Possibly the greatest Live Metal abum of them all!
One of those bands only a true lover of the genre could actually appreciate fully. Accept has always been a metalhead's metal band.
The band had produced several classics in the early 80s,beginning with Breaker(1981) and folowed by two of the greatest metal releases of all time:Restless and Wild(1982) and Balls to the Wall(1983).
This live album captures there performance in Osaka,Japan in 1985 in support of the very good,Metal Heart album.
Most of the bands essentials are played live,including practically definitive versions of "Princess of the Dawn","Son of a Bitc*","Dogs on Leads" and "Breaker".
"Fast as a Shark" is the best track on here,as it showcases one of Udo's most insane vocal performances.
Amazon does not list "Balls to the Wall" as being part of the setlist,but it is,and it closes the show beautifully.
Full of energy and fun,Accept's "Staying a Life" is a wonderful,fun trip to the golden age of metal.
A must for the serious metalhead.
One Of The Greatest Live Albums Ever!!!
I love this band so there is very little they could do wrong. This was Accept recorded live on the 'Metal Heart' tour and it is exceptional. 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 is one hell of a live album
But other then that, this is great. 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.
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.
A Bit Disapointed
All and all I'am very impressed with the U. When I bought Staying a Life, I was expecting a 2 CD set, since this CD was released in Europe and Japan as a 2 CD set. S. version but I think it should be rereleased as a double live CD.
(not refering to The Final Chapter 2-CD)
I saw Accept live in Chicago at the Oak Theater in October of
1993 and they put on one heck of a live show.
Scream for me Osaka!
I must say, not being a fan of live albums that much, this is one of my all time favorite CD's. This was the second Accept album i ever got, discovering them a little while before that when i got the BALLS TO THE WALL album. The energy displayed in this live set could put any other heavy metal group to shame. God,this is probably the most underrated metal group on earth, the music here is so F-ing good it makes me want to cry. The musicianship is so tight and virtuosic here that it makes bands like Judas Preist and Maiden seem poor by comparison. One of the few examples of great music that exists in this world, i would say to definatly get it if you can find it.
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