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What a classic album. No bad songs, just non-stop Heavy Metal!
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Judas Priest accomplished the best of both worlds for heavy metal in the spring of 1980. They created a great album that was as heavy as it was commercial. Continuing the experiment of recording shorter, punchier songs that would appeal to a more mainstream rock audience that was started on 'Hell Bent for Leather', 'British Steel' represents the band at its peak for may fans and casual listeners. The original running order for the UK release opens with "Rapid Fire", from which the title of this review comes and serves notice right off the bat that Priest would deliver the goods in thrashing, bashing fashion. "Stealer", "Grinder" and "The Rage" continue the onslaught and lyrically and musically remain the more complex tunes on this disc. New drummer Dave Holland and producer Tom Allom help create the piledriving sound that Priest may have lacked in the '70's. 'British Steel''s most famous songs are of course the hits, heavy metal and pop, very well combined. "Breaking the Law", a classic though simple tale of desperate acts by desperate men (dumb video though); "Living After Midnight", Priest's "You Shook Me All Night Long" though I have yet to hear this at a wedding (thank God!); "Metal Gods", where Halford gets his well known sobriquet (and a continuing theme for Priest, Sci-fi); and "United" a "Take on the World" style anthem, though not as good as that song (my humble opinion anyway). Some people feel this LP spelled the beginning of the end for Priest as a serious metal band because of the over commercial, dumbing down quality which followed as later cartoon characters as "Screaming", "Defenders" and "Turbo" would testify. Much like "Hell Bent", this record will always be a special one for me and much better than records that would soon follow into the new decade, ironically one that Priest's descendents would rule. "Red White and Blue" is okay (again a leftover from "Turbo" obviously and "Grinder" live are the two bonuses on this reissue, with more to follow. Priest were now striving for commericial success but their creativity would soon suffer.
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they are a great band! they wrote very satanic lyrics! there's great riffs! i think i'm gonna listen to it right now! well the vocals are bad but that's not the problem!
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this album is a landmark in heavy metal. with soaring guitar harmonies, rob halford's trademark high yell, and not to mention superb drumming. favorites include living after midnight, breakin the law, rapid fire, and grinder
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Compared to previous releases, this album is very simple a stripped down. It's not as intricate and not as technically inclined as Sad Wings of Destiny or Stained Class. But that is truly the beauty of this album. It is raw, heavy, aggressive, and truly possesses an aura of power. Do not listen to the fools who gave this album two star reviews, they would not know good metal if it blugeoned them over the head. Buy it! You'll like it!
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