Disco de Accept: “Staying A Life”

I give it four stars only because it does not contain the songs "Head Over Heels", "Burning" and "Neon Nights" which appear on the european 2-disc set. But other then that, this is great.

One of the only live albums i listened to on a daily basis, this is how metal should sound live. Udo is simply awesome here, his razor shreiks and yells were probably the roughest vocals you could get in the age before extreme metal (i.e. Thrash, Death, ect). All of the songs are played with amazing energy, these guys were definatly NOT lazy, and did not rest on the laurals of the studio counterparts of these songs unlike what mopst bands did with live records (check out the Scorpions "World Wide Live" album to see what i mean about inferior live songs), in fact these guys actually made their live songs sound better!

The Wolf Hoffmann solo in the middle is breathtaking, along with Vitto Bratta, prehaps the most underrated guitarist alive, now he's a world famous photographer, go figure.

If you have never heard of this band, i would say start with this platter, it gives you the best songs from their four best albums played live. German rock at its finest.

The Epic version of this album omits "Neon Nights," "Burning," "Head Over Heels," and "Bound To Fail," the first three of which are some of the best songs on the album! Grr! Even so, this is an awesome live album. It is much better than their newer live album (variously titled "All Areas," "The Final Chapter," & "Farewell Live") on which there is no 2nd guitarist. The best songs here are "Breaker," "Fast As A Shark," "Balls To The Wall," & the 4m29s guitar solo! Be sure to get the BMG/RCA version if you can find it.

A live Album from Accept, filled with the outstanding guitar and Screeching vocals you have come to expect from Accept. Playing only their hits, Accept delivers what you want. Live from Osaka, Accept proves their mastery of Heavy Metal

This was Accept recorded live on the 'Metal Heart' tour and it is exceptional. I love this band so there is very little they could do wrong.All the hits are here "Balls To The Wall" "Love Child" "Breaker" "London Leatherboys" and my personal Accept favorite "Screaming For A Love Bite"! The production is top notch,all the instruments are clear,Udo's voice is as cutting and perfect as ever,in fact I can't really think of a thing wrong with this. In my opinion,this is a far superior release to "The Last Chapter" although I know many would disagree with me..yes the later live album is longer and has more songs but it also contains filler material where as "Staying A Life" has one great song after another. If you love heavy music I highly recommend this,it feels like you are truly at an Accept concert and that's the way any live album should be!

The Upside - All their best songs,including many from "Metal Heart" and "Balls To The Wall",excellant production and it's available for a great price!

The Downside - I honestly can't think of any

The Bottom Line - Play this at maximum volume,turn down the lights,and you'll swear you are in the front row. This is heavy rock at it's finest.The Donutman says so!!!

This live compilation represents Accept at the top of their game. Recorded after the release of the studio album Metal Heart, the line up was: Udo on vocals, fantastic Wolf Hoffmann and Jorg Fisher on guitars, Peter Baltes on bass and Stefan Kauffmann drumming. It has a nice choice of songs and and enormous amount of energy. Also, all the songs are played slightly different from the stuido versions.

ACCEPT was one of those mysteries of the music industry: why such a band did not get the success their talent deserved, and things like Britney Spears get all the money?