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The album is best known for the opening track, "[[Fast as a Shark]]", considered among the first speed metal songs. |
The album is best known for the opening track, "[[Fast as a Shark]]", considered among the first speed metal songs. |
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Another well-known track is album closer "Princess Of The Dawn", a tense |
Another well-known track is album closer "Princess Of The Dawn", a tense song that Udo describes as "a [[Cinderella]] story" and "like a [[The Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]] [[fantasy]]" with no deep meaning. Wolf Hoffmann achieved the haunting [[mandolin]]-like effect by recording the guitar at half-speed, then having it played back at normal speed.[http://web.archive.org/web/20020208104455/wolfhoffmann.com/html/faq.html]. He describes the sudden ending as "an idea that didn't work so well." |
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Udo agrees with the general assessment of ''Restless and Wild'' as a landmark heavy metal record, calling it "surely the most important Accept album".[http://www.hardradio.com/2005news/news03240502.php3] Wolf's praise is more reserved, calling it "just another record" and adding, "Looking back maybe we think Fast As A Shark was the first speed metal song ever, but at the time we sorta just had fun and we didn't think it was anything dramatically new. Obviously, maybe what was so cool about this time was that we weren't thinking so much. We were just ballsy and tried to do things without having much to lose." |
Udo agrees with the general assessment of ''Restless and Wild'' as a landmark heavy metal record, calling it "surely the most important Accept album".[http://www.hardradio.com/2005news/news03240502.php3] Wolf's praise is more reserved, calling it "just another record" and adding, "Looking back maybe we think Fast As A Shark was the first speed metal song ever, but at the time we sorta just had fun and we didn't think it was anything dramatically new. Obviously, maybe what was so cool about this time was that we weren't thinking so much. We were just ballsy and tried to do things without having much to lose." |
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Restless and Wild is the fourth album by the German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1982 in Continental Europe and in 1983 in the US and UK. It was the first Accept album to not be recorded at Delta-Studio, the band moving to Dieter Dierks' studio in Stommeln. It is also the first Accept album in which Udo Dirkschneider sings every track, as well as the first in which manager Gaby Hauke ("Deaffy") gains credits for songwriting. Michael Wagener took engineering and mixing duties once again.
Album information
Jan Koemmet joined the band briefly before the release of this album, but did not participate in the recording.[1][2] The guitar on the finished product is done by Wolf Hoffmann alone, although Herman Frank had joined the band by the time the album was released, and is credited on the album cover.
The album is best known for the opening track, "Fast as a Shark", considered among the first speed metal songs.
Another well-known track is album closer "Princess Of The Dawn", a tense song that Udo describes as "a Cinderella story" and "like a Lord of the Rings fantasy" with no deep meaning. Wolf Hoffmann achieved the haunting mandolin-like effect by recording the guitar at half-speed, then having it played back at normal speed.[1]. He describes the sudden ending as "an idea that didn't work so well."
Udo agrees with the general assessment of Restless and Wild as a landmark heavy metal record, calling it "surely the most important Accept album".[2] Wolf's praise is more reserved, calling it "just another record" and adding, "Looking back maybe we think Fast As A Shark was the first speed metal song ever, but at the time we sorta just had fun and we didn't think it was anything dramatically new. Obviously, maybe what was so cool about this time was that we weren't thinking so much. We were just ballsy and tried to do things without having much to lose."
Versions of the album released outside Germany were issued with a different cover, replacing the picture of burning guitars with a shot of the band live in concert. American Death Metal band Cannibal Corpse has made a cover of the song "Demon's Night". It can be found on their EP Worm Infested.
On January 25, 2011, the album was performed in its entirety at a special show in Switzerland.
Track listing
- "Fast as a Shark" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 3:49
- "Restless and Wild" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 4:12
- "Ahead of the Pack" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 3:24
- "Shake Your Heads" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 4:17
- "Neon Nights" (Deaffy, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 6:02
- "Get Ready" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 3:41
- "Demon's Night" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 4:28
- "Flash Rockin' Man" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 4:28
- "Don't Go Stealin' My Soul Away" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 3:16
- "Princess of the Dawn" (Deaffy, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 6:16
Credits
- Udo Dirkschneider - Lead vocals
- Wolf Hoffmann - Guitars
- Herman Frank - Guitars (did not actually play on this album, as he had not yet joined the band)
- Peter Baltes - Bass guitar
- Stefan Kaufmann - Drums