Point of entry
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February 26, 1981 |
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| Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
37:16 |
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Point of Entry (English for: “Grenzübergangsstelle” or “shot point” ) is the seventh studio album by the British heavy metal band Judas Priest . The album was released on February 26, 1981 on Columbia Records .
Emergence
Point of Entry was the first of three albums the band recorded with Tom Allom at Ibiza Sound Studios on the Spanish island of Ibiza . In the booklet of the remaster version, the band says that the album was different from what people expected and that it was an "experiment" because the songs were created spontaneously in Ibiza:
" Recorded on the island of Ibiza with multiple distractions, glorious sunshine, and extremely low cost alcohol, this album was regarded with mixed feelings because it was different from what people expected. The album was nearly all spontaneously written and performed in Ibiza - it was an experiment in the sense that before this we had already written the majority of the songs before going into the studio. "
Track list
Text and music are provided by Glenn Tipton , Rob Halford and KK Downing , except for Thunder Road , which was written by Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton.
- Heading out to the Highway - 3.47
- Don't Go - 3.18
- Hot Rockin ' - 3.17
- Turning Circles - 3.42
- Desert Plains - 4.36
- Solar Angels - 4.04
- You Say Yes - 3.29
- All the Way - 3.42
- Troubleshooter - 4.00
- On the Run - 3.47
Bonus tracks (re-release 2001)
- Thunder Road - December 5th
- Desert Plains (Live) - 5.06
reception
Steve Huey of Allmusic wrote that if the album was disappointing in any way, then it was due to the genre-defining predecessors. He awarded 3.5 out of 5 stars.
The album peaked at number 39 on the Billboard 200 . It achieved gold status in November 1989.
Web links
- Point of Entry at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Steve Huey: Point of Entry - Judas Priest . Allmusic. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Point+of+Entry