Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Freewheel Burning Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	4:25
2	Jawbreaker Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	3:28
3	Rock Hard Ride Free Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	5:35
4	The Sentinel Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	5:04
5	Love Bites Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	4:48
6	Eat Me Alive Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	3:36
7	Some Heads Are Gonna Roll Written-By – Bob Halligan Jr.	4:08
8	Night Comes Down Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	4:01
9	Heavy Duty Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	2:26
10	Defenders Of The Faith Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	1:29
Bonus Tracks
11	Turn On Your Light Written-By – Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford	5:24
12	Heavy Duty / Defenders Of The Faith (Live) Written-By – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing, Rob Halford	5:27

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
• Distributed By – Sony Music
• Recorded At – Compass Point Studios
• Mixed At – DB Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Bayshore Recording Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Pressed By – Sony Music – S5021342000-0101

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Ian Hill
• Concept By [Re-Masters Cover], Cover [Original Conceived By] – Judas Priest
• Design – Doug Johnson
• Design, Artwork – L-Space Design
• Drums – Dave Holland
• Engineer – Mark Dodson
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ben King , Bruce Hensal, Buddy Thornton, Christian Eser, David Roeder
• Lead Guitar – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing
• Lead Vocals – Rob Halford
• Management – Bill Curbishley
• Management, Other [Remastering Co-ordinated By] – Jayne Andrews
• Photography By – Judas Priest Archives, Mike Abrams
• Producer – Tom Allom
• Remastered By – Jon Astley

Notes

Alternate artwork:
Defenders Of The Faith
■ Grey border on the front/back booklet.
■ Silver-colour (reflective), embossed Judas Priest logo/Title on the front.
[likewise for The "Re-Masters Special Bonus Tracks" logo in the tray card]

Defenders Of The Faith
■ No border on the front/back booklet.
■ *Standard* (as in not different compared to the original vinyl edition as far as colours are concerned) Judas Priest logo on the front and white-colour (not embossed) "Re-Masters Special Bonus Tracks" logo in the tray card.

“Rising from darkness where Hell hath no mercy and the screams of vengeance
echo on forever, only those who keep the faith shall escape the wrath of The Metallian...
Master of all Metal”.

• The studio bonus track “Turn on your light” was written during the ‘Turbo’ album sessions and recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, August 1985.
• “Heavy duty/Defenders of the faith [Live]” was recorded live during the US ‘Defenders of the faith’ tour in 1983/84.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5099750213421
• Rights Society: MCPS/BIEM/SDRM
• Label Code: LC 0162
• Matrix / Runout (Variants 1 to 3): Sony Music S5021342000-0101 34 A6
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): Sony Music S5021342000-0101 34 A7
• Mastering SID Code (Variants 1 to 4): IFPI L554
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 94K2
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 94K6
• Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 94K7
• Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 942C

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 25713, 25713	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(LP, Album)	CBS, CBS	CBS 25713, 25713	UK	1984
502134 2, 5021342000	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Columbia, Columbia	502134 2, 5021342000	UK & Europe	2001
VFCT-39219	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(Cass, Album, Chr)	CBS	VFCT-39219	Canada	Unknown
SICP 4718	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Sony Records Int'l	SICP 4718	Japan	2015
SICP-4388~90	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(3xCD, Album, Dlx, RE, RM, Dig)	Sony Records Int'l	SICP-4388~90	Japan	2015

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