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Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith



8.8 | 1154 votes |
Release date: 4 January 1984
Style: Hard rock, Heavy metal

Owners:

1402 have it
87 want it


Disc I
01. Freewheel Burning
02. Jawbreaker
03. Rock Hard Ride Free
04. The Sentinel
05. Love Bites
06. Eat Me Alive
07. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
08. Night Comes Down
09. Heavy Duty
10. Defenders Of The Faith
11. Turn On Your Light [2001 re-release bonus]
12. Heavy Duty/Defenders Of The Faith [Live at Long Beach Arena] [2001 re-release bonus]

Disc II [Live At Long Beach Arena, 1984][30th Anniversary Edition bonus]
01. Love Bites [live]
02. Jawbreaker [live]
03. Grinder [live]
04. Metal Gods [live]
05. Breaking The Law [live]
06. Sinner [live]
07. Desert Plains [live]
08. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll [live]
09. The Sentinel [live]
10. Rock Hard Ride Free [live]

Disc III [Live At Long Beach Arena, 1984][30th Anniversary Edition bonus]
01. Night Comes Down [live]
02. The Hellion [live]
03. Electric Eye [live]
04. Heavy Duty [live]
05. Defenders Of The Faith [live]
06. Freewheel Burning [live]
07. Victim Of Changes [live]
08. The Green Manalishi [Fleetwood Mac cover] [live]
09. Living After Midnight [live]
10. Hell Bent For Leather [live]
11. You've Got Another Thing Coming [live]

Top 20 albums of 1984: 4
Top 200 albums of all time: 104
Featured in "Getting Into: Judas Priest"

Additional info
Produced by Tom Allom.

Guest review by
amerislave
Rating:
9.5
1984....MTV was not in every household, metal was not all over the radio, and you couldn't pick and choose your favorite songs to download. One of the complaints that I have seen about "Defenders of the Faith" is that there is not a standout track (i.e. "Breaking the Law" or "You've Got Another Thing Coming"), but this is the biggest draw of the album for me. There are no filler tracks.

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18.02.2010 - 18:43
Rating: 8
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
This album and then British Steel i like the most by Priest
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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18.02.2010 - 18:46
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
All I will say about this album, is it's incredibly underrated. If it wasn't for "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" and especially "Heavy Duty/Defenders Of The Faith", it would be the perfect metal album, and Priest's best. As every other song is a total gem!
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18.02.2010 - 19:03
Rating: 8
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
Most of the Judas Priest albums are incredibly underrated because of Painkiller
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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18.02.2010 - 19:13
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by Ellrohir on 18.02.2010 at 19:03

Most of the Judas Priest albums are incredibly underrated because of Painkiller


As much as I like Painkiller, I have to say I agree with you. It is a great album, but maybe a little overrated. Certainly albums like Stained Class and Sad Wings Of Destiny were the apex for Priest, at least in a purely creative sense.
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18.02.2010 - 23:19
Baz Anderson

This is probably my favourite all-round Judas Priest album.
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19.02.2010 - 19:19
RoyBatty

Freewheel Burning is a killer opener for sure, but I think SFV is a better overall album. The Sentinel and Eat me Alive and Love Bites are simply kickass, though.
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09.04.2010 - 11:42
Rating: 8
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
So i finally own it too
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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09.04.2010 - 16:14
soadbyob
Account deleted
Extremely good album, not as good as Painkiller or British Steel, but still, excellent work from the Metal Gods
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14.10.2011 - 16:27
Rating: 10
Mountain King
K i K o
This should be the best heavy metal album of 1984 and one of the best ever...
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22.10.2011 - 12:47
Rating: 8
Syk
myspace/bonerama
Written by Mountain King on 14.10.2011 at 16:27
This should be the best heavy metal album of 1984 and one of the best ever...
Powerslave. Sorry. A great amount of goodness on here, though. I particularly like 5, 6, 9/10 and the studio bonus track
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death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon!

he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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10.12.2011 - 06:29
Rating: 7
JÄY
Metal slave
Pretty mediocre except Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker and The Sentinel.
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03.03.2012 - 00:19
Rating: 10
HellriderRising

One of the best albums by priest
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03.06.2012 - 09:33
Rating: 9
sbgmetal

Too awesome... this one makes me feel like i lived in the 80's even though i didn't!
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08.12.2012 - 05:30
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Kick-&rse rock and roll here - so much to enjoy. What a band. So many good albums in their back catalogue.
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The sun shines over The Fool...
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09.12.2012 - 18:37
megadeath13
Account deleted
Good but theres something missing. The first three songs are top, the rest rather mediocre.
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10.12.2012 - 05:52
Rating: 7
JÄY
Metal slave
Written by Guest on 09.12.2012 at 18:37

Good but theres something missing. The first three songs are top, the rest rather mediocre.

Yeah after the fourth track it goes nowhere but downhill
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10.12.2012 - 11:32
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Written by JÄY on 10.12.2012 at 05:52

Written by Guest on 09.12.2012 at 18:37

Good but theres something missing. The first three songs are top, the rest rather mediocre.

Yeah after the fourth track it goes nowhere but downhill


Pretty hard to go anywhere but downhill after those first four tracks.
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The sun shines over The Fool...
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10.12.2012 - 17:59
Rating: 7
JÄY
Metal slave
Written by Ace Frawley on 10.12.2012 at 11:32

Written by JÄY on 10.12.2012 at 05:52

Written by Guest on 09.12.2012 at 18:37

Good but theres something missing. The first three songs are top, the rest rather mediocre.

Yeah after the fourth track it goes nowhere but downhill


Pretty hard to go anywhere but downhill after those first four tracks.

true dat
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10.12.2012 - 18:05
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Tracj 3 is a total dud though, my God.

Actually the only really good songs on here are 01, 02, 04
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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10.12.2012 - 20:06
Lit.
Account deleted
Wonder why people like Jawbreaker so much. It's the worse song on the album next to Rock Hard, Ride Free.
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10.12.2012 - 20:16
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Guest on 10.12.2012 at 20:06

Wonder why people like Jawbreaker so much. It's the worse song on the album next to Rock Hard, Ride Free.


Because it beats the crap out (just for the opening riff and opening chorus alone) of Love Bites, eat Me Alie, Riock Hard, Ride Free, Some Heads Are Gonna Roll, Night COmes Down, Hevay Duty, Defenders Of The Faith. Hell it is superior to anything on the immensely overrated Painkiller.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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10.12.2012 - 20:23
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
If anything, Jawbreaker is underrated. It's one of Priest's very best songs imo, and should be regarded as a classic.
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10.12.2012 - 20:29
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Angelic Storm on 10.12.2012 at 20:23

If anything, Jawbreaker is underrated. It's one of Priest's very best songs imo, and should be regarded as a classic.


Underated it is totally not, since loads of people mention it amongst their fav Priest songs
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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10.12.2012 - 20:32
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 10.12.2012 at 20:29
Underated it is totally not, since loads of people mention it amongst their fav Priest songs


That's as maybe, but it's still not generally regarded as a genre classic in the same way that songs like Painkiller, Victim Of Changes, Electric Eye, Breaking The Law etc are... and it should be.
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11.12.2012 - 03:06
Rating: 7
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
The first four songs are great, but after that there's a dreadful dead spot (Love Bites and Eat Me Alive) and the album never recovers, even though Some Heads Are Gonna Roll is decent and Night Comes Down is really good.

Written by Angelic Storm on 10.12.2012 at 20:32

That's as maybe, but it's still not generally regarded as a genre classic in the same way that songs like Painkiller, Victim Of Changes, Electric Eye, Breaking The Law etc are... and it should be.

Because it's not as good?
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11.12.2012 - 03:35
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by Azarath on 11.12.2012 at 03:06
Because it's not as good?


It is as good though. lol
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17.12.2012 - 11:19
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Maybe it's just me but the song "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" reminds me a lot of Ozzy Osbourne from this era.
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The sun shines over The Fool...
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19.12.2012 - 06:12
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Sometimes I ponder what an album with the best tracks from this one and, say, Screaming for Vengeance would be like. I reckon it would be one of the greatest albums of all-time. Maybe you could say that about other bands and their catalogue but for me, the contrast between killer and filler on some of the Judas Priest albums is particularly stark.
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The sun shines over The Fool...
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19.12.2012 - 19:06
Rating: 7
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
Written by Ace Frawley on 19.12.2012 at 06:12

Sometimes I ponder what an album with the best tracks from this one and, say, Screaming for Vengeance would be like. I reckon it would be one of the greatest albums of all-time. Maybe you could say that about other bands and their catalogue but for me, the contrast between killer and filler on some of the Judas Priest albums is particularly stark.

I've thought about that as well, picking the best songs from Screaming and Defenders and making one great album instead of two average ones. They're so similar that it could be done.

And I agree with the second point. The Priest albums of the 80's all have problems with filler tracks and "the contrast between killer and filler" can be mind-boggling.
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21.12.2012 - 00:07
Rating: 7
JÄY
Metal slave
Written by Ace Frawley on 19.12.2012 at 06:12

Sometimes I ponder what an album with the best tracks from this one and, say, Screaming for Vengeance would be like. I reckon it would be one of the greatest albums of all-time. Maybe you could say that about other bands and their catalogue but for me, the contrast between killer and filler on some of the Judas Priest albums is particularly stark.

Funny you mention this... I already did that and I call the album Defenders of Vengeance... even combines the album art as well
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