"Breaker" è sottile filo spinato che attraversa le orecchie della pin-up disperata in copertina ed esce dal cranio sotto forma di dolore, di lucido martellare, lo stesso filo che avvolge e strazia le Flyng V del booklet interno, ricavandone riff doloranti che si insinuano nella carne come dardi avvelenati che però non uccidono: benefico veleno di Mitridate senza effetti collaterali.
Partorito nel 1981, in piena N.W.O.B.H.M., "Breaker" diventa così la risposta dell'Europa Continentale all'Heavy Metal di matrice anglosassone proprio nel periodo di flessione dei numi tutelari frl genere: i Judas Priest del bennato ma poco venduto "Point Of Entry" e gli AC/DC dell'opaco bestseller "For Those About The Rock". Gli Accept rimodellano il loro sound partendo dalla tosta "Thunder & Lightning", tratta da "I'm A Rebel", ma iniettando velocità e melodia in un tessuto sonoro irriverente. La maturazione musicale dei five man, rispetto al precedente full-lenght è palpabile, a partire da Udo, la cui voce selvaggia e ruspante marchia indelebilmente quasi tutte le dieci song dell'album, così come sono appassionati i chitarristi Fischer ed Hoffmann, particolarmente quest'ultimo, capaci di prodigiosi riff randello, come di assoli struggenti, mai ridondanti, senza distorsione a tutti i costi, mentre la sezione ritmica risulta più rissosa che in passato, con il drummer Kaufmann che accelera ed suona la doppia alla maniera di Les Binks, ex Judas Priest .
L'opener "Starlight" è una folata di vento metal fra i capelli dell'ascoltatore ammaliato dal nuovo sound creato dal quintetto di Solingen, compatto ed arrembante, al servizio di un ritmo accelerato, dove il singer Udo sembra che urli verso il cielo stellato, con un gemito che si perde nell'aere tenebroso. La title-track possiede un riff da fischiettare in doccia, questa volta messo in orbita dalla doppia Kauffman e dal refrain trascinante. Quindi niente Hard Rock annacquato, niente A.O.R, niente rockaccio levigato, ma solo un bel fiotto di energia heavy che riparte ad ogni canzone ad eccezione delle due ballad che sono "Can't Stand The Night", simile alla soundtrack di un improbabile film girato a Monaco, dove la voce ruvida di Udo si pone come contraltare di una chitarra dura e timida, e l'affascinante "Breaking Up Again" nella quale il bassista Peter Baltes innesta la sua voce gentile e dolente fra le note di un arpeggio che profuma di Dire Straits, senza che la tensione dell'album ne risenta: un tacito armistizio tra la vena melodica del gruppo ed i suoi fan ancora legati alle ballate degli anni ‘70. La canzone è triste, simile a "Before The Dawn" dei Judas Priest, ma forse ancora più delicata. Sugli scudi pure "Run If You Can" e "Midnight Highway" sempre dure e coinvolgenti ma anche di facile ascolto, specialmente la seconda, entrambe caratterizzate dal coro chiassoso, velocemente digeribile. C'è spazio per qualche cedimento come il brano "Burning" sospeso tra scenario live (finto o reale?) e rock metallico festaiolo.
"Son Of A Bitch" rimane però la canzone-simbolo dell'album, un anthem senza tempo (dal testo privo di peli sulla lingua), che strega con il suo incedere lento ma libero da svenevolezze radiofoniche: riff iniziale ad elica che si stampa nella mente, rintocchi di tamburo decisi e voce ruggente, sprezzante, beffarda (Bon Scott benedice dall'alto dei cieli) che scivola in mezzo al coro da arena e mini-stacco di musica classica. Gli Accept sono pronti alla sfida con i Judas Priest che si combatterà con "Restless And Wild" dal suono motorizzato simile a "Screaming For Vengeance" (ma con rullate aggiunte), anche se tutto questo avviene senza Jorg Fischer che se ne va sbattendo la porta, probabilmente deluso del poco spazio che era riuscito a ritagliarsi (solo ritmica e pochi solos). "Breaker" è la carta d'identità degli Accept prima maniera, li fotografa in forma perfetta ma anche in grado di migliorarsi ancora, capaci di brani a muso duro come di escursioni melodiche, peculiarità che saranno seminali nella scena tedesca dominata dagli Scorpions.
Gli Accept sviluppano il classico Heavy Metal senza estremizzarne la violenza, ma anzi donandogli quel pizzico di melodia che lo fa apprezzare anche da un pubblico legato al vecchio Hard Rock, così come dalle crescenti legioni di thrashers che stavano per dettare legge nella musica estrema, influenzati pure dai cinque menestrelli metal tedeschi.
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01 Starlight (03:52)
Know the bright lights of Hollywood
Movietowns, a phony world
Seen a few nights of wonder,
Seen a few nights of hell
Walkin' down the foggy streets of London-town
Now I know it well
Ev'ry light in the world is nothing
To the light we know so well
Starlight, shining bright, starlight
Had a bit of life in high society
The slums have seen me, too
And the rich and poor would wonder,
At somethin' old and new
See it ev'ry night goin' slowly 'round
Can't you see it's true
Out there ev'ry man is equal
Way out there in the blue
Starlight, shining bright, starlight
Take it all the way all night long
Twinkle on, you stars
I feel my brain is blinded,
I wonder what you are
Starlight, shining bright, starlight
Starlight...
02 Breaker (03:35)
Rollin' just like thunder,
tryin' to get you down
Mistreatin' ev'rythin',
if you were king he'd take your crown
If you were adead man
he'd take ya from your grave
He will not mourn for you or me
Happines he cannot feel
and love to him is so unreal
He burns like hell, he wants you dead,
alltogether hate's all he feel
Movin' like a spider' killin' off a fly
No hands, just fists, no heart, just rocks
Icicle brains
Bicycle chains
Rulin' like a tyrant,
teasin' ev'ryone around
He drags his legs, he plants his feet,
he's botherin' the ground
Here and now this man
you see plans his terror free
He's born to rule, a king to be
Icicle brains
Bicycle chains
He's a breaker
He will take ya
Destroyin' all around you
He's a breaker
He's a taker
He'd kill, maim, destroy to the end
Movin' like a spider,
preyin' on the rest
Rulin' like a tyrant,
tyrannosaurus rex
You could be a dead man,
and you won't know why
No hands, just fists,
no heart, just rocks
Icicle brains
Bicycle chains
He's a breaker
He will take ya
Destroyin' all around you
He's a breaker
He's a taker
He'd kill, maim, destroy to the end
05 Son of a Bitch (03:53)
You make the stars
Illusions and dreams
You're what you are
D'you know what I mean
I hear you clear
See in your eyes
Lying to please
It pleases to lie
You say it's your way
You say we'll make it right to the top
Your bullshit gets me
What have you got
I don't believe
A word you say
You make me laugh
Get outta my way
You say it's your way
Now listen to what I think of you:
Son of a bitch Kiss my ass
Son of a bitch Son of a bitch You asshole Son of a bitch
Cock suckin' motherfucker I was right - take this
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh
Son of a bitch Kiss my ass
Son of a bitch, ...
Son of a bitch you asshole
Son of a bitch, ...
Cut you three times below the ass to short to shit
Two timing son of a dog
06 Burning (05:13)
I hear a rock'n'roll guitar,
screamin' wild on the radio
Well, I know what I like,
know and it's right
Gotta take me through the night
The sound is comin' out,
it's breakin' down the doors
like an earthquake
Explodin' your brains,
Do it again, power is a natural right
I say, hey Rock'n'Roller,
power in your hands
You and your music,
right on rockin' man
You gotta hear it for a while,
it bowls you over, like dreamin'
Oh, hell what a night,
keep a rockin' on night
Hey, boy can't you see the light
I say, hey Rock'n'Roller,
power in your hands
You and your music,
make me rockin' mad
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
I say, hey Rock'n'Roller,
power in your hands
You and your music,
make me rockin' mad
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, a rock'n'roll desire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, a rock'n'roll desire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
I say, hey Rock'n'Roller,
power in your hands
Hey, rock'n'roller,
right on rockin' man
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
07 Feelings (04:48)
You gotta be a strong man
And know what you want,
And fight ev'ryone in your way
You're the one who sweats
And what do you get
When someone else picks up your pay
Hey, when you're fightin' a wolf,
it's a fight to the end with a pack
You work all day long,
You're stuck to the phone
Burn up a hundred cigarettes
The yes - men you know
They tell you no go
And dissatisfaction's all you get
Oh, when you're needing a queen
ev'ry card that you get is a jack
Accept what we do
This message to you
Is rock forever and ever
We've still got the feel
The music is real
And we'll rock'n'roll forever, forever
You gotta be strong
We'll rock'n'roll
Forever
No sword and no knife
Can help you survive
Survival is a busines head
A good deal you need
Or you're lost in their greed
You're rotten, helpless, dead
Hey, when you're fightin' a wolf,
it's a fight to the end with a pack
Accept what we do
This message to you
Is rock forever and ever
We've still got the feel
The music is real
And we'll rock'n'roll forever, forever
Accept what we do
This message to you
Is rock forever and ever
We've still got the feel
The music is real
And we'll rock'n'roll forever
08 Midnight Highway (03:58)
Out I started, late tonight
Blinded by the light
Strangest feelin' I have known
Don't know what's wrong or right
See the people, clubs and bars
Streetlife passin' by, yeah
Screamin' engine, burnin' gas
I'm on overdrive
Danger, danger, save your soul
The finger's writin' on the wall
Where you are the angels are blind
Midnight, and I cruise along the highway
Midnight, and I'm all right on the highway
Midnight, and I cruise along the highway
Midnight, on a never ending highway
Midnight sky is bright and clear
New moon on the right
All at once, risin' haze
The freeway is my life
I'm on a high, spacin' out
Where I'm goin' I don't care
Can't you see, this is me
An indestructible boy
Danger, danger, save your soul
The finger's writin' on the wall
Where you are the angels are blind
Midnight, and I cruise along the highway
Midnight, and I'm all right on the highway
I'm all right
Midnight, and I cruise along the highway
Midnight, and I'm all right on the highway
Midnight, and I cruise along the highway
Midnight, on a never ending highway
09 Breaking Up Again (04:37)
Wakin' up on monday morning
Sunday'd been and gone
Reachin' out for you
But i was alone
Now i sit at the breakfast table
Table's set for two
Been the same thing ev'ry mornin'
Silly things i do
Ooh, don't know what to do about you
I'll never give the way you gave
Ooh, now should i try to find you
Keep playin' ev'ry song you played me
Feel like breakin' up again
It's a thing i gotta live with
Take it on my own
I'm waitin' till it's over
Then again i never know
If i'd only seen you goin'
Walkin' out the door
But i had no way of knowin'
Can't take it no more
Ooh, don't know what to do about you
I'll never give the way you gave
Ooh, now should i try to find you
Keep playin' ev'ry song you played me
Feel like breakin' up again
10 Down and Out (03:43)
Hey, here I am, I'm feelin' good
Takin' a ride on a hot summer night
'cause on a long, hot, hot summer night
Just don't know why I know what I am
So let'em keep on runnin'
So let'em keep on chasin' me
Yes, here I am, all heavy legged
Been dancin' on, on a hot summer night
Call me a scrounger, a degenerate bum
Every day hear it over again
So let'em keep on runnin'
But let'em keep on chasin' me
You are down and out
When you're just being your self
We ain't down and out
Man take a look at yourself
See a summernight sky,
I feel like runnin'
I feel like livin' the way I do
That's who I am,
what I'm doin's right, it ain't wrong
I'm livin' this way, if livin' is true
So let'em keep on runnin'
But let'em keep on chasin' me
You are down and out
When you're just being your self
We ain't down and out
Man take a look at yourself
You're always sayin',
I'm sleepin' all day
A day's too long to sleep it away
You gotta think it over, over again
My eyes may be closed
but I'm livin' within
Let'em keep on runnin'
For let'em keep on chasin' me
You are down and out
When you're just being your self
We ain't down and out
Man take a look at yourself
You are down and out
When you're just being your self
We ain't down and out
Man take a look at yourself
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