Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)

Judas Priest - Point of Entry review by Pritham 'metal farmer' dsouza




Track Listing:

1. Heading Out To The Highway
2. Don't Go
3. Hot Rockin'
4. Turning Circles
5. Desert Plains
6. Solar Angels
7. You Say Yes
8. All The Way
9. Troubleshooter
10. On The Run

Lineup:

• Rob Halford
• Glenn Tipton
• K.K. Downing
• Ian Hill
• Dave Holland

one of the best albums by the legendary Judas Priest, even though this album was released in 1981, it has a very 70's feel to it and perhaps this was the very last album of theirs which had a rock n roll feel to it, compared to the later albums which were heavily laced with super charged metallic power chords
a complete listen to it is highly recommended as there are no weak songs here. stand out tracks are Heading Out To The Highway, Turning Circles, and Desert Plains, the former which enjoyed a lot of commercial air time & even now played in their live set.
no extraodrinary guitar solos here, but the tempo is mid paced & very catchy. the vocals are highly fluctuating, esp in tracks like Hot Rockin where he screams like the typical Rob we know.

whats important with this album is they were standing at the crossroads in their musical career. if they were accused of going mainstream, then this is probably the album that set the ball rolling.

my rating
8/10