Digitally remastered and expanded digipak edition including two bonus tracks recorded on singer Udo Dirkschneider's latest tour. Breaker is the third album released by German heavy metal band Accept. It was recorded at Delta-Studio in Wilster with Dirk Steffens producing, and was the first Accept album engineered by Michael Wagener. Pulling together in the midst of a very cold winter, the band members concentrated on making the album they themselves wanted to make. Udo Dirkschneider remembers: "Following our experiences with I'm A Rebel we made it our goal not to be influenced musically by anyone outside of the band this time." Udo believes Breaker is among Accept's best records and marks the beginning of the band's golden era which lasted up until 1985.
L**E
Accept rules!!
An amazing metal band that is not known as well as AC/DC but should be. I say this is one of their top albums.
S**Y
Excellent.
Excellent.
W**N
If you like "Balls to the Wall" and "Restless & Wild" check this out
"Breaker" was released in 1981, a year before the groundbreaking "Restless and Wild"... and the foundation for what Accept would become is established in this defiant album. After two albums trying to conform to expectations of the record company, Accept decided to make an album that they wanted to make. This is raw, aggressive, and often fast metal.
S**E
Accept Breaker Outstanding!
Accept Breaker another great one from the original speed metal band!
B**E
Four Stars
Its a good CD if you like Accept. I would recommend it.
E**K
Accept
item was as described, and was the missing step in my original Accept collection. It arrived fast and that makes me happy !
U**S
My favorite Accept record!
BREAKER is their best along with the next one RESTLESS AND WILD, but after that Accept got a little too processed for my taste.Definaly Accepts heaviest album though.
M**O
accept
Best album ever! get it
N**O
Here starts the authentic and inimitable sound of Accept
If you like Accep and you don't know this album, please, stop whatever you are doing, borrow it, use internet or wathever you can and listent to it. You won't take a long time to have it!
P**L
good
solid album
A**R
Five Stars
great album ...had it on vinyl back in the days before cd's
M**S
Accepts third and arguably best.
I was already familiar with Accept when i first heard this third album round at a friends house back in autumn 81. The first two albums were the sound of a band finding itself and being influenced by record company pressure. The anger and frustration poured itself out on Breaker. As soon as the stabbing riff of opener Starlight kicked in we new this was going to be something special. Accepts new mandate was simple, rock first ask questions later. 'Starlight', 'Breaker' and 'Run If You Can' barely allow you to come up for air before things are taken down a notch with 'Can't Stand The Night'. Side one finished with the venoumous no holds barred damning endictment of the record industry that is 'Son Of A Bitch'. The good time rock 'n' roll feel of 'Burning' kicked off side two and was given an appropriate live feel by adding a touch of crowd noise at the begining. Where as 'Son Of A Bitch' puts up two fingers 'Feelings' asks for a little more understanding as Udo pleads 'accept what we do'. Midnight Highway is the most commercial track on the album briefly bringing to mind 'You Shook Me All Night long', Breaking Up Again is a plaintive ballad sung by bassist Peter Baltes whose voice though rarely used i always liked as a nice counterpoint to Udos' gutteral howel. The album finishes with the driving rocker 'Down And Out'. Throughout, the playing is excellent and while being mostly heavy still retains a great sense of melody as well as some classical overtones which gave rise to the phrase 'Teutonic Metal'. Although produced by Dirk Steffens the other thing that gives this album it's edge is ace rock producer Michael Wagener [anybody else got the carrere records version of Dokkens first album 'Breakin The Chains' before Tom Werman and W.E.A. got their hands on it and ruined it?] who engineers and mixes this album. Not long after hearing this album i was surprised to see them supporting Judas Priest on the Point Of Entry tour. I say surprised because they were billed as 'Attack'. Everything was going fine as the cords to 'Starlight' kicked in, then it was all down hill as Udo appeared on stage looking like a mullet wearing thyrotoxic dwarf from the village of the damned, all dressed up in sequined pink top, silver strides and stackheeled boots, you could hear the howels of derision and laughter from an unforgiving rock audience and no matter how well they played they were going to get laughed off stage, all thanks to Udos' ill judged Gary Glitter in pink tribute. A year later i was listening to 'Restless And Wild' and at the time i thought that was even better. Other people will site 'Balls To The Wall' as the best album, i like it but to me it is the sound of a band becoming aware of it's popularity and has a more considered approach. If you want gut wrenching power and a feeling of spontineity 'Breaker' and follow up album 'Restless And Wild' are easily Accepts best two albums.
V**R
FANTASTICO!!!!
Disco que tenía unas ganas tremendas, de que se remasterizara, llevo años esperando esto, 3er disco de los ACCEPT, en este álbum está la canción que les vetó la famosa Son Of A Bitch, a mí juicio de este álbum sobresalen Breaker, Son Of A Bitch, Burning, Midnight Highway.No solo está remasterizado, sino que hay bonus tracks, para esta remasterización. Esta remasterización se llama Platinum Edition y han remasterizado los 4 primeros discos.1 - Starlight2 - Breaker3 - Run If You Can4 - Can't Stand The Night5 - Son Of A Bitch6 - Burning7 - Feelings8 - Midnight Highway9 - Breaking Up Again10 - Down And OutBONUS TRACKS11 - Breaker (Live)12 - Midnight Highway (Live)
