Judas Priest : British Steel (Deluxe Edition) (Remastered 2001)
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British Steel
is the sixth
studio album
by
English
Heavy Metal band
released on
April,11th 1980
by CBS Records,
and on
May 1980,
by Columbia Records.
It was the band's
first album
to feature
Dave Holland
on drums.
During an interview
with
Wall of Sound's
Educate Ebony
podcast,
Max Cavalera
stated
British Steel
is the
"essential thrash metal"
album
everyone needs to hear
and says
"I’m sure you can ask
Metallica,
if it wasn’t for
British Steel
they wouldn’t be here."
Overview
British Steel
saw the band
reprise the
commercial sound
they had established
on
Killing Machine.
This time,
they abandoned
some of the
dark lyrical themes
which had been
prominent on their
previous releases,
but some of it
still remains.
In a
June 2017
appearance on
Sirius radio podcast
"Rolling Stone Music Now,"
Rob Halford
said the band
may have been
inspired by
AC/DC
on some tracks
after
supporting them
on a
European tour in 1979.
British Steel
was recorded at
Tittenhurst Park,
home of former
Beatle Ringo Starr,
after a false start
at
Startling Studios,
also located on
the grounds of
Tittenhurst Park,
due to the band
preferring
Starr's house
to the
recording studio itself.
Digital sampling
was not yet
widely available
at the time
of recording,
so the band
used analog recording
of smashing
milk bottles
to be included in
"Breaking the Law",
as well as
various sounds
in
"Metal Gods"
produced by
billiard cues
and
trays of cutlery.
It is the first
Judas Priest album
to feature
drummer
Dave Holland,
and it was
released in
the UK
at a discount price
of £3.99,
with the
advertisements
in the music press
bearing the legend
"British Steal".
The songs
"Breaking the Law",
"United",
and
"Living After Midnight"
were released
as singles.
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Rapid Fire
Metal Gods
Breaking The Law
Grinder
United
You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
Living After Midnight
The Rage
Steeler
Red, White and Blue
Grinder
(Live)
Breaking The Law
(Live)
Some Heads are Gonna Roll
(Live)
Living After Midnight
(Live)
You've Got Another Thing Coming
(Live)
Freewheel Burning
(Live)
Hellbent For Leather
(Live)
Sinner
(Live)
The 30th Anniversary Release
of the album
came with
a
DVD
and
CD
of a
live show
recorded on
August,17th 2009
at the
Seminole Hard Rock Arena
in
Hollywood, Florida
as part of the
British Steel
30th Anniversary Tour.
The live versions
of all the
British Steel
tracks
CD 2
Hollywood, Florida
Seminole Hard Rock Arena
2009
Rapid Fire
(Live)
Metal Gods
(Live)
Breaking The Law
(Live)
Grinder
(Live)
United
(Live)
You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
(Live)
Living After Midnight
(Live)
The Rage
(Live)
Steeler
(Live)
The Ripper
(Live)
Prophecy
(Live) [*]
CD 3
Grinder
(Live)
Hell Patrol
(Live)
Victim Of Changes
(Live)
Freewheel Burning
(Live)
Diamonds & Rust
(Live)
You've Got Another Thing Coming
(Live)
Judas Priest - British Steel. Classic Albums 2001
(Interview) [*]
[*] DVD RIP AUDIO
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