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Screaming for Vengeance

Screaming for Vengeance
LP by Judas Priest
Released	July 1982
Recorded	Jan - May 1982
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	38 min 22 sec
Record label	Columbia Records
Producer	Tom Allom
Professional reviews
RollingStone review	2/5
Judas Priest Chronology
Point of Entry (1981)	Screaming for Vengeance (1982)	Defenders of the Faith (1984)

Screaming for Vengeance is a 1982 album by British heavy rock legends Judas Priest. The album was recorded at Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain and mixed at Beejay Recording Studios and Bayshore Recording Studios in Florida. A re-mastered CD was released in May 2001.

"From an unknown land and through distant skies came a winged warrior. Nothing remained sacred, no one was safe from the Hellion as it uttered its battle cry...Screaming for Vengeance."

-- Album back cover

The album went Gold (RIAA) on October 29 1982, Platinum on April 18 1983 and Double Platinum on October 16 2001. The album reached #11 in the UK and #17 on Billboard 200 Pop Albums.

Track listing

1. "The Hellion" - :41
2. "Electric Eye" - 3:39
3. "Riding On The Wind" - 3:07
4. "Bloodstone" - 3:51
5. "(Take These) Chains" (Halligan) - 3:07
6. "Pain And Pleasure" - 4:17
7. "Screaming For Vengeance" - 4:43
8. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" - 5:09
9. "Fever" - 5:20
10. "Devil's Child" - 4:48

All songs by Tipton, Halford and Downing except "(Take These) Chains" as noted above.

The 2001 CD also includes two bonus tracks: "Prisoner Of Your Eyes" and a live version of "Devil's Child".

Personnel

• Rob Halford - vocals
• Glenn Tipton - guitars
• K.K. Downing - guitars
• Ian Hill - bass guitar