Name: Defenders of the Faith
Brand: Judas Priest

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

88843087752

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

30th Anniversary Edition Triple CD.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2015-03-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Sony

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

888430877528

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3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Judas Priest

Genre US

Metal

Label US

Legacy

Judas Priest's <i>Defenders of the Faith</i>. Available here on LP and 30th Anniversary Double CD.

Possibly the most underrated record in Priest's catalog. Musically alternating intricate speed rockers with fist-pumping midtempo grooves and balancing moderate musical sophistication with commercial accessibility. It's a craftsmanlike record from a band that had been in the game for a full decade already, but was still vital and exciting, and decidedly not on autopilot. The record opens high-energy with the terrific "Freewheel Burning" and "Jawbreaker" before moving into lost anthem "Rock Hard Ride Free," the more complex "The Sentinel," the cold, oddly mechanized single "Love Bites," and the slightly darker "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll." Coincidentally (both were released the same year).

<b>CDx3 </b>- 30th Anniversary Edition Triple CD.

Defenders of the Faith

Music US