Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

8.8 | 1207 votes |

Release date:	4 January 1984
Style:	Hard rock, Heavy metal
Owners:	1425 have it 88 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: 93
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Produced by Tom Allom.

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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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Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669	Permalink 18.02.2010 - 18:43 Rating: 8 Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669 This album and then British Steel i like the most by Priest ---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 18.02.2010 - 18:46 Rating: 9 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 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! Loading...
Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669	Permalink 18.02.2010 - 19:03 Rating: 8 Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669 Most of the Judas Priest albums are incredibly underrated because of Painkiller ---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 18.02.2010 - 19:13 Rating: 9 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 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. Loading...
Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13254	Permalink 18.02.2010 - 23:19 Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13254 This is probably my favourite all-round Judas Priest album. Loading...
RoyBatty Posts: 1	Permalink 19.02.2010 - 19:19 RoyBatty Posts: 1 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. Loading...
Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669	Permalink 09.04.2010 - 11:42 Rating: 8 Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8669 So i finally own it too ---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep Loading...
soadbyob Account deleted	Permalink 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 Loading...
Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361	Permalink 14.10.2011 - 16:27 Rating: 10 Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361 This should be the best heavy metal album of 1984 and one of the best ever... Loading...
Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504	Permalink 22.10.2011 - 12:47 Rating: 8 Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 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 ---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays Loading...
JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567	Permalink 10.12.2011 - 06:29 Rating: 7 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 Pretty mediocre except Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker and The Sentinel. Loading...
HellriderRising Posts: 82	Permalink 03.03.2012 - 00:19 Rating: 10 HellriderRising Posts: 82 One of the best albums by priest Loading...
sbgmetal Posts: 866	Permalink 03.06.2012 - 09:33 Rating: 9 sbgmetal Posts: 866 Too awesome... this one makes me feel like i lived in the 80's even though i didn't! Loading...
Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459	Permalink 08.12.2012 - 05:30 Rating: 8 Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459 Kick-&rse rock and roll here - so much to enjoy. What a band. So many good albums in their back catalogue. ---- The sun shines over The Fool... Loading...
megadeath13 Account deleted	Permalink 09.12.2012 - 18:37 megadeath13 Account deleted Good but theres something missing. The first three songs are top, the rest rather mediocre. Loading...
JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567	Permalink +1 10.12.2012 - 05:52 Rating: 7 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 Written by [user id=136417] 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 Loading...
Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459	Permalink +1 10.12.2012 - 11:32 Rating: 8 Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459 Written by JÄY on 10.12.2012 at 05:52 Written by [user id=136417] 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. ---- The sun shines over The Fool... Loading...
JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567	Permalink 10.12.2012 - 17:59 Rating: 7 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 Written by Ace Frawley on 10.12.2012 at 11:32 Written by JÄY on 10.12.2012 at 05:52 Written by [user id=136417] 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 Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 10.12.2012 - 18:05 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Tracj 3 is a total dud though, my God. Actually the only really good songs on here are 01, 02, 04 ---- 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 Loading...
Lit. Account deleted	Permalink 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. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 10.12.2012 - 20:16 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by [user id=101272] 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. ---- 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 Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 10.12.2012 - 20:23 Rating: 9 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 If anything, Jawbreaker is underrated. It's one of Priest's very best songs imo, and should be regarded as a classic. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 10.12.2012 - 20:29 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 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 ---- 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 Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 10.12.2012 - 20:32 Rating: 9 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 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. Loading...
Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965	Permalink 11.12.2012 - 03:06 Rating: 7 Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965 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? Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 11.12.2012 - 03:35 Rating: 9 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 Written by Azarath on 11.12.2012 at 03:06 Because it's not as good? It is as good though. lol Loading...
Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459	Permalink 17.12.2012 - 11:19 Rating: 8 Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459 Maybe it's just me but the song "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" reminds me a lot of Ozzy Osbourne from this era. ---- The sun shines over The Fool... Loading...
Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459	Permalink 19.12.2012 - 06:12 Rating: 8 Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459 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. ---- The sun shines over The Fool... Loading...
Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965	Permalink 19.12.2012 - 19:06 Rating: 7 Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965 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. Loading...
JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567	Permalink 21.12.2012 - 00:07 Rating: 7 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 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 Loading...