Defenders of the Faith

Artist: Judas Priest
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Format: Extra tracks
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 061213392191
EAN: 0696998543829
ASIN: B00005K9LM

Release Date: 2001-05-29

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Tracks:

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)

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Customer Reviews:

Not their best,but OK.......2007-03-12

When this album was released in March 1984,I was not that wild about it then and not today either.It was a bit of a disappointment when compared to the previous album,Screaming for Vengeance which some Priest fans consider to be their best work.Defenders of the Faith along with Accept's Balls to the Wall and the Scorpion's Love at First Sting were I think three of the most overrated metal albums of 1984.

Defenders of the Faith was the first of two mid 80's Priest albums where the band took a more commercial approach as if they were trying to sound like Twisted Sister.The songwriting,for the most part was pretty lame but there are a couple of good ones."Freewheel Burning" sounded good along with"Love Bites".The songs on this album just didn't have a natural feel to them like they did on previous albums not to mention the overproduced sound.The guitar tracks sounded pre-processed from a cookie cutter and the drumming was a bit weak as well.Rob Halford's vocals were great and the album cover is fantastic which is the high point of the album.

My main complaint is that the songs on this album sort of sounded like a rough blueprint for Turbo which was the next album.The chorus lines sounded slightly cheesy and somewhat anthematic.It was as if Judas Priest was trying its hardest to get their music on MTV and FM radio which they did,but more in a way in which they were trying to appeal to a more mass,mainstream rock audience,not just the metal crowd.

Only Priest fans who are completists and have to have this for collection purposes need to buy this.Otherwise if you want true musical quality,I would suggest other albums instead of these mid 80's "experimental" albums.Judas Priest albums from the late 70's,early 80's and even the early 90's are better than this.

Defenders Of Heavy Metal! Indeed!!!!!!.......2007-02-14

This album would have been the second best Judas Priest album(Possibly on The 10 Best Metal Albums Of All-Time list),if it weren't for some of the cheesefests on it.I don't really care for Heavy Duty/Defenders Of The Faith.This is what brought it really down on the list of the best metal albums of all-time.If you compare this album to Powerslave(Iron Maiden),through the first six or seven songs it is right up there with it(That Says Alot!!!!!).If this album only had the songs Freewheel Burning,Jawbreaker,Rock Hard Ride Free,The Sentinel,Some Heads Are Gonna Roll,Night Comes Down,and even the ballad from the remasters Turn On Your Light,this would be on the top 5 Metal Albums Of All-Time list.It would be like this: 1.Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son,2.Powerslave,3.Somewhere In Time,4.Sad Wings Of Destiny,5.Defenders Of The Faith.Tipton and Downing lay down some of the best solos from Judas Priest on this album,also who can forget Rob's performance on this one,he sounds menacing.Good Album though.

Defenders Of Heavy Metal.......2006-11-28

Defenders is often said to be one of the best Priest albums, And their right. From the adrenaline rush of Freewheel Burning, To religious chanting of "Defenders Of The Faith" This album will not disappoint EVER.
Probably the best song writing of Rob Halford's Career was put into The Sentinel, And the emotional stage favorite Night Comes Down are only a few of the Gems in this album. This album is worth buying for Rock Hard Ride Free alone! (My Favorite Judas Priest Song...)

Fast and Furious..........2006-11-18

After the massive success of the 'Screaming' album and tour, Priest went back to the studio to create what would eventually be a 'Screming' redux. 'Defenders of the Faith' released in January 1984, was my first Judas Priest record and for that reason alone it holds a special place in my heart. But after twenty-two years does it hold up? 'Defenders' is as loud a commercial metal album as you'll find from this time period, but it comes at a time in Priest's career when they had said all they could say and were far from the metal innovators of the previous decade. 'Screaming' had laid the template and 'Defenders' sticks to the formula although as many reviewers have said, there are no obvious hits. Openning track "Freewheel Burning" is one of the few great speed metal tracks that Priest were putting out by this point, with Halford and Tipton both at the top of their games from a performance standpoint. Other soild tracks include "Jawbreaker", "The Sentinel", "Rock Hard Ride Free" and maybe "Another Thing Comin" sound alike "Heads Are Gonna Roll". "Love Bites" is OK, not great, and "Eat Me Alive" is hilariously stupid. Is it just me or do the songs descend in quality as you go deeper into the album? "Night Comes Down"? Why?? "Heavy Duty"???? Dumbest song of all time!!!! Judas Priest were now pandering to the lowest common denominator of metal fans (hello "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"!). The 2001 remaster brings out the loudness of the original but also includes yet another awful song from the "Turd-bo" sessions and an, "Oh you've got to be kidding me" version of aforementioned dumbest song ever! What, no great smoking version of "Freewheel"? Terrible! While Metallica and Mercyful Fate were proving metal was still the best and most dangerous music on earth in 1984, Priest was going through the motions. Buy it for the sheer loudness quality and for four or five solid metal tunes, but ignore the mediocrity of the songwriting quality over all, especailly from "Love Bites" on.

Great no worth buying yes.......2006-10-08

Trying to capture the magic of Screaming Priest copied the look and feel of their 1982 release with this 1984 release. Although this is a good album it almost sounds like an album of songs that just weren't good enough to make it on Screaming. Even the album cover looks like it could have been an inlay for Screaming. Stand out songs, The Sentinal & Jawbreaker followed by Freewheel Burnin'. Without those songs the album is just plain average. True priest fans get it anyone else look for those song an a compulation disc.

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