Metal Works '73-'93

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Metal Works
Metal Works cover
Compilation album by Judas Priest
Released May 18, 1993
Recorded 1977-1990
Genre Heavy metal
Label Columbia Records
Producer Judas Priest
Roger Glover
Tom Allom
Chris Tsangarides
Professional reviews
Judas Priest chronology
Painkiller
(1990)		 Metal Works
(1993)		 Jugulator
(1997)

Metal Works is a compilation album by Judas Priest, released in 1993. A remastered edition was released in 2001, with the same tracklisting. All material was previously available. All albums to that date are represented with the exception of debut Rocka Rolla, although a live version of "Victim of Changes" is used rather than the studio version on Sad Wings of Destiny. This is more to do with the fact that the first two albums are on a different record label rather than the quality of material.

The band selected the tracks themselves, and make comments in the sleeve-notes.

As an album it showcases versatility of their musical career. This album also brought Rob Halford back into the fold for a short while following his departure from the band due to internal tensions.

The album cover by Mark Wilkinson (who had done the artwork for Ram It Down and Painkiller) combines elements from the band's previous releases. On the foreground are the Hellion (from Screaming for Vengeance) and the Painkiller (from the aptly-titled 1990 album). The underside of the Hellion's body is a razor blade (a reference to the album British Steel). On the lower left of the cover appear the following images: a female hand holding a gear shift knob (from Turbo), a mannequin wearing sunglasses and a studded leather headband (from Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather), The door and columns (from "Sin After Sin") in the lower right corner, The metallic head (from "Stained Class") in the smoke, and the Metallian (from Defenders of the Faith).

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Disc one

  1. "The Hellion" - 0:41
  2. "Electric Eye" - 3:39
  3. "Victim of Changes" (Live) (Al Atkins, Halford, Downing, Tipton) - 7:12
  4. "Painkiller" - 6:06
  5. "Eat Me Alive" - 3:34
  6. "Devil's Child" - 4:48
  7. "Dissident Aggressor" - 3:07
  8. "Delivering the Goods" - 4:16
  9. "Exciter" (Halford, Tipton) - 5:34
  10. "Breaking the Law" - 2:35
  11. "Hell Bent for Leather" (Tipton) - 2:41
  12. "Blood Red Skies" - 7:50
  13. "Metal Gods" - 4:00
  14. "Before the Dawn" - 3:23
  15. "Turbo Lover" - 5:33
  16. "Ram It Down" - 4:48
  17. "Metal Meltdown" - 4:48

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Screaming for Vengeance" - 4:43
  2. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" - 5:09
  3. "Beyond the Realms of Death" (Halford, Les Binks) - 6:53
  4. "Solar Angels" - 4:04
  5. "Bloodstone" - 3:51
  6. "Desert Plains" - 4:36
  7. "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days" - 4:39
  8. "Heading Out to the Highway" (Live) - 4:53
  9. "Living After Midnight" - 3:31
  10. "A Touch of Evil" (Halford, Downing, Tipton, Chris Tsangarides) - 5:45
  11. "The Rage" - 4:44
  12. "Night Comes Down" - 3:58
  13. "Sinner" (Halford, Tipton) - 6:43
  14. "Freewheel Burning" - 4:22
  15. "Night Crawler" - 5:45


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