I'm a Rebel [Original recording remastered]

Accept | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Steamhammer Us
• ASIN: B0007ZBG1K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,628 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Formed in Solingen, Germany in the early 70s by wild and crazy frontman, Udo Dirkschneider, Accept forged their way to the top of the 80s metal ranks with their brutal and heavy riffs and Udo’s trademark screeching banshee styled vocal trait. Distinctly original and instantly recognizable, Accept conquered seemingly the entire planet outside the USA. With such classic albums as Restless And Wild, Breaker, I’m A Rebel and Accept finally seeing mid-price status, those Stateside best be keeping their ears open and their balls to the wall!

Udo Dirkschneider: "When I think back on the development of I'm A Rebel, only one thought comes to mind: too many people involved trying to manipulate the band, just like on the first album. The title song, I'm A Rebel, was originally planned for AC/DC but they were not interested. We were played an 8 track demo made by Bon Scott!!! We definitely wanted to record the song and couldn't understand why AC/DC did not want to do it. In hindsight it was possibly a mistake not to use the producer who wanted to record this album since he was no less than the producer for AC/DC."

All of the Accept Super Value Re-Release series feature booklets with new liner notes, historical reminiscents and comments by Udo Dirkschneider, never before seen photos and memorabilia. And all at a cool price!

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Humble Beginings....., September 6, 2005

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Daniel Pinto (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm a Rebel (Audio CD)

Dont get me wrong, this album has some trademark scorchingly hot Hard Rock tracks, but "Heavy Metal"? No way...

Accept themselves (Well at least UDO) have pretty much disowned this album, mainly because this is not what they had in mind when they were signed. Well what do I mean? "I'm A Rebel" was written by George Alexander, an alias for none other than George Young, producer/Brother of Malcom and Angus from AC/DC. Hence the heavy duty cop of the classic AC/DC sound on a few tracks (Do It & I'm A Rebel) I'm a Rebel is a horrible song,Isnt it? I loved it when I was 15 though....

This record is really all over the place.... SAVE US is a hard rocking song, then all of a sudden this disco bass line...cool song though,like two songs in one!

I Wanna Be no Hero is a very pop-friendly dance tune and a rather good one! Wow, is this really Accept? A far cry from Fast as a shark.

Same goes for No Time To Lose and The King. No Time to lose is a very cool tune, sung by Peter Baltes, rich harmony vox, flowing intertwining guitar lines, just a great song. The King is also OK, but oh my, the cringingly bad lyrics could make Ronnie James Dio Blush....

Thunder and Lightning is another great song, with a nice dual guitar solo section, listen closely after the 1st chorus into the 2nd verse, there is a dropout on one of the guitars that was never fixed in the studio. I'll be darned if you can figure out what UDO is singing about.

The best tunes on the album are DO IT and CHINA LADY. They just simply rock from begining to end. They both attack the senses like a frieght train.

The vox and guitars all sound great, but gosh, what a horrible drum mix! the Snare sounds like a tom tom, thumping along the whole recording.

Stefan and Udo mentioned in the Staying a life video that their ideas they were preparing for this album were shot down. They werent allowed to be creative. But the album has its moments, you can tell they had something, y'now? But you could not see the monster song writers they would become on the next album, BREAKER!

Danny

3.0 out of 5 stars A solid hard rock album, but a bad Accept album, December 28, 2011

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm a Rebel (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1980, I'm a Rebel was the second album from German heavy metal masters Accept. It's also the least-favorite album of just about every Accept fan, since record company pressure pushed the band away from the heavy metal sound of their debut and towards a more commercially-accessible AC/DC-style hard rock sound.

There's a reason I'm a Rebel is barely considered a "real" Accept album. As soon as the upbeat title track kicks in you know you're not getting the kind of heavy metal seen on the Accept debut. This is a band that works best when they can cut loose, and this album sounds like there was a record company suit saying "too much, guys, too much" every step of the way. It's not a bad album at all, but it still sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of the Accept discography. Fortunately the band was able to soldier through and get back to a more metal direction the following year with Breaker.

I'm a Rebel is actually a pretty solid hard rock album, but sandwiched between the classic metal of the Accept and Breaker albums, of course it's going to look like the weakest link. If you're a serious fan of the late `70s and early `80s hard rock sound, there's a lot to like in I'm a Rebel. Metal fans and Accept die-hards are probably only going to want this album to finish off their Accept collections.

Edition Notes: I'm a Rebel was reissued by SPV in 2005. The album hasn't been remastered, nor are there any bonus tracks. It does have expanded liner notes and some rare photos, which is cool. The only reason to pick up this reissue is the same reason you'd be buying I'm a Rebel in the first place - to finish off your Accept collection.

3.0 out of 5 stars They're all laughing at me..., November 28, 2010

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Mark H. "mrh" (Hanson, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: I'm a Rebel (Audio CD)

What the heck happened here? After a very promising debut record that stood alongside many of the young guns that were flying the torch for heavy metal into the new decade, Accept kind of laid an egg on their follow up, `I'm a Rebel'. For a band that seemed to get it right out of the box, this was pretty frustrating and disappointing to say the least. Is it a terrible record? No, but if it was their debut then that would have been more understandable. Why is `I'm a Rebel' so second rate? It is hard to say - the drum beats and overall rhythms of the LP seem rather pedestrian almost like a third rate `British Steel' (although I love that record, it does seem like Priest deliberately dumbed down their sound for American dollars). Accept should have stayed the course but at least it was only one stumble - they would right wrongs on their next record. The title track was supposedly written for and rejected by AC/DC which gives you an insight into its overall quality. What can I recommend from this record? Nothing essential, although I do like `The King' and maybe `China Lady' but what's with the disco beats on "I Wanna Be No Hero"? Eeeesh! As I said luckily `I'm a Rebel' is a slight speed bump during a five year period where Accept could do very little wrong. Fans may want this but others should get the records from 81-85, they won't be disappointed.