The Collection (Accept album)

The Collection is a compilation album by German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1991. The songs on the album were pulled from Accept's albums Accept, I'm a Rebel, Breaker, Restless and Wild, Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart, and Russian Roulette. It omits anything from Eat the Heat, which was released two years before this compilation album.

The Collection
Greatest hits album by Accept
Released	1991 (1991)
Recorded	1979–1986
Genre	Heavy metal
Label	Castle

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Lady Lou"	Dirkschneider, Baltes, Hoffmann, Fischer, Friedrich	Accept (1979)	3:03
2.	"I'm a Rebel"	George Alexander	I'm a Rebel (1980)	3:57
3.	"Thunder and Lightning"	Dirkschneider, Baltes, Hoffmann, Fischer, Kaufmann	I'm a Rebel (1980)	4:01
4.	"Breaker"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Fischer, Baltes, Kaufmann	Breaker (1981)	3:35
5.	"Burning"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Fischer, Baltes, Kaufmann	Breaker (1981)	5:01
6.	"Son of a Bitch"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Fischer, Baltes, Kaufmann	Breaker (1981)	3:55
7.	"Fast as a Shark"	Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes	Restless and Wild (1982)	3:49
8.	"Restless and Wild"	Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes, Robert A. Smith-Diesel	Restless and Wild (1982)	4:10
9.	"Princess of the Dawn"	Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes, Smith-Diesel, Deaffy	Restless and Wild (1982)	6:15
10.	"Balls to the Wall"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Frank, Kaufmann, Baltes, Deaffy	Balls to the Wall (1983)	5:42
11.	"London Leatherboys"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Frank, Kaufmann, Baltes, Deaffy	Balls to the Wall (1983)	5:10
12.	"Love Child"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Frank, Kaufmann, Baltes, Deaffy	Balls to the Wall (1983)	3:34
13.	"Metal Heart"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Baltes, Fischer, Deaffy	Metal Heart (1985)	5:19
14.	"Up to the Limit"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Baltes, Fischer, Deaffy	Metal Heart (1985)	3:47
15.	"Screaming for a Love-Bite"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Baltes, Fischer, Deaffy	Metal Heart (1985)	4:06
16.	"Monsterman"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Fischer, Baltes, Kaufmann, Deaffy	Russian Roulette (1986)	3:24
17.	"T.V. War"	Dirkschneider, Hoffmann, Fischer, Baltes, Kaufmann, Deaffy	Russian Roulette (1986)	3:26
18.	"The King"	Dirkschneider, Baltes, Hoffmann, Fischer, Kaufmann, Dirk Steffens	I'm a Rebel (1980)	4:10
Total length:				1:16:24

Personnel

• Udo Dirkschneider – lead vocals (tracks 1–17)
• Wolf Hoffmann – guitar (all tracks)
• Jörg Fischer – guitar (tracks 1–6, 13–18)
• Peter Baltes – bass guitar (all tracks), lead vocals (track 18)
• Stefan Kaufmann – drums (tracks 2–18)
• Herman Frank – guitar (tracks 7–12)
• Frank Friedrich – drums (track 1)

External links

• The Collection at Last.fm