of The Nations 5- Blind Rage 6- Breaker 7- Metal Heart 8- Objection Overruled 9- Death Row 10- The Rise Of Chaos 11- Stalingrad 12- I'm A Rebel 13- Eat The Heat 14- Predator 15- Debut

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

Howdy Sir! ;)

[@Danimal77]

Udo's debut solo album, "Animal House" (1987) is for all intents and purposes an Accept album. All the songs were written by accept before he left the band and they let him have them for his first solo album.

[@independenceltd.]

It would be #3 on my list if it were. I love that album.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

True sir!...man, UDO's solo catalog is damn good!

[@mrkayuga]

« Lay down the law » was even recorded by Accept and sounds a bit different then the rest of the album. Animal house would be my top altogether with Roulette.

[@lancem6363]

Also I was unaware Metal Heart had a backlash, wtf that album is gold from start to finish!

[@treffbennett6534]

1.Metal Heart 2.Balls To The Wall 3.Restless And Wild 4.Russian Roulette 5.Blood Of The Nations *Wolf Hoffmann is a masterful player and deserves to be mentioned with guitar greats.

[@robins5798]

Russian Roulette is IMO one of the most underrated albums of all time.

[@the_hellion6765]

It’s among my top-5 favorite Accept Records!

[@iancouch9688]

It was my 1st accept album in got in 1986..it will always be my favorite for many reasons..dark..heavy..bit experimental ..full of hooks and catchy riffs..love it

[@dravenquinn264]

Hell Yeah I love U.D.O and Accept I’m 22 going on 23 later this year and I’ve loved Rock And Metal since I was a kid when my Dad got me into classic rock n roll and heavy metal Udo Dirkschneider is one of my favourite metal singers I saw U.D.O Live 2 years ago here in Edmonton on March 16th 2018 at The Starlite Room when they played Accept songs for the last time it was a great show and I’ll always forever love rock and metal until the day I die🤘

[@christianman73]

Thanks so much, Pete and Martin! I had to come back to comment and say that, thanks almost entirely to this video (and listening to some song samples), I just placed a huge order for eleven Accept CDs! It's so cool to finally get into a great band that I just missed out on back in the day! Thanks for the great work that you two are doing to celebrate classic rock, hard rock, metal, prog, and more!

[@fastasashark6988]

I’m an old school Accept fan who loves Eat The Heat. Reece’s vocal performance is awesome. I think of the album similar to Turbo. It sticks out in the catalog but still rocks.

[@marcoiacobuzio4075]

Thank again Pete and Martin for doing this list this was very cool and an easy list for me especially the top five: 1. "Restless and Wild" -----1982 2. "Metal Heart" -------1985 3. "Breaker" -----1981 4. "Balls to the Wall" ------1984 5. "Blood of the Nations" -------2010

[@amasvodka]

A band that switched direction and then switched back is Deicide. Legion was incredibly forward thinking for its time, but the band obviously got cold feet when it wasn’t the commercial success their debut was.

[@cameronsmith8328]

I love I’m a Rebel. So catchy! Restless and Wild is my favourite though.

[@die2no]

The first three Accept albums are classics.

[@BTT72genX]

I love Metal Heart. I could easily say it is my favorite Accept album.

[@twikirobot6897]

1. Restless and Wild 2. Balls to the Wall 3. Metal Heart 4. Blood of Nations 5. Blind Rage PS: They were Germany's Priest...not mini Scorpions.

[@jollyroger4331]

I totally agree with you about them not being mini scorpions. They were much more metal than the Scorpions

[@Ventargard]

So, do we get a ranking of UDO albums next? :P

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

I hope so. U.D.O. also has a huge catalog of great albums.

[@sadboi7537]

Timebomb will be #1. That’s UDO’s personal Painkiller.

[@udo4accept]

that would be great! my top 3 would be... 1. Mean Machine 2. Timebomb 3. Animal House

[@hanifarjo5434]

Great said ! BЯΛVΘ 👍👍

[@Fixxer315]

IMO, Teutonic Terror might be the best old-school metal song of the 21st Century, with a killer groove, understated soloing, and Mark's awesome vocals. I really hope I get a chance to see Accept live, as I would love to see this song. (I did see Dirkschneider a few years ago when he played nothing but Accept material, and that was a great show).

[@laggyluke5700]

3. Balls to the Wall 2. Metal Heart 1. Restless and Wild

[@CanadianCharlie64]

I remember buying Restless and Wild back in 81 after reading about them in Kerrang magazine and Fast as a Shark intro blew me away

[@centaurus5676]

Released in October 82

[@mattbrillhart2922]

One of my fave bands. Not their best overall IMO, but Metal Heart was my first Accept album. It was one of my 13 from Columbia House. The guitar solos are incredible and could even be played on piano they are so well crafted.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Metal Heart rules...

[@jonathancilley9450]

I saw Accept on the Metal Heart Tour. It was nearly a hundred degrees, but I didn't notice the weather when they came out. The other bands this day were Y & T and Motley Crue as the headliner. Helix no showed the event. I was nearly deaf for two weeks after this show!

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Popoff and Pardo are at it again and what a great discussion and overview of such an extensive catalogue. Fascinating that you two matched on so many slots but, in the end, each has their particular favorite for specific reasons. Really enjoy most of this discography. So Metal Heart is probably tops for me because, as Pete said, it is the most fun Accept album to me. The others in each of your top four are on my list but Metal Heart is the one listened to the most. Thanks, gents, for another great show. Looking forward to more of the two of you on SoT.

[@max051472]

Great episode! Just discovering Accept and love the riffs, vocals and production.

[@drewrose374]

I'm heartbroken!!! lol... I love I'm A Rebel... it was my first taste of ACCEPT back in 1980, which started my love affair with them... its still holds a place in my heart

[@JohnWildeFF]

I think their second album is one of their best albums.

[@paulhaynes561]

Metal Heart is my favorite -- has grown on me more than the others over the years.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

The intro is EPIC....man, when the opening title track kicks in, German mastery!

[@udo4accept]

i saw the metal heart tour. it was my first time to see Accept and they opened with metal heart and when Udo came walking out singing "it is 1999...", it was the first and only time i've ever screamed uncontrollably like a girl for a band. hahahaha the whole feeling in the coliseum was amazing.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

@@udo4accept that is one damn cool story there! Wow!

[@paulhaynes561]

@@udo4accept Great story brother!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@domielakrabi3276]

My introduction to Accept was "Eat the Heat" and I liked it a bit, but after I've listened to Restless and Wild and Breaker I realized the true value of the band. These two are still my favorites by them!

[@oldschoolmetal9905]

Not to be forgotten: "Staying a life" and" Live in Japan". Both KILLERS

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

Absolutely!! Great live albums!! I love All Areas Worldwide/ The Final Chapter, Restless And Live, and Symphonic Terror alot as well.

[@AndrewCapobianco2014]

kazuku ban?

[@itkojecockot]

"Staying A Life" is one of the greatest live albums in metal ever

[@AndrewCapobianco2014]

@@itkojecockot I did not know it existed, is it a different concert than Kazooku Ban?

[@itkojecockot]

@@AndrewCapobianco2014 don't know..... all I know is, that "Staying a Live" was recorded in japan...... while Udo is talking to the crowd, he mentions Osaka several times

[@joeylyons4549]

Of course I was introduced to Accept when i heard Balls to the Wall on the old Metal Shop radio show in 1984. So I got their earlier records later. Have to put Restless and Wild number one just because of the pure power of it. Start to finish.

[@andrasszeri4753]

1 Russian Roulette 2 Balls to the Wall 3 Restless and Wild 4 Blood of the Nations 5 Metal Heart 6 Stalingrad 7 Breaker 8 Deathrow 9 Blind Rage 10 Accept 79 11 Accept 80 12 Eat the Heat 13 Rise of Chaos 14 Predator 15 Objection Overruled

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Really dig your top 5...not my order, but great selections!

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

My all time favorite German Heavy Metal band ever!!! I love all their studio albums including Eat The Heat, Death Row, and Predator. I am really looking forward to Too Mean To Die big time. I love the title track and The Undertaker alot. 15. Self titled debut album 14. I'm A Rebel 13. Predator 12. Death Row 11. Eat The Heat 10. Objection Overruled 9. The Rise Of Chaos 8. Stalingrad 7. Breaker 6. Blood Of The Nations 5. Russian Roulette 4. Blind Rage 3. Metal Heart 2. Balls To The Wall 1. Restless And Wild

[@anthonyrivers1619]

I really dig their 90's stuff! Death Row is heavier than shit! and Lengthy!!

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

@@anthonyrivers1619 I do too. I hated it back when they first came out back in the 90's, but I grew to love them over the years. I was a teenager at that time , and very stubborn to change.

[@JohnWildeFF]

1 Breaker 2 Restless and Wild 3 I'm a Rebel (second Album, self titled in the US) 4 Blood of the Nations 5 Balls to the Wall 6 Metal Heart

[@zackamanda9799]

It's funny that the first album I bought from ACCEPT was "Eat the Heat". I heard Generation Clash on Z-Rock and out I went and bought the album. I grew up in the '80's and listened to bands like Motley Crue , RATT , Poison , KISS ect. so I really like the album. After hearing more Accept music since ," Eat The Heat " definetly has a Hairband sound which is what I was listening to at the time it came out.

[@JohntheMusicNut]

Thank you Pete and Martin and great show as always. The fact that several of us are listing albums such as Russian Roulette, Eat the Heat, Death Row, and the debut among their best speaks volumes about Accept's excellent catalog of music. I always felt that Accept should have gone platinum in the States with Metal Heart and that the reason they didn't was because they picked the wrong single. "Midnight Mover" is a cool tune but I believed that "Screaming for a Love Bite" was the stronger track and should have been the single and video. And that video for "Midnight Mover" wasn't going to win over the masses. 1. Metal Heart 2. Balls to the Wall 3. Blood of the Nations 4. Restless and Wild 5. Stalingrad 6. Breaker 7. Objection Overruled 8. Russian Roulette 9. Death Row 10. Blind Rage 11. The Rise of Chaos 12. Predator 13. Eat the Heat 14. Accept 15. I'm a Rebel

[@mikeryanmikeryan4740]

Hi Guys. First of all, I sadly prejudged the Mark Tornillo version of Accept thinking that Accept cannot have good music without UDO. I was wrong. Mark Tornillo's Accept is very good. With that said here is my list. 1. Restless and Wild - Like I said before, this album changed my life and my whole way of thinking on Metal Music. 2. Balls to the Wall - My top 2 will never change on this band 3. Metal Heart - 4. Breaker - 5. Blood of the Nations- Very good Debut with Mark Tornillo as singer 6. Blind Rage- 7. Accept- Great debut album 8. Stalingrad- 9. Objection Overruled- 10. Death Row- Good Music a little to long though 11. Rise of Chaos- 12. Russian Roulette- 13. To Mean to Die - Have not heard this album yet.(Just a couple of songs, but it is better than the rest of the albums below it) 14. Predator- 15. I'm a Rebel - Not very good 16. Eat the Heat - This is a Horrible album. Any traditional Accept fan would have said WTF is this and burned the album.

[@michaelmerrullo2043]

Always wanted to take a deep dive into these guys. Had one cassette mid 80s. Loved it. I’m all ears and taking notes

[@hermannernst8876]

I am german (by the way, older than you two) and first, the original cover from Restless is the cover with the burning guitars, second, their most successful and most selling album in europe was the Russian Roulette album and the tour was their most successful also. In the states they sell more with balls, yes but they never had the status like in europe and they opened only for bigger bands in North America. And last but not least, my opinion too the NWOBHM.....without Priest there would not be any NWOBHM, and my top NWONHM bands are Maiden, Saxon, Accept, Krokus and the early Def Leppard. So my Accept Top 15 (because I dont talk about illegal downloads) is: Tornillo and the last albums are great, but the best 30 Dirkschneider Songs are another Level! 1. Restless and Wild 2. Breaker 3. Russian Roulette 4. Balls to the Wall 5. Metal Heart 6. Blood of the Nations 7. Objection Overruled 8. Eat the Heat 9. Blind Rage 10. Stalingrad 11. The Rise of Chaos 12. Death Row 13. I’m a Rebel 14. Predator 15. Accept

[@anthonyrivers1619]

I'm an American (I'm ducking now! haha)....I started with Balls to the Wall, but I sure love Metal Heart - bought it when it came out on cassette! The title track is truly epic....I absolutely love German Metal....you guys do it right, sounds like every German band grew up on the battlefield with their sound....I revere Grave Digger and am Loyal to Kreator and Destruction since 1985!

[@hermannernst8876]

@@anthonyrivers1619 I love americans and american bands, but heavy metal is british and european. and we european always stay for our metal, you can see it in the charts and thats the great different to N-America. Take a look in the charts.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

@@hermannernst8876 I have a great respect for the Euro Heavy Metal Bands....I am a German Metal fanatic!

[@lucasfarias3219]

I love Accept! Great discography! 1- Balls to the Wall 2- Restless and Wild 3- Metal Heart 4- Breaker 5- Russian Roulette 6- Objection Overruled 7- Blood of the Nations 8- The Rise of Chaos 9- Blind Rage 10- Stalingrad 11- Predator 12- Death Row 13- I'm a Rebel 14- Accept 15- Eat The Heat

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

Metal Heart is the first album I ever listened to by Accept. I got it back in 1987 at Camelot Music store on cassette for $2. I was barely 10 years old back then , and I would get the Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal guy that worked at Camelot Music to show me what was Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal in the $1and $2 sections. Ever since Accept has been one of my all time favorite bands ever.

[@jakerudick9645]

I giess i am the contrarian here ,my top three are 3. Objection overruled 2. Eat the heat 1. Russian roulette! What can i say ,i love em!!

[@homebrew5860]

I think their debut is so different from what their known for but I first heard this in the early 80s before all that and was totally blown away. Because they were just learning their way makes this album sound very raw. For that reason I would rank this a little higher.

[@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712]

I saw them live way back in Northern Germany, at a Rock Festival, pre-album, mid-70s at a guess, several bands took part. Accept was actually the best band that afternoon.

[@captainbeyond7469]

Was looking forward to this show with Martin anticipating his insight compared with Pete didn’t disappoint. My favorite is Restless and Wild the solo on Fast As a Shark is epic one of my all time favorites. Such an incredible band.

[@zoranpavlovic9540]

Even Balls to the Wall was how I started with AccepT back in 1984 my rankin': Restless &Wild 💥, Breaker, Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart, I'm a Rebel, Russian Roulette, Objection Overruled. That's it 🤘 Honorary - first album = beast!

[@XA351GT]

Pete, your reaction to Fast as Shark is identicle to mine. My buddy Pete and I used to comb the record racks for hours . He found this and bought it. Neither of us had ever heard of Accept before. So putting the record and 1st hearing the intro, we looked at each other like WTF is this and then the scream that split the sky came in.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Friggin great story!

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

Technically Animal House is an Accept album. It is U.D.O.'s debut album, but it was intended to be an Accept album. All the songs were written by all the members of Accept, but they decided to fire Udo Dirkschneider and start from scratch . Udo Dirkschneider took the songs for the debut album of U.D.O. It is actually my favorite U.D.O. album besides albums like Mean Machine,Faceless World,Timebomb, and Steelhammer.

[@Paul07791]

Have to say I think they actually peaked lyrically (or "Deaffy" did) with Balls To The Wall. It's cleaver, subversive, suggestive and witty ...how many macho metal bands were telling YOU to "write a letter and you'll feel better." ..."What's a letter?" fuck'n brilliant.

[@rattlehead85]

1) Breaker 2) Restless And Wild 3) Balls To The Wall 4) Metal Heart 5) Blood Of The Nations

[@MikeTyson_II]

GREAT SHOW! Pete and Martin. I plan on seein' Accept this April 29 @ Penn's Peak, fingers crossed.🤞 Keep rockin'. 🎸🤘🏻🎶

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Where is that man? I'm too lazy to Google! haha....

[@JohntheMusicNut]

@@anthonyrivers1619 It's in Jim Thorpe, PA. Blackfoot is opening. Excellent place to see a show.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

@@JohntheMusicNut Wow! Blackfoot, that is awesome

[@Hecatecrossways]

1. Self titled featuring I'm a Rebel( first Accept album I heard) 2. Breaker 3. Restless and Wild 4. Balls to the Wall 5. Accept 6. Russian Roulette 7. Metal Heart 8. Stallengrad 9. Objection Overuled 10. Eat the Heat Haven't heard any of their other albums.

[@kevindudley9617]

Terrific video as always. I am really looking forward to the new Accept album which I have pre-ordered on CD. My rankings minus that new one since I have heard it in its entirety is very close to Martin's list actually. Looking for the Robert Plant and The Tubes ranking the albums episodes.

[@maidenstone]

Hi! This is My Top Ten: 01- Restless and Wild 02- Breaker 03- Balls to the Wall 04- Metal Heart 05- Russian Roulette 06- Objection Overruled 07- Blood of the Nations 08- Stalingrad 09- Blind Rage 10- I'm a Rebel Cheers from Argentina!

[@Skycladatdusk78]

1 - Restless And Wild 2 - Russian Roulette 3 - Blood Of The Nations 4 - Stalingrad 5 - Metal Heart 6 - Balls To The Wall 7 - Breaker 8 - Too Mean To Die 9 - The Rise Of Chaos 10 - Blind Rage 11 - Objection Overruled 12 - Death Row 13 - Accept 14 - I'm A Rebel 15 - Predator 16 - Eat The Heat

[@WarrenCromartie2]

Accept were the first band I ever saw live, back in 1986 ( I think) They were great live, and great fun. I loved Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart, Restless & Wild & Russia Roulette, but gave up after that. I heard enough.

[@FoutstoChandler]

Me too, when they opened for Maiden on the second leg of the US Powerslave tour '85.

[@independenceltd.]

My third show; seond on the bill with Saxon and Heavy Pettin' in 1984.

[@independenceltd.]

@@FoutstoChandler Saw that tour too, but we had WASP as the opener.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

damn, '86 - too cool!

[@nelsono4315]

one thing I love about Accept, they have the manliest backing vocals. Killer live band!

[@mikakoivunen3240]

Writing On The Wall is a cool ballad and Udo sings brilliantly on it and at the same time he is a mean machine on Death Row or Generation Clash II.

[@blaisebarshaw2534]

Love the P&P shows the best. These guys have lived these albums and know what they are talking about.

[@dravenquinn264]

My ranking for the Accept albums would be🤘 17. Eat The Heat 1989 16. Accept 1979 15. I’m A Rebel 1980 14. The Rise Of Chaos 2017 13. Humanoid 2024 12. Too Mean To Die 2021 11. Stalingrad 2012 10. Blood Of The Nations 2010 9. Objection Overruled 1993 8. Death Row 1994 7. Predator 1996 6. Blind Rage 2014 5. Russian Roulette 1986 4. Breaker 1981 3. Metal Heart 1985 2. Restless And Wild 1982 1. Balls To The Wall 1984

[@chetgreblowski7811]

I'm with you Martin, everyone shits on Point of Entry but I love it.

[@adamwarlock3530]

I saw them on that tour. Thought it was a huge step up from British Steel. Much better song writing IMO. Priest fans dont like it cuz it isnt as heavy.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Count me in...Point of Entry is just fine!

[@itkojecockot]

not their best offcourse, but still killer album...... Priest were not part of NWOBHM, but "Point of Entry" is basically a prototype of a NWOBHM album......

[@mahogany174]

I’ve always like Point of Entry. Not particularly heavy but some great songs. Turning Circles is a little gem.

[@adamwarlock3530]

@@mahogany174 I was at this show kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYfJiHqoedhmkKc

[@NikoMikkonen]

My top 3: Restless and Wild, Balls to the Wall, Blood of the Nations. What a band! Can´t wait for the new album!

[@johnnypairoux4356]

Breaker is their best album by far!! Not a single bad note on it!!

[@antonchigurh7820]

I absolutely agree...

[@hellojimmypage]

I could live without Can't Stand the Night and Breaking Up Again, they feel kinda contrived. Feelings on other hand is one of my most favs, an often forgotten killer track.

[@durbofficial]

Loved Martin’s explanation of his Metal Heart ranking was awesome. The war between the heart and head. My list is almost identical to Pete’s I’d put Blood Of The Nations ahead of Breaker.

[@simonharding3109]

First band I ever saw supporting Judas priest in Cardiff 1981..what a gig!

[@Darrell9000]

That must have been a really good show!

[@Alfred_Domke_antispace-sounds]

I saw them opening for Priest, too. It was at the Grugahalle in Essen, Germany in 1982. The second support band that night was Def Leppard. It was really great.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

That is awesome! I'm an American and have never seen Accept, my heroes!

[@garrystrudwick9400]

Was that in Sophia Gardens ?

[@simonharding3109]

@@garrystrudwick9400 yes it was...the roof collapsed a few months later

[@franciskocher200]

Sortir 5 classiques d'affilée c'est vraiment exceptionnel. Voici mes albums préférés: 1/ Restless and Wild 2/ Balls to the Wall 3/ Breaker 4/ Metal Heart 5/ Russian Roulette

[@andrewprentice8857]

Great video! Regrettably I'm late to the party on this. Anyway, Accept are my all-time favorite HM band! I find it hard to go past "Metal Heart" as my No.1 choice. It was the first time I heard them, and it was a revelation! I loved every track, which I find to be a rare thing. After Metal Heart, I picked up on "Balls to the Wall" and "Restless & Wild" and they were awesome albums too! I'm so grateful they took in Mark Tornillo and breathed life into the band, when I thought they were gone forever. The quality has been quite mixed since "Blood of the Nations", but I will always be a big fan!

[@garygennaro6029]

Saw Accept open for Kiss Lick It Up tour at Radio City Music Hall. Very good seats and show.

[@TimmyTantrum]

Accept has one of those rare discographies that I find enjoyment in every album. My ranking: 16. Predator- watered-down '90s Accept, some cool parts, but Udo was totally uninterested and it sounds like it. "Primitive" is the worst song Accept has ever recorded. 15. I'm A Rebel- Disco meets AC/DC. Not unlistenable, but heavily influenced by the record label. 14. Death Row- lots of solid moments, but overshadowed by the chuggy groove metal sound that permeated metal at the time. 13. Accept- really solid debut, proto-metal, more like hard rock countrymen Scorpions. 12. The Rise Of Chaos- The Mark Tornillo albums sound interchangeable to me, so I'll rank them all together. That said, Chaos is really when ideas start sounding recycled, lyrics are kinda lame, it still sounds great. A real paint by numbers Accept album. Luckily, paint-by-numbers Accept still kicks ass. 11. Too Mean To Die- still suffering from the Andy Sneap sameness-not necessarily a bad thing, but you should know exactly what you're getting by now. Great riffs, heavy drums. Essentially a Wolf Hoffmann solo band at this point. 10. Stalingrad- great album that proves Blood of the Nations wasn't a fluke, but not quite as strong. 9. Blind Rage- a bit more consistent than Stalingrad, again, you know exactly what you're getting. 8. Blood of the Nations- still the strongest Mark Tornillo Accept album to me; I play this one way more than the others. 7. Eat The Heat- yes, this high. I'm a sucker for late-'80s hair metal. I get why people don't like it, but this is my dark horse pick for sure. 6. Objection Overruled- surprisingly strong considering its 1993 release date. Almost Balls to the Wall part 2, but really strong riffs and hooks. Love it. 5. Metal Heart- these top 5 will be super hard to rank. I love Metal Heart, just a tad poppier than I want my Accept to be. 4. Breaker- probably lower than it deserves to be. The first classic Accept album, incredible riffs, great drumming and vocals. Still suffers occasionally from the earlier melodic rock sound on some songs, but not too badly. 3. Russian Roulette- dark and sinister, popsmart yet heavy. Great fucking album, killer riffs, dynamic... hard to rank only 3rd 2. Restless and Wild- I had a hard time not ranking this first. One of two all-time world classic albums by Accept. 1. Balls to the Wall- sometimes the obvious choice is the correct one. The first all-killer, no filler Accept album. Even Restless... had a single song that I think single-handedly dragged it down to second for me. Not the case for Balls. It's perfect. Marked improvement in production, songwriting, everything.

[@christianman73]

This video is a great way for me to finally, very belatedly, dive into this band's catalogue! Accept is one of those metal bands that, sadly, never really made it on the radar, even for most metal fans, in the tiny Southern town where I was born and raised. Not a single one of my friends was into them, and unfortunately, I followed my friends' lead at that time. Over the years, though, I have come to realize that in doing so, I really missed out on some great hard rock and heavy metal. I'll be placing a big order for several of their CDs soon!

[@stevekosak8624]

Excellent video guys man I've been waiting for this one 🤘👽

[@slaydesaid8741]

Great lists. Hard to argue with your Top 4. Also, sounds really interesting with Martin doing a book on Nazareth.

[@zanezeiter]

thanks for doing this guys, looking forward to the tubes video!

[@MikeTyson_II]

Good watchin' the show again👍🏻, goin' to see Accept, Thursday Oct. 27th @ XL Live in HBG. PA. 🎶🤘🏼

[@csabacsernak7445]

My absolute favorite is Russian Roulette, very underrated album.

[@LuchaLibertaria]

Excellent album, great production and a badass album cover 🤘🤘🤘

[@csabacsernak7445]

@@LuchaLibertaria Yeee the cover is great, and the song "It's Hard to find away" very very f@@@ing amazing!!!!!!

[@LuchaLibertaria]

@@csabacsernak7445 My fave is Aiming High, I love the guitar solos on that song and the gang vocals shouting "Hard'n Heavy"

[@csabacsernak7445]

@@LuchaLibertaria Coooooolllllll!!!!!!

[@hermannernst8876]

It`s not underated, there best selling album and tour in europe in 86 with Dokken as opener!

[@mannyruiz1954]

Good ep. I've been a fan of Accept for 5-6 years but only have 4 albums. Listening to Chick and Chainsaw now on YT. God it rocks. Sounds like heavy metal to me. As heavy as Priest in 1979.

[@lamberthospers3945]

A great episode. Love ACCEPT. But you mentioned the intro of "Fast as a Shark" , this gave me the idea about great intros too opening tracks like "Hellion" or the opening on "Black Sabbath" or the opening Bell on "Hell's Bell's. Stuff like that.

[@peteygemini60]

Screaming for a Love Bite ! Yeah my favourite Accept song

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you guys for Ranking the Studio Albums of Accept. My favorite is Metal Heart. 🎼🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@davidhune]

16. Predator 15. Death Row 14. I'm A Rebel 13. Accept 12. The Rise Of Chaos 11. Objection Overruled 10. Eat The Heat 9. Too Mean To Die 8. Blind Rage 7. Breaker 6. Stalingrad 5. Russian Roulette 4. Balls To The Wall 3. Metal Heart 2. Blood Of The Nations 1. Restless And Wild

[@stevekosak8624]

Nice list!!I totally agree with you👽🤘

[@orchidcarpetcleaningrp6061]

Great to see latest albums up there with classic early 80's gems.

[@gwts1171]

This was harder to do than I expected (other than the top spot). I've had a chance to hear the as- yet unreleased one a bunch, so I included it. 16) Death Row (I've only heard this a couple of times for some reason, so not much of an opinion.) 15) Predator 14) Objection Overruled 13) Stalingrad: Brothers in Death 12) The Rise of Chaos 11) I'm a Rebel (This one has risen in my rankings quite a bit over the years.) 10) Accept 9) Blind Rage (Anyone remember the band "Silent Rage"? They were a bunch of pretty dudes.) 8) Eat the Heat (I knew David from some small Minneapolis bands before he joined. Cool guy.) 7) Too Mean to Die 6) Blood of the Nations 5) Russian Roulette (This was HUGE when I was in high school. Pretty slow, almost doomy record.) 4) Breaker 3) Metal Heart (This & Balls... could easily flip for me.) 2) Balls to the Wall (I have a love/hate relationship with the title song, but it's always great live!) 1) Restless and Wild (Hi-de, hi-do, hi-da!) Shout out to "Staying A Life" and UDO's first couple of solo records, too. Thanks for the list, Pete & Martin!!

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. Russian Roulette (1986) 2. Balls to The Wall (1983) 3. Restless and Wild (1982) 4. Metal Heart (1985) 5. Breaker (1981) 6. Stalingrad (2012) 7. Blood of The Nations (2010) 8. Objection Overruled (1993) 9. Too Mean to Die (2021) 10. Blind Rage (2014) 11. Accept (1979) 12. Deathrow (1994) 13. The Rise of Chaos (2017) 14. Predator (1996) 15. I'm a Rebel (1980) 16. Eat The Heat (1989)

[@dravenquinn264]

I also saw Accept with Kreator live on September 21st 2012 at The Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver it was a great show too🤘

[@losdiletantos8425]

Cool Ranking Video 🤘 what about a U.D.O. Album ranking? Would be great😀 regards Jan

[@abe3802]

This band came in my life early 80s with Breaker. I'm stuck to the 80s albums. Saw them live 84 and 85. 1: Balls to the Walls (Love the cover art from the beginning. Different and bold). 2: Breaker 3: Restless and Wild 4: Metal Heart 5: Russian Roulette 6: The debut

[@stephenbrideau8591]

Here are my top 5 albums vy Accept : (1) METAL HEART (2) BALLS TO THE WALL (3) RUSSIAN ROULETTE (4) RESTLESS AND WILD (5) THE RISE OF CHAOS.

[@TheBestComicKing]

Personally, I'd put all of Accepts 90s albums in the bottom of the list. Sure Eat The Heat wasn't exactly good, but I don't mind the more commercial hair metal approach for the most part, and I remember more tracks from that album. On the other hand, Predator, Deathrow, and Objection Overruled felt like they're being derivative of the mechanized, thrashy, groove metal crap from the 90s, and I barely remember anything from those albums.

[@mrmaxaxl]

Eat the Heat may lack good song structures BUT David Reece's voice is AMAZING!! By far the best singer Accept ever had. I don't care what anyone says that guy's range is insane!

[@benedictdonald4338]

The tracks “XTC” and “Generation Clash” are outstanding.

[@ironfarmer9332]

Thanks for posting this. It made me excited to break out some Accept that I hadn’t listened to in awhile. In fact, I’m cranking Metal Heart while milking my cows in the barn this morning.

[@jimhankins3865]

I admit I pretty much ignored the new albums that came out since 2010 with TT quick singer Mark. However with too mean to die growing on me, my eyes are opened, I am going on an accept kick now and taking a closer look at blood of nations, stalingrad, rise of chaos, blind rage. Wolf Hoffman: bold identifiable tone, classical touches, quite enjoyable. If he wants to take control of the band, whatever, fine! Good product (if you can call music a product)

[@planetbarrett6055]

My Top 16 Accept Albums, I had to listen to the new album. 16. Eat the Heat (Eat the Heat is the only Album I dislike) 15. Stalingrad 14. The rise of Chaos 13. Blood of the Nation 12. Objection Overruled 11. Death Row 10. Blind Rage 9. Predator 8. Accept 7. I'm a Rebel 6. Too Mean to Die 5. Russian Roulette 4. Metal Heart 3. Balls to the Wall 2. Breaker 1. Restless and Wild

[@scottmcgregor562]

One of the funniest moments for me on SOT was Hudson Valley Squares worst album covers of all time. Pete holds up Balls to the Walls says nothing and shrugs his shoulders, the squares burst in to laughter. Pete says "I was embarrassed to bring it in to the house." I was crying I laughed so hard.

[@metal-adventures-joerg]

The "acceptable Trinity": 1. Russian Roulette 2. Balls to the Wall 3. Metal Heart Greetings from Stuttgart, Germany

[@AndrewCapobianco2014]

Russian Roulette - Great Album! I saw the show in RI that year

[@Danimal77]

Their debut and I'm a Rebel are so much better than a good chunk of their albums. I rank them higher than, Eat The Heart, Objection Overruled, Death Row, Stalingrad, The Rise of Chaos, and their most recent. I even like them better than Russian Roulette and maybe even Metal Heart.

[@chriswoosley3883]

eat the "heart" ???

[@brycetalksmetal]

Death Row is my favorite... heavy and aggressive badassery

[@csabacsernak7445]

Hi Bryce, you make your ranking list from Accept albums? And WASP albums maybe??????

[@hellojimmypage]

What else, Sodom & Gomorra and title-track are amazing but I hate the tiny, wimpy sounding drums on the album. Deserved better production.

[@brycetalksmetal]

@@hellojimmypage I like most of it a lot but a few favorites are Sodom & Gomorra, Bad Religion, Stone Evil and title track

[@brycetalksmetal]

@@csabacsernak7445 Kiss Albums Ranked will be my next video, have it recorded just need to edit... W.A.S.P. will be my next discography ranking after that... Accept will happen eventually but probably not soon

[@csabacsernak7445]

@@brycetalksmetal ok cool i very love Kiss!!!!

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

Can't argue with either ranking.

[@seagullpoet]

Awesome comment !

[@anthonyrivers1619]

I completely agree with Pete on his breakdown of Blood of the Nations! Well said sir!

[@Danimal77]

Can you guys rank Canadian speed metal "Exciter" albums?

[@chrisflood9205]

Point of entry my favorite priest album too Martin princess of the dawn one of the best songs ever

[@dawnpatrol700]

They should have put "troubleshooter" as one of the singles. Much more commercial than desert plains. Desert Plains only came to life on the defenders tour, where they sped it up and had the extended middle breakdown section. I played Hot Rockin and Highway to death. Solar Angels too. This album is no Stained Class, but it's a lot better than its credited

[@chrisflood9205]

The song I liked was don’t go this is only my favorite preist album because it was consistent songs like breaking the law and living after midnight good. In there dAy kill me now

[@anthonyrivers1619]

1. Balls to the Wall 2. Metal Heart 3. Russian Roulette 4. Restless and Wild 5. Blood of the Nations