Defenders of the Faith - Definition and Overview

Defenders of the Faith
LP by Judas Priest
Released	January 1984
Recorded	July - August 1983
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	39 min 04 s
Record label	Columbia Records
Producer	Tom Allom
Professional reviews
RollingStone review	3/5	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=12950)
Judas Priest Chronology
Screaming for Vengeance (1982)	Defenders of the Faith (1984)	Turbo (1985)

Defenders of the Faith is a 1984 platinum album of British heavy rock legends Judas Priest. The album was recorded at Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain and mixed from September to November 1983 at DB Recording Studios and Bayshore Recording Studios in Miami, Florida. The LP was released in January and later appeared on CD in July. A re-mastered CD was released in May 2001.

Track listing

The tracks from the original LP:

1. "Freewheel Burning" - 4:22
2. "Jawbreaker" - 3:25
3. "Rock Hard Ride Free" - 5:34
4. "The Sentinel" - 5:24
5. "Love Bites" - 4:47
6. "Eat Me Alive" - 3:34
7. "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" (Halligan) - 4:05
8. "Night Comes Down" 3:58
9. "Heavy Duty" - 2:25
10. "Defenders Of The Faith" - 1:30

All songs by Tipton, Halford and Downing except "Some Heads are Gonna Roll" as noted above.

Personnel

• Rob Halford - vocals
• Dave Holland - drums
• Glenn Tipton - guitars
• K.K. Downing - guitars
• Ian Hill - bass guitar
• Doug Johnson - cover design

External link

• Extensive album info (http://members.firstinter.net/markster/DEFENDERSOFTHEFAITH.html)