'98 Live Meltdown

'98 Live Meltdown
Live album by Judas Priest
Released	17 September 1998 (Japan) 29 September 1998 (outside of Japan)
Recorded	Jugulator tour 1998
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	122:31
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Judas Priest and Sean Lynch
Judas Priest chronology
The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight (1997) '98 Live Meltdown (1998) Demolition (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

'98 Live Meltdown is a concert album by Judas Priest, recorded and released in 1998 and is the first live album to feature new lead singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, recorded during the Jugulator World Tour. A second live album featuring Owens, Live in London , was released in 2003.

The album was reissued as part of the band's limited edition 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music box-set, released on October 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings. ^[2]

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Hellion"	Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton	1:08
2.	"Electric Eye"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	3:47
3.	"Metal Gods"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	4:09
4.	"Grinder"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	4:26
5.	"Rapid Fire"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	4:24
6.	"Blood Stained"	Downing, Tipton	5:08
7.	"The Sentinel"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	5:46
8.	"A Touch of Evil"	Halford, Downing, Tipton, Chris Tsangarides	5:51
9.	"Burn in Hell"	Downing, Tipton	5:34
10.	"The Ripper"	Tipton	3:52
11.	"Bullet Train"	Downing, Tipton	5:58
12.	"Beyond the Realms of Death"	Halford, Les Binks	7:13
13.	"Death Row"	Downing, Tipton	4:22

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Metal Meltdown"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	5:02
2.	"Night Crawler"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	6:11
3.	"Abductors"	Downing, Tipton	5:54
4.	"Victim of Changes"	Al Atkins, Halford, Downing, Tipton	8:31
5.	"Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover)	Joan Baez	3:54
6.	"Breaking the Law"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	2:36
7.	"The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)	Peter Green	4:53
8.	"Painkiller"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	6:28
9.	"You've Got Another Thing Comin'"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	8:35
10.	"Hell Bent for Leather"	Tipton	3:48
11.	"Living After Midnight"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	6:01

Personnel

Judas Priest

• Tim "Ripper" Owens – vocals
• Glenn Tipton – guitars
• K. K. Downing – guitars
• Ian Hill – bass guitar
• Scott Travis – drums

Production

• Produced and mixed by Judas Priest and Sean Lynch
• Engineered by Will Shapland
• Mastered by Tim Burrell
• Album cover by Mark Wilkinson
• Photography by Ross Halfin, John McMurtrie, Babz Bell, George Chin, and John Stone

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [3]	63
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [4]	28
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [5]	23

References

1. Barry Weber (29 September 1998). "'98 Live Meltdown - Judas Priest | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
2. "Judas Priest 50 Heavy Metal Years Of Music Limited Edition Box Set". Legacy Recordings . Sony Music Entertainment. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Judas Priest – '98 Live Meltdown" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
4. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
5. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.