British Steel
by Judas Priest
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 April 1980
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 44:32
- Community rating: 3.84/5 from 12 ratings
Artists on this release: K. K. Downing, Rob Halford, Dave Holland, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Judas Priest completely defined the sleek, leather-clad aesthetic and streamlined commercial sound of 1980s heavy metal with this landmark release. 'British Steel' is packed with incredibly catchy, fiercely energetic, and deeply anthemic stadium-rock hits like 'Breaking the Law', cementing a highly melodic, triumphant blueprint for the NWOBHM movement.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, riff-heavy, gallop, gang-vocals, soaring-vocals
Tracklist
- Rapid Fire (4:08)
- Metal Gods (3:58)
- Breaking the Law (2:33)
- Grinder (3:57)
- United (3:35)
- You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise (5:03)
- Living After Midnight (3:30)
- The Rage (4:44)
- Steeler (4:29)
- Red, White & Blue (3:42)
- Grinder - Live (4:49)
Credits
- Judas Priest - primary artist
- Studio Gerrard - artwork [retouching]
- Ian Hill - bass
- Roslav Szaybo - design
- Dave Holland - drums
- Louis Austin - engineer
- Ray Staff - lacquer cut by
- Glenn Tipton - lead guitar, written-by
- K. K. Downing - lead guitar, written-by
- Rob Halford - lead vocals, written-by
- Arnakata Limited - management
- Robert Ellis - photography by [back cover]
- Bob Elsdale - photography by [front cover]
- Tom Allom - producer