Russian Roulette (Accept album) - Composition

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Russian Roulette is the seventh studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1986. It was again recorded at Dierks-Studios, but the band chose to self-produce rather than bring back Dieter Dierks as producer. It would be the last Accept album to feature Udo Dirkschneider as lead vocalist until the 1993 reunion album Objection Overruled.[1]

Russian Roulette

Studio album by

Released

21 April 1986

Recorded

October 1985–January 1986

Studio

Dierks Studios, Stommeln, Cologne, Germany

Genre

Heavy metal, speed metal

Length

43:17

Label

RCA (Europe)
Portrait (US)

Producer

Accept chronology

Kaizoku-Ban
(1985)

Russian Roulette
(1986)

Eat the Heat
(1989)

Singles from Russian Roulette

"T.V. War" / "It's Hard to Find a Way"
Released: June 1986

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]
Rock Hard	8.0/10[3]

The album returns Accept to the darker, heavier sound of releases prior to the more commercial-sounding predecessor Metal Heart. Wolf Hoffmann explained the band's decision: "Maybe we were trying sort of go back to our natural and not polished Accept sound with that record. We weren't really all that happy with the polished and clean-sounding Metal Heart. I was sort of very happy with my guitar playing on that record and very happy with my parts, but I remember the whole vibe of the band was at the time that we don't want to go through this again with Dieter Dierks who had produced Metal Heart."[4]

Peter Baltes explained the album's title and front cover as an expression of the strong anti-war themes throughout the record, showing war as a game of Russian roulette: "It means - go and play the game y'know, what a silly game it is. One will die definitely."[5]

The digitally remastered CD edition includes live versions of "Metal Heart" and "Screaming for a Love-Bite" as bonus tracks, taken from the Kaizoku-Ban EP. The 2014 release from UK based record label Hear No Evil Recordings features live versions of "Neon Nights", "Burning" and "Head Over Heels", taken from the 1990 live album Staying a Life.

Track listing

All lyrics and music written by Accept and Deaffy.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"T.V. War"	3:29
2.	"Monsterman"	3:26
3.	"Russian Roulette"	5:22
4.	"It's Hard to Find a Way"	4:19
5.	"Aiming High"	4:24

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Heaven Is Hell"	7:12
7.	"Another Second to Be"	3:19
8.	"Walking in the Shadow"	4:27
9.	"Man Enough to Cry"	3:14
10.	"Stand Tight"	4:05
Total length:		43:17

2002 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Metal Heart" (Live)	5:24
2.	"Screaming for a Love-Bite" (Live)	4:26
Total length:		53:07

2014 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Neon Nights" (Live, Taken from Staying a Life)	8:14
2.	"Burning" (Live, Taken from Staying a Life)	7:29
3.	"Head Over Heels" (Live, Taken from Staying a Life)	5:41
Total length:		64:41

Credits

Band members

Udo Dirkschneider – vocals
Wolf Hoffmann – guitars
Jörg Fischer – guitars
Peter Baltes – bass guitar
Stefan Kaufmann – drums

Production

Michael Wagener – engineer
Mark Dodson – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
Gaby "Deaffy" Hauke – management, cover concept
Didi Zill Bravo – cover photo
Produced and arranged by Accept for Breeze Music Gmbh

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[6]	93
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8]	3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10]	9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	23
UK Albums (OCC)[12]	80
US Billboard 200[13]	114

References

Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Accept Russian Roulette review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-1894959315.
Kühnemund, Götz (1986). "Review Album : Accept - Russian Roulette". Rock Hard (in German). No. 16. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
"Accept - interviews". Metallian.com. 17 June 2002. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
Sharpe, Gaz (1986). "Gambler GAZ SHARPE talks to Accept bassist PETER BALTES". Metal Forces (18). Archived from the original on 28 March 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 11. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
"Officialcharts.de – Accept – Russian Roulette". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Accept". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
"Norwegiancharts.com – Accept – Russian Roulette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
"Swedishcharts.com – Accept – Russian Roulette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
"Swisscharts.com – Accept – Russian Roulette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
"Accept | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
"Accept Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

v t e Accept
Wolf Hoffmann Mark Tornillo Uwe Lulis Christopher Williams Martin Motnik Philip Shouse Udo Dirkschneider Michael White Rob Armitage David Reece Michael Wagener Gerhard Wahl Herman Frank Jörg Fischer Jan Koemmet Jim Stacey Dieter Rubach Frank Friedrich Stefan Kaufmann Ken Mary Michael Cartellone Stefan Schwarzmann Peter Baltes
Studio albums	Accept I'm a Rebel Breaker Restless and Wild Balls to the Wall Metal Heart Russian Roulette Eat the Heat Objection Overruled Death Row Predator Blood of the Nations Stalingrad Blind Rage The Rise of Chaos Too Mean to Die
Compilations	Best of Accept The Collection Restless: The Best
Live albums	Kaizoku-Ban Staying a Life All Areas – Worldwide Restless and Live
Extended plays	Rich & Famous
Singles	"Lady Lou" "I'm a Rebel" "Burning" "Fast as a Shark" "Restless and Wild" "Balls to the Wall"
Related articles	Discography Members U.D.O.

На других языках

[de] Russian Roulette (Album)

Russian Roulette ist das siebte Studioalbum der deutschen Heavy-Metal-Band Accept. Es erschien im März 1986 bei RCA Records. Es galt manchen Kritikern als letztes „Klassiker“-Album der Band[1], andere bemerkten bereits das sich abzeichnende Auseinanderbrechen der Band.[2]

- [en] Russian Roulette (Accept album)

[es] Russian Roulette (álbum)

Russian Roulette es el séptimo álbum de estudio de la banda alemana de heavy metal Accept, publicado en 1986 por RCA Records para el mercado europeo y por el sello Portrait para los Estados Unidos. Con esta nueva producción retornaron a los sonidos oscuros y pesados de sus anteriores álbumes como Breaker y Restless and Wild, que les significó recibir una variedad de críticas a diferencia de su disco anterior.

[ru] Russian Roulette

Russian Roulette (с англ. — «Русская рулетка») — седьмой студийный альбом группы Accept, вышедший в 1986 году, последний записанный с вокалистом Удо Диркшнайдером перед его уходом из группы (до последующего воссоединения в 1993 году) и гитаристом Йоргом Фишером.

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