Balls to the Wall (album)

This article is about the album by Accept. For the album's single, see Balls to the Wall (song). For the 2011 film, see Balls to the Wall (film).
"Winter Dreams (song)" redirects here. For the Kelly Clarkson song, see Winter Dreams (Brandon's Song).

Balls to the Wall
Studio album by
Accept
Released5 December 1983 (1983-12-05)
RecordedJuly–August 1983
StudioDierks Studios, Stommeln, Cologne, Germany
GenreHeavy metal
Length45:13
LabelRCA (Germany)
Portrait/Epic (US)
ProducerAccept
Accept chronology
Restless and Wild
(1982) 		Balls to the Wall
(1983) 		Metal Heart
(1985)
Singles from Balls to the Wall
  1. "Balls to the Wall"
    Released: April 1984

Balls to the Wall is the fifth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept. European label Lark Records released the album in December 1983, but its United States release was delayed until a month later in January 1984 as to not compete with the band's then-current album Restless and Wild, which had arrived in the US in early 1983. It is Accept's only record to attain Gold certification in the US.[1] The album's title track became Accept's signature song and remains a metal anthem and trademark in the genre.

  1. ^ "RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Accept". Retrieved 31 January 2013.