- heavy metal, hard rock, british metal, metal
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
Defenders of the Faith is the ninth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 13 January 1984 in the US and on 20 January 1984 in the UK. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA, and spawned the singles "Freewheel Burning", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", and "Love Bites".
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Character
Grave, classical in form, earnest and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Blabbermouth.net10/10
- PopMatters7/10
- Martin Popoff8/10
- Record Collector3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic4/5
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Tracks
- 1Freewheel Burning4:24
- 2Jawbreaker3:27
- 3Rock Hard Ride Free5:35
- 4The Sentinel5:04
- 5Love Bites4:47
- 6Eat Me Alive3:36
- 7Some Heads Are Gonna Roll4:07
- 8Night Comes Down3:58
- 9Heavy Duty2:26
- 10Defenders of the Faith1:27
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Judas Priest
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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