Balls to the Wall (album)

Balls to the Wall
Studio album by
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.