Eat the Heat

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Eat the Heat
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Studio album by
Accept
Released11 May 1989
RecordedSeptember 1988–January 1989
Studio Dierks Studios, Stommeln, Cologne, Germany
Genre
Length53:11
Label RCA/BMG Ariola (Europe)
Epic (US)
Producer Dieter Dierks
Accept chronology
Russian Roulette
(1986)		Eat the Heat
(1989)		 Staying a Life
(1990)
Singles from Eat the Heat
  1. "Generation Clash"
    Released: July 1989 (EU)
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."X-T-C"4:25
2."Generation Clash"6:22
3."Chain Reaction"4:38
4."Love Sensation"4:42
5."Turn the Wheel"5:24
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Prisoner"4:50
7."Mistreated"8:52
8."Stand 4 What U R"4:05
9."Hellhammer"5:29
10."D-Train"4:24
Total length:53:11

U.S. version

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."X-T-C"4:25
2."Prisoner"4:50
3."Love Sensation"4:42
4."Chain Reaction"4:38
5."Stand 4 What U R"4:05
6."D-Train"4:24
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Generation Clash"6:22
8."Turn the Wheel"5:24
9."Hellhammer"5:29
10."Mistreated"8:52
Total length:53:11

2014 remastered version

No.TitleLength
1."X-T-C"4:25
2."Generation Clash"6:22
3."Chain Reaction"4:38
4."Love Sensation"4:42
5."Turn the Wheel"5:24
6."Hellhammer"5:30
7."Prisoner"4:50
8."I Can't Believe in You"4:48
9."Mistreated"8:53
10."Stand 4 What U R"4:05
11."Break the Ice"4:12
12."D-Train"4:24
Total length:1:02:14
European and Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."I Can't Believe in You"4:48
2."Break the Ice"4:12
Total length:1:02:14
2014 bonus track
No.TitleLength
1."Generation Clash" (Single Version)4:25
Total length:1:06:39

Personnel

Band members

Additional Musicians

Production

Supporting tour

The Eat the Heat tour consisted of David Reece on vocals, Wolf Hoffmann on lead guitar, Peter Baltes on bass, Stefan Kaufmann on drums, and Jim Stacey (ex-Break Point) on rhythm guitar. The first leg of the tour consisted of the band headlining at small clubs around the U.S. for about two months. Kaufmann sustained a back injury during this period, and was replaced by House of Lords drummer Ken Mary. Accept then began a North American act with W.A.S.P. and Metal Church. The tour overall was a disappointment, plagued with poor attendance numbers and a failure to draw the American crowds that the band had hoped to appeal to with this new lineup. A rumored behind-stage fight at the Vic Theater in Chicago between Reece and Baltes led to the band splitting up, and the tour was subsequently cancelled. [5]

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [6] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 15
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [8] 87
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] 19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 26
US Billboard 200 [11] 139

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