Staying a Life
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{{Infobox album
| name = Staying a Life
| type = live
| artist = Accept
| cover = Staying a Life.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1990|10|21}}
| recorded = 18 September 1985
| venue = Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
| studio =
| genre = Heavy metal
| length = 96:18
| label = RCA/BMG Ariola (Europe)
Epic (US)
| producer = Stefan Kaufmann
| prev_title = Eat the Heat
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Objection Overruled
| next_year = 1993
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/staying-a-life-mw0000310520 | title = Accept Staying a Life review | access-date = 7 February 2013 | last = Prato | first = Greg | website = AllMusic | archive-date = 11 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121111021412/http://www.allmusic.com/album/staying-a-life-mw0000310520 | url-status = live }}
| noprose = yes
}}
Staying a Life is a double live album by Accept, released in 1990. It was recorded in Osaka, Japan, in 1985. It was released in 1990, shortly after the band's first breakup. It was mixed by Uli Baronowsky at Dierks Studios, Stommeln.{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Accept/Staying_a_Life/832 | title = Accept - Staying a Life | access-date = 17 May 2010 | publisher = Encyclopaedia Metallum | archive-date = 26 April 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110426135102/http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Accept/Staying_a_Life/832 | url-status = live }} Live footage from the 1985–1986 world tour was released in VHS also in 1990, with the same title and cover art. "Neon Nights", "Burning", "Head Over Heels", and "Outro (Bound to Fail)" are omitted from the single disc edition.
Track listings
Music and words by Accept & Deaffy
European edition
{{track_listing
| total_length = 45:22
| headline = Disc one
| title1 = Metal Heart
| length1 = 5:25
| title2 = Breaker
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Screaming for a Love-Bite
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = Up to the Limit
| length4 = 4:45
| title5 = Living for Tonite
| length5 = 3:35
| title6 = Princess of the Dawn
| length6 = 7:49
| title7 = Neon Nights
| length7 = 8:17
| title8 = Burning
| length8 = 7:29
}}
{{track_listing
| total_length = 50:56
| headline = Disc two
| title1 = Head Over Heels
| length1 = 5:48
| title2 = Guitar Solo Wolf
| length2 = 4:27
| title3 = Restless and Wild
| length3 = 2:34
| title4 = Son of a Bitch
| length4 = 2:35
| title5 = London Leatherboys
| length5 = 3:54
| title6 = Love Child
| length6 = 5:01
| title7 = Flash Rockin' Man
| length7 = 5:08
| title8 = Dogs on Leads
| length8 = 5:52
| title9 = Fast as a Shark
| length9 = 4:09
| title10 = Balls to the Wall
| length10 = 10:19
| title11 = Outro (Bound to Fail)
| length11 = 1:09
}}
US edition
{{track_listing
| total_length = 1:13:35
| title1 = Metal Heart
| length1 = 5:25
| title2 = Breaker
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Screaming for a Love-Bite
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = Up to the Limit
| length4 = 4:45
| title5 = Living for Tonite
| length5 = 3:35
| title6 = Princess of the Dawn
| length6 = 7:49
| title7 = Guitar Solo Wolf
| length7 = 4:27
| title8 = Restless and Wild
| length8 = 2:34
| title9 = Son of a Bitch
| length9 = 2:35
| title10 = London Leatherboys
| length10 = 3:54
| title11 = Love Child
| length11 = 5:01
| title12 = Flash Rockin' Man
| length12 = 5:08
| title13 = Dogs on Leads
| length13 = 5:52
| title14 = Fast as a Shark
| length14 = 4:09
| title15 = Balls to the Wall
| length15 = 10:19
}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Staying a Life
| type = video
| artist = Accept
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1990}}
| recorded = World Tour 1985–1986
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Heavy metal
| length = 65 min
| label = PolyGram
| producer = Stefan Kaufmann
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Metal Blast from the Past
| next_year = 2002
}}
VHS track listing
{{track_listing
| title1 = Metal Heart
| title2 = Breaker
| title3 = Screaming for a Love-Bite
| title4 = Up to the Limit
| title5 = Living for Tonite
| title6 = Princess of the Dawn
| title7 = Restless and Wild
| title8 = Son of a Bitch
| title9 = London Leatherboys
| title10 = Fast as a Shark
| title11 = Balls to the Wall
| title12 = Bound to Fail/Outro
}}
Credits
;Band members
- Udo Dirkschneider – vocals
- Wolf Hoffmann – guitars
- Jörg Fischer – guitars
- Peter Baltes – bass guitar
- Stefan Kaufmann – drums, producer
References
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Category:RCA Records live albums
Category:Epic Records live albums
Category:1990s live video albums