''Breaker'' is the third studio album released by German heavy metal band

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. It was once again recorded at Delta-Studio in

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with

Dirk Steffens Dirk Steffens (born May 20, 1950) is a German musician, audio engineer, and record producer. Early musical career Steffens studied guitar and piano at the Hamburg Conservatory.E. Gallus"Die Band-Family Tree-Dirk Steffens"-Birth Control-the leg ...

producing, and was the first Accept album engineered by

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. Bassist Peter Baltes sings lead vocal on "Breaking Up Again," and the bridge vocal on "Midnight Highway." After the unsuccessful attempt at commercialism on ''

I'm a Rebel ''I'm a Rebel'' is the second studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It was the first of three consecutive Accept records to utilize Dirk Steffens as producer. The album find ...

'', Accept decided not to allow any more outside people to influence the band. Pulling together in the midst of a very cold winter, the band members concentrated on making the album they themselves wanted to make.

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remembers: "Following our experiences with ''I'm A Rebel'' we made it our goal not to be influenced musically by anyone outside of the band this time." Udo believes ''Breaker'' is among Accept's best records and marks the beginning of the band's golden era which lasted up until 1985 - the album title would later become the name of Udo's own record company, Breaker Records.

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concurs: "Maybe we knew that the old approach from the record before didn't work very well. So we were saying 'fuck it, let's just do what we think is right. Let's not try to be somebody else, let's not try to have a radio hit anymore.'" The lone possible concession to commercial interests was the upbeat rocker "Midnight Highway", which Wolf described as "sort of a semi-commercial attempt" and "a little too happy for my tastes." Much of the rest of the album is angry and defiant in tone, especially the profanity-laced "Son of a Bitch". Udo describes that song's lyrics as "absolutely anti record company." Wolf explains why this particular song was the only one to not have its lyrics printed inside the album: "On the initial release we thought it would be a good idea to just put 'Censored' on the liner notes for the song to avoid any controversy. Well, it turns out it caused more controversy that way with everyone wanting to know who censored it." An alternate version titled "Born to Be Whipped" was recorded with tamer lyrics. Wolf explains: "We had to change it because the British were so uptight about this kind of stuff that you couldn't possibly release the record over there with a song called Son of a Bitch."

Track listing

Credits

;Band members *

– lead vocals *

– lead guitar *

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– lead guitar * Peter Baltes – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Breaking Up Again" * Stefan Kaufmann – drums, backing vocals ;Production *

– producer, arrangements with Accept * Michael "Overload" Wagener – engineer, mixing *Stefan Böhle – cover photography *H.G. Bieringer – photos *Studio Icks & Accept – cover design *Accept – sleeve design

References

{{Authority control 1981 albums Accept (band) albums Brain Records albums Passport Records albums Albums produced by Dirk Steffens