The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight

The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight
Greatest hits album by Judas Priest
Released 1997
Genre Heavy metal
Length 64:36
Label Columbia
Producer Sony
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The Best Of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight is a compilation album of Judas Priest's hits, dating from their 1979 album Killing Machine (Hell Bent for Leather in the United States) through 1990's Painkiller. This album was released in 1997.

In the booklet, the band lists its entire Sony/Columbia discography. As a result, tracks from Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny are not featured, having been recorded for Gull Records and for which the band no longer owned the copyright.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
1. "The Green Manalishi (with the Two-Pronged Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover) Peter Green Hell Bent For Leather (1978) 3:22
2. "Living After Midnight"   Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton British Steel (1980) 3:30
3. "Breaking the Law" (live) Halford, Downing, Tipton Priest...Live! (1987) 2:21
4. "Hot Rockin'"   Halford, Downing, Tipton Point of Entry (1981) 3:14
5. "Heading Out to the Highway" (live) Halford, Downing, Tipton Priest...Live! (1987) 4:33
6. "The Hellion"   Halford, Downing, Tipton Screaming for Vengeance (1982) 0:42
7. "Electric Eye"   Halford, Downing, Tipton Screaming for Vengeance (1982) 3:39
8. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"   Halford, Downing, Tipton Screaming for Vengeance (1982) 5:04
9. "Turbo Lover"   Halford, Downing, Tipton Turbo (1986) 4:32
10. "Freewheel Burning"   Halford, Downing, Tipton Defenders of the Faith (1984) 4:23
11. "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"   Bob Halligan, Jr. Defenders of the Faith (1984) 4:07
12. "Metal Meltdown"   Halford, Downing, Tipton Painkiller (1990) 4:48
13. "Ram It Down"   Halford, Downing, Tipton Ram It Down (1988) 4:49
14. "Diamonds & Rust" (live Joan Baez cover) Joan Baez Unleashed in the East (1979) 3:39
15. "Victim of Changes" (live) Al Atkins, Halford, Downing, Tipton Unleashed in the East (1979) 7:11
16. "Tyrant" (live) Halford, Tipton Unleashed in the East (1979) 4:42

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