Killing Machine

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Killing Machine
Killing Machine cover
Studio album by Judas Priest
Released November 1978 (UK)
March 1979 (USA)
Recorded 1978 at Utopia, Basing Street and CBS Studios in London
Genre Heavy metal
Length 45:51
Label Columbia Records
Producer(s) Judas Priest & James Guthrie
Professional reviews
Judas Priest chronology

Stained Class
(1978)
Killing Machine
(1979)
Unleashed in the East
(1979)


It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Hell Bent for Leather. (Discuss)

Killing Machine (US title: Hell Bent For Leather) is the fifth studio album by Judas Priest. The album was Judas Priest's first stab at a "different" sound, and was created at about the same time that the band members adopted their now-famous "leather-and-studs" style.

When "Killing Machine" was going to be released in the US, the American branch of Columbia/CBS did not like the "murderous implications" of the album title and it was re-titled Hell Bent for Leather for Stateside release. The track "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)", an early Fleetwood Mac cover, was added to the running order, as it was not on the UK release. The album was remastered in 2001, with two bonus tracks added. The bonus track "Fight For Your Life" was the "original" version of Judas Priest's "Rock Hard, Ride Free" from their Defenders of The Faith album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Delivering The Goods" (K.K. Downing, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton) – 4:16
  2. "Rock Forever" (Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 3:16
  3. "Evening Star" (Halford, Tipton) – 4:06
  4. "Hell Bent For Leather" (Tipton) – 2:41
  5. "Take On The World" (Halford, Tipton) – 3:00
  6. "Burnin' Up" (Downing, Tipton) – 4:07
  7. "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)" (Peter Green) – 3:23
  8. "Killing Machine" (Tipton) – 3:01
  9. "Running Wild" (Tipton) – 2:58
  10. "Before The Dawn" (Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 3:23
  11. "Evil Fantasies" (Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 4:15

[edit] 2001 Bonus Tracks

  1. "Fight For Your Life" (Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 4:06
  2. "Riding on the Wind" (Live) (Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 3:16

[edit] Personnel

Judas Priest
Rob Halford | K. K. Downing | Glenn Tipton | Ian Hill | Scott Travis
Former Members: Al Atkins | Tim 'Ripper' Owens | John Pattridge | John Ellis | Alan Moore | Chris Campbell | John Hinch | Les Binks | Dave Holland | Simon Phillips
Discography
Albums: Rocka Rolla | Sad Wings of Destiny | Sin After Sin | Stained Class | Hell Bent for Leather | Unleashed in the East | British Steel | Point of Entry
Screaming for Vengeance | Defenders of the Faith | Turbo | Priest...Live! | Ram It Down | Painkiller | Jugulator | Live Meltdown | Demolition | Live in London
Angel of Retribution
Compilations/Box Sets: The Best of Judas Priest | Hero, Hero | The Collection | Genocide | Metal Works | The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight
Metalogy | The Essential Judas Priest
DVDs: Live in London | Electric Eye | Rising in the East | Live Vengeance '82
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