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 Judas Priest & James Guthrie
Professional reviews
Judas Priest chronology
Stained Class
(1978)		 Killing Machine
(1979)		 Unleashed in the East
(1979)
Alternate Cover
The cover of the US release of the album
The cover of the US release of the album

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.

Killing Machine was retitled Hell Bent for Leather for Stateside release, as the US branch of Columbia/CBS did not like the "murderous implications" of the album title. Additionally, the track "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)", an early Fleetwood Mac cover, was added to the running order; 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

All songs written by Rob Halford, K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton, except where noted.

  1. "Delivering the Goods" – 4:16
  2. "Rock Forever" – 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" – 3:23
  11. "Evil Fantasies" – 4:15

[edit] 2001 Bonus Tracks

  1. "Fight for Your Life" – 4:06
  2. "Riding on the Wind" (Live) – 3:16

[edit] Personnel

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