''Eat the Heat'' is the eighth studio album by German heavy metal band

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, released in 1989. It was recorded at Dierks Studios in

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from September 1988 to January 1989. Although Jim Stacey is presented as rhythm guitar player in the album line-up, the album credits also state that all guitar work on the album was played by

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. Stacey did perform second guitar live with the band. Until 2010's ''

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'', this was Accept's only album without

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as lead vocalist.

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contributes with crowd vocals on "Turn the Wheel". U.D.O. has also covered the song "X-T-C" on the 2001 compilation ''A Tribute to Accept II''. Accept later recorded "Generation Clash II" based on "Generation Clash" with Udo Dirkschneider on vocals for their 1994 album ''

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''. U.D.O. will still regularly perform tracks from this album, including "X-T-C".

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "though the album delivers much of the punch of its predecessors, the songs seem flat by comparison."

Track listings

All lyrics and music written by Accept and Deaffy. European version U.S. version 2014 remastered version

Personnel

;Band members *

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– vocals *

– all guitars * Peter Baltes – bass * Stefan Kaufmann – drums Additional Musicians * Jim Stacey – rhythm guitar in live shows * Jacky Virgil - backing vocals on "Chain Reaction" * Mark Dodson - crowd vocals on "Turn the Wheel" ;Production *

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– producer, engineer, mixing, arrangements with Accept *Topo – mixing, assistant engineer *Norbert Gutzmann – technician *

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– mastering at

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, New York * Gaby "Deaffy" Hauke – management, cover idea *George Chin – cover photo *Ashley Kramer – back photo *Hentschel Grafic Service – cover design

Supporting tour

The Eat the Heat tour consisted of

on vocals,

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

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drummer

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. Accept then began a North American act with W.A.S.P. and

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. 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

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in Chicago between Reece and Baltes led to the band splitting up, and the tour was subsequently cancelled.

Charts

References

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