Russian Roulette

No band's heights last forever, and sadly, Accept is no exception to that rule. Russian Roulette feels stripped back compared to the albums that proceeded it, with far less inspired songwriting and performances, and a relative lack in thrills. We're right back to the first two albums content wise, with a lot of meh radio friendly Hard Rock that doesn't stay in your ears for long. Now there's good stuff to be found here, like the opener TV War - but you'd expect more ... read more

I like the four albums before this more but this is still a killer 80s Accept album. It has all the big riffs, swagger, and (of course) cheesiness you want and expect from Accept. Aiming High, Walking in the Shadow, T.V. War, Monsterman, Stand Tight, a lot of great cuts here.