Objection Overruled is the 1993 reunion album by German heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Accept

Accept

Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s...

, the first to feature Udo Dirkschneider

Udo Dirkschneider

Udo Dirkschneider is a German heavy metal singer who is best known as the vocalist in German heavy metal band Accept and later U.D.O.After leaving Accept in 1987, Dirkschneider formed the band U.D.O....

 on lead vocals since 1986's Russian Roulette. It was recorded at Dierks-Studios in Stommeln

Stommeln

Stommeln is a village in the north-west of Cologne, Germany. It has got over 8000 inhabitants.- Geography :Stommeln is part of the Town of Pulheim. Its most recognisable feature is the old mill.Belonging to Stommeln:Stommelerbusch...

 after pre-production at Roxx Studios.

In contrast to some of the other Accept albums, Wolf Hoffmann

Wolf Hoffmann

Wolf Hoffmann grew up in Wuppertal. He is primarily known as guitarist in the German heavy metal band Accept since 1976. In 1997, he released the album Classical with rock versions of classical pieces...

 recalls Objection Overruled as an easy one to record: "That was great! I mean, making up and having reunions are always great in a way because you feel that sort of spirit or fresh wind again. It was great! We had a ball back then," adding, "we just really pretty much made records like we always did and felt like we should use the old formulas with no more sort of experiments and just pretty much do what Accept is known for; and that's what we did."http://www.metaleater.com/interviews-accept11272005.php

Udo concurs, calling Objection Overruled "that classic Accept sound again"http://www.metalkings.com/reviews/udo/UDO-eng.htm as well as "a very good Accept album".http://www.rockpages.gr/interviews/udo2004-en.htm It was only after the album's release that rifts would begin to re-emerge within the band.

The uncredited cover photo was taken by Wolf Hoffmann.http://daz.com/artists/Wolf%20Hoffmann.html

Track listing

All compositions credited to Accept and Deaffy

1. "Objection Overruled" – 3:38
2. "I Don't Wanna Be Like You" – 4:19
3. "Protectors of Terror" – 4:03
4. "Slaves to Metal" – 4:37
5. "All or Nothing" – 4:32
6. "Bulletproof" – 5:05
7. "Amamos la Vida" – 4:39
8. "Sick, Dirty and Mean" – 4:33
9. "Donation" – 4:48
10. "Just by My Own" – 3:29
11. "This One's for You" – 4:10
12. "Rich & Famous
    Rich & Famous
    Rich And Famous is an EP by German heavy metal band Accept. It was released in 2002. It features the bonus track for the Japanese edition of the 1993 album Objection Overruled.-Track listing:All songs by Hoffmann, Baltes, Kaufmann and Dirkschneider...
    
    " (Japanese bonus track) - 3:10

Credits

• Udo Dirkschneider
  Udo Dirkschneider
  Udo Dirkschneider is a German heavy metal singer who is best known as the vocalist in German heavy metal band Accept and later U.D.O.After leaving Accept in 1987, Dirkschneider formed the band U.D.O....
  
  : Lead vocals
• Wolf Hoffmann
  Wolf Hoffmann
  Wolf Hoffmann grew up in Wuppertal. He is primarily known as guitarist in the German heavy metal band Accept since 1976. In 1997, he released the album Classical with rock versions of classical pieces...
  
  : Guitars
• Peter Baltes
  Peter Baltes
  Peter Baltes, born April 4, 1958 in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is a German hard rock and heavy metal musician. He is a member of the German heavy metal group Accept, which he played as bassist with on 15 albums, selling more than 17 million records around the world...
  
  : Bass guitar
• Stefan Kaufmann - Drums