Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith (Exp)
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Artist: Judas PriestEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-05-29
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Freewheel Burning
- Jawbreaker
- Rock Hard Ride Free
- The Sentinel
- Love Bites
- Eat Me Alive
- Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
- Night Comes Down
- Heavy Duty
- Defenders Of The Faith
- Turn On Your Light
- Heavy Duty/Defenders Of The Faith (live)
Free Music Notes for Defenders of the Faith (Exp)
Free Music Review: HIGH on the totem pole of metal albums
Hit: 5 Stars
After experiencing their first breakthrough hit "You've Got Another Thing Comin' on the 1982 album Screaming For Vengeance, Priest return with one of their heaviest albums to date, Defenders of the Faith. Of course we still have the classic line-up here: Dave Holland on drums, Glenn Tipton and K.K. (Kenneth) Downing on guitars, Ian Hill on bass, and of course the almighty Rob Halford on vocals, who's probably my favorite metal vocalist (no surprise there, eh?). It may not had any radio hits but it has a lot of long time fan favorites which I'll explain in the review.
Freewheel Burning 10/10 Superb opener and a huge fan favorite with this. One of the fastest and hardest songs on the album with a catchy chorus. I honestly don't see how any metalhead could not love this song. Classic Priest here folks. I certainly concur with a previous reviewer on the fact, "you haven't lived until you've heard this song!"
Jawbreaker 10/10 Priest slows down a tad for this song. I especially like how the drumming builds up at the beginning from a very light tapping to hard hitting. In addition it even has a killer solo in it which reminds me that I think Downing and Tipton's solos are pretty underrated if you ask me.
Rock Hard Ride Free 10/10 Another fan favorite and also a sweet theme for taking a road trip on your Harley. This is just a classic Priest anthem right here that I think everyone loves.
Sentinel 9/10 YET ANOTHER Priest classic. This one has an awesome melodic part in towards the middle along with consistent heavy riffs.
Love Bites 9/10 Killer bass intro from Ian Hill. One of the slower tracks of the album with an awesome mid-paced solo in the middle. This one also had a video along with Freewheel Burning.
Eat Me Alive 10/10 Now we return to a faster paced song like Freewheel and has a killer chorus. You know what else is cool about this one? It was one of the PMRC's most wanted songs for it's sexual undertones I'm sure. If you ask me that's just even more reason to blast this in your room and annoy the hell out of your parents!
Some Heads Are Gonna Roll 9/10 Another Priest classic! You see the pattern here people? One of the first singles of the album, although not as successful commercially as "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" it definitely headbangs just as hard. The ironic thing is it's one of the slower-paced songs but still a rocker, only Priest could do that combo this efficiently.
Night Comes Down 7/10 This is the ballad of the album, well you knew it was going to have one. Don't get me wrong it's an excellent song but I don't like it as much as the two ballads on the previous album and doesn't fit as well with the rest of the album but don't skip over this one!
Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith 8/10 Personally I believe this to be a pretty solid closer. This is definitely a nice all around feel good song from Priest, not too slow and not too fast. It is by no means filler as a previous reviewer has said. This song may have relaxed me more by the end of the album but you can be damn sure I'm ready for more Priest!!
Extra Tracks- Usually extra tracks don't really do anything for me, I never buy a remastered album and get excited over them, afterall it's the actual album I'm looking for. However, I'll give you the scoop on them too as long as I'm here.
Turn On Your Light 5/10 This is a REALLY slow song for Priest and honestly I don't like it, it just doesn't sound like them at all, it sounds like something you'd here from Poison or something. That actually makes sense since I think this was an unused B-side from the Turbo album which greatly disappointed hardcore fans.
Heavy Duty/Defenders of the Faith 8/10 If you liked the studio version of this then you'll definitely like this version. I think Halford sounds even cooler on like this one and his voice is even clearer. This is a bonus track certainly worth checking out but if you own the original CD or vinyl I wouldn't go crazy to get this remaster.
After this album many fans say that it was the end of the 'golden age' of Priest since they basically sold-out for the next couple albums (especially turbo), however, they would return to form briefly with PAINKILLER. So I recommend you get their entire catalogue from Sad Wings to Painkiller sans those two aforementioned albums along with the first 7 Maiden albums and then go off from there. I almost forgot, Priest did make a comeback album "Angel of Retribution" in 2004 so you should probably check that out as well, since I heard it's pretty cool.
Defenders of the Faith (Exp) Poster
Japanese digitally remastered limited pressing of the band's 1984 album with 2 added bonus tracks 'Turn On Your Light' (unreleased) & 'Heavy Duty' (live). Packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. CBS. 2005.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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