Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Metal Heart" 5:25
2. "Midnight Mover" 3:07
3. "Up to the Limit" 4:45
4. "Wrong Is Right" 3:08
5. "Screaming for a Love-Bite" 4:05
Side two
6. "Too High to Get It Right" 3:47
7. "Dogs on Leads" 4:24
8. "Teach Us to Survive" 3:33
9. "Living for Tonite" 3:34
10. "Bound to Fail" 5:05
Total length: 40:53
2002 bonus tracks
1. "Love Child" (Live, Taken from Kaizoku-Ban) 4:49
2. "Living for Tonite" (Live, Taken from Kaizoku-Ban) 3:50
Total length: 49:32
Accept Band Members / Musicians
Udo Dirkschneider – lead vocals, harmony vocals (4, 9, 10), backing vocals (1, 8), finger snapping (8)
Wolf Hoffmann – lead & rhythm guitars (all except 9), rhythm guitar (9), acoustic guitar (1, 10), backing vocals (1, 6, 7, 10), sitar (1)
Jörg Fischer – rhythm guitar (all except 4, 9), lead & rhythm guitars (4, 9), 8-string bass (3), backing vocals (1, 6, 7, 10), finger snapping (8)
Peter Baltes – bass, Moog Taurus (1, 5, 7, 10), 8-string bass (1, 8, 10), backing vocals (1, 6, 7, 10), harmony vocals (2, 5), acoustic bass guitar (8)
Stefan Kaufmann – drums, backing vocals (1, 6, 7, 10), timpani (1, 8, 10), cymbals and gongs (1), drum effects and gang vocals (3)
Dieter Dierks – producer, arrangements
Gerd Rautenbach – engineer
Mike Kashnitz, Peter Brandt – assistant engineers
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
Gaby "Deaffy" Hauke – management, cover concept
Dirksen & Sohn Modellwerkstâtten, Stahl, Werbefotografie – cover art
Metal Heart is the 6th studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1985. Although the group had recorded before at Dierks-Studios, this was the first album produced by Dieter Dierks himself. It marked the return of guitarist Jörg Fischer after a two year absence, with Herman Frank having been his replacement. This album was a cautious attempt to crack the lucrative American market with more accessible songcraft and emphasis on hooks and melodies. Although critically panned at the time, today Metal Heart is often considered by fans as one of the band's best records. It contains several of their classic songs such as "Metal Heart" and "Living for Tonite". The band also makes a detour into jazz metal territory with the unusual song "Teach Us to Survive".
