British Steel (album)

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All tracks are written by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and K. K. Downing.

British Steel
Judas Priest British Steel.jpg
Studio album by
Released11 April 1980 (1980-04-11) [1]
Studio Tittenhurst Park, Ascot
Genre Heavy metal
Length36:10
Label Columbia
Producer Tom Allom
Judas Priest chronology
Killing Machine
(1978)
British Steel
(1980)
Point of Entry
(1981)
Alternative cover
British steel deluxe.jpg
30th anniversary cover
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Breaking the Law"2:33
2."Rapid Fire"4:00
3."Metal Gods"4:04
4."Grinder"3:57
5."United"3:31
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Living After Midnight"3:30
7."You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise"5:03
8."The Rage"4:44
9."Steeler"4:30

Other releases

All tracks are written by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and K. K. Downing.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Rapid Fire"4:08
2."Metal Gods"4:00
3."Breaking the Law"2:35
4."Grinder"3:58
5."United"3:35
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise"5:04
2."Living After Midnight"3:31
3."The Rage"4:44
4."Steeler"4:30
2001 bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Red, White & Blue" (Recorded during the 1985 Turbo sessions)3:49
11."Grinder" (Live at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California; 5 May 1984)4:49

30th Anniversary Edition – bonus live CD/DVD

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

No.TitleLength
1."Rapid Fire"4:18
2."Metal Gods"4:34
3."Breaking the Law"2:43
4."Grinder"4:06
5."United"3:45
6."You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise"5:24
7."Living After Midnight"4:53
8."The Rage"5:04
9."Steeler"5:23
10."The Ripper" (Tipton)3:09
11."Prophecy" (Omitted on CD. Some streaming services place this track at the end.)6:12
12."Hell Patrol"3:57
13."Victim of Changes" (Al Atkins, Downing, Halford, Tipton)9:29
14."Freewheel Burning"5:49
15."Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez)4:07
16."You've Got Another Thing Comin'"8:58

Personnel

Judas Priest
Production

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [21] 45
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [22] 69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 20
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 4
US Billboard 200 [25] 34
Chart (2010)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [26] 46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [27] 59
Greek Albums (IFPI) [28] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC) [29] 74
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [30] 55
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [31] 92
UK Albums (OCC) [32] 78
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [33] 5

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [34] Platinum100,000^
Sweden (GLF) [35] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [37] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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