Turbo (Judas Priest album)

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Turbo

Studio album by Judas Priest
Released	April 14, 1986
Recorded	1985
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	50:11
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Tom Allom
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Judas Priest chronology
Defenders of the Faith (January 4, 1984)	Turbo (April 15, 1986)	Priest...Live! (June 21, 1987)

Turbo is the 11th album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. The album was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and mixed January - February 1986 at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California. First released on April 15, 1986. A re-mastered CD was released in 2002, which added two bonus tracks. The album marked the band's first use of guitar synthesizers, which contributed to its unique sound.

Following the success of their previous album, Defenders of the Faith, Priest were at the peak of their popularity and pressure from the record labels to sell ever more records led to the creation of an album called "Twin Turbos" which was never released. Instead the material was split, with the more commercial songs appearing on Turbo. While it sold well initially, going Gold (RIAA) on June 10, 1986 and Platinum on July 24, 1987 and reaching #33 in the UK and #17 on Billboard 200, the reaction from fans was negative. Sales tapered off and the live album from the subsequent tour tanked.

"Turbo Lover" was featured as one of the songs in the U.S. release of the 2001 PlayStation 2 game Gran Turismo 3.