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Strong Arm of The Law
is the third
studio album by
English heavy metal band
It was released in 1980,
seven months after
Wheels of Steel,
and debuted on
the UK chart at #11.
Background, music and Lyrics
According to
Ultimate Classic Rock,
the album is a
"building block of
the New Wave of
British Heavy Metal,"
calling the track
Heavy Metal Thunder
"genre defining."
The title track,
"Strong Arm of the Law,"
has been described as
"hard-grooving"
musically.According to
guitarist
Graham Oliver,
the track was inspired by
an incident where
the band was driving
in Whitehall and was
subsequently pulled over
and searched by
the security detail of
then British prime minister,
Margaret Thatcher.
The album's final track,
"Dallas 1 PM"
concerns the assassination of
John F. Kennedy.
"We thought,
'Should we put one shot in there
or should we put three?'"
recalled singer
Biff Byford.
"In the end we went down
the conspiracy theory route
and had three shots.
Wheels of Steel
is the second
studio album by
English heavy metal band
Released in 1980
by Carrere Records,
it was their first album
to enter the
UK Albums Chart,
peaking at number 5,
and is their
highest-charting album
in the
UK Albums Chart
to date.
The album eventually went on
to achieve gold status in the UK.
Song Notes
"747 (Strangers in the Night)"
is about a power cut
that forced planes
in New York to remain in
ascent in 1965
with the power outage
provoking a
Scandinavian flight
to detour to
Kennedy airport
in the dark.
The aircraft involved
was not actually a
Boeing 747,
which wasn't introduced
until five years later.
The Song bears a
strong resemblance to
the outro riff of
"Rock 'n' Roll Doctor"
by Black Sabbath,
although according to
guitarist
Graham Oliver
the song was actually
inspired by the
Ted Nugent song
"Cat Scratch Fever".
TRACKLIST
To Hell And Back Again
Strong Arm Of The Law
Taking Your Chances
20,000 Ft
Hungry Years
Sixth Form Girls
Dallas 1 Pm
Motorcycle Man
Stand Up And Be Counted
747 (Strangers In The Night)
Wheels Of Steel
Freeway Mad
See The Light Shining
Street Fighting Gang
Suzie Hold On
Machine Gun
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