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Point of Entry (Exp) [Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Judas Priest Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (29 May 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B00005K9LL
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 664,624 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Heading Out To The Highway
2. Don't Go
3. Hot Rockin'
4. Turning Circles
5. Desert Plains
6. Solar Angels
7. You Say Yes
8. All The Way
9. Troubleshooter
10. On The Run
11. Thunder Road
12. Desert Plains (Live)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Judas Priest-Point Of Entry (Remastered) 8 Aug 2002
Format:Audio CD
As it says, this is a remastered release of the 1981 " Point of Entry" Album. Although it sounds cleaner than my vinyl copy, I cannot hear much difference to My sons CD version (not remastered).
This album has been much maligned and described as Priests weakest offering to date, an unfortunate consequence of following the EXCELLENT " British Steel" album. However there are some good tracks on this album and I do not believe it to be as bad as the critics say. It has a very commercial feel and you can imagine most tracks being released as singles, although they were not.
Opening track " Heading Out To The Highway" is a great track, uptempo and with a great dual guitar part during the song. "Don't Go" slows things down a bit before more high paced antics in the form of " Hot Rockin'" ( anyone seen the hilarious video to this track). " Turning Circles" starts with a slight reggae feel before recovering itself. " Desert Plains" is a STORMING track and is the best of this album, live it came across even better, as you will hear as you get it as a bonus track ( Oh Goody! ). Next you get the phasing guitar intro to another great track, a slow little number called "Solar Angels".
After this comes the problem with this album, 4 songs that are just album fillers. I can think of not much to say about " You Say Yes, "All The Way", "Troubleshooter" and "On The Run". Maybe the group were rushed into releasing this album and did not have the time to come up with anything better. Unfortunatly all 4 songs sound a bit weak and thats being polite.
What makes up for this though is the bonus tracks. There is a song that never saw release called "Thunder Road", Why this was not releaed is a mystery as it is a really good track, uptempo stuff, great vocals from Rob and a middle Bass part, unusual for Priest. I would hazard a guess that it was written around the time of "Turbo"-"Ram It Down". Last track, as mentioned is a great live version of "Desert Plains".
Another thing to recomend this CD is the sleeve layout, nice pictures and all the lyrics, plus some band notes to do with making the album.
Overall worth getting for your Priest collection because of the bonus tracks or you are collecting for the box set.
Remember if this album were not recorded we may never of had the truly brilliant " Screaming For Vengeance" album. You can always skip the naff tracks.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Attempt at American glory 23 Nov 2000
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Format:Audio CD
This is one of priest's lesser known albums, but it is still a good album. It sounds very different to the preceding 'British Steel' and the album was obviously an attempt by Priest to win more fans in the States, because the album is very American sounding. It does nevertheless have some great tracks on it, and it is by no means a bad album. 'Heading out to the Highway', 'Hot Rockin' and 'Desert Plains' are its stand out moments. Recommended for any Priest fan.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Judas Priest - Point Of Entry 3 Aug 2011
By Gentlegiantprog TOP 500 REVIEWER
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Judas Priest's Point Of Entry was released just one year after their classic British Steel album, and the band sought to further the radio success of 'Living After Midnight' et al with a more commercial sound, but failed to break big critically or commercially. The album is seen as something of a disappointment for a lot of Priest fans.

Stylistically, the album isn't the fastest or the heaviest Judas Priest album you're likely to hear, the music is actually much closer to classic rock than to the heavy metal sound of the most loved Judas Priest albums.

Regardless of their musical directions, all albums stand or fall on the quality of the music within. For the most part; Point Of Entry is hit and miss, a mixture of good songs and songs that are unobjectionable but just kind of forgettable, had the ratio been better then the world would have been kinder to Point Of Entry, but unfortunately the album doesn't have enough classic material to really make it a must have.

The album isn't devoid of good moments, tracks like `Hot Rockin,' `Heading Out To The Highway,' and `Desert Plains,' are all enjoyable. `All The Way,' is perfectly good too if you don't mind the obvious inspiration from about five famous Kiss songs.

If you like Judas Priest, you may want to check Point Of Entry out; after all you still have the guitar and vocal talent as with any Priest album, in addition to a few genuinely good songs here and there. If you are new to the band I'd advise not trying this album until you are already familiar with all the classics first.

Overall, Point Of Entry is neither good nor terrible. It certainly doesn't deserve its awful reputation, but I wouldn't go as far as to say it was criminally underrated either. In summary; a decent, if somewhat forgettable album.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Better than what what it is supposed to be
The reviews I have read in the music press always make this album out to be a limp squib where JP lost it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by katyn1940
5.0 out of 5 stars A point that had to be made
Judas Priest. Now there's a band for you and no matter where you're coming from they will always be the first name in heavy metal because they practically invented it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gilgamesh
5.0 out of 5 stars Pointing the way forward
Probably the most underrated of all Judas Priest albums, coming as it did after the heavy metal monsters of Killing Machine and British Steel, this a much softer collection of... Read more
Published 19 months ago by mouldy
3.0 out of 5 stars the album that people cherish or hate or somewhere in between
This album seems to divide the priest fans and to be fair the tilt is probably more to this album being a load of dross. Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2010 by sean paul mccann
4.0 out of 5 stars I love this album.
Please ignore all the reviews that describe this as Priest's weakest, they are written by insane people. I absolutely love this album. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2009 by A. Stevenson
4.0 out of 5 stars Hot Rockin'
Sandwiched between the pure 80's Heavy Metal of British Steel and the full frontal attack of Vengeance lies the somewhat Americanised and commercial Point of Entry album. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2008 by I. A. McFarlane
3.0 out of 5 stars And the 'point' was?
Over their long career, Judas Priest have made a few mistakes, and this is one of their biggest.
'British Steel' was a massive hit, following from 'Killing Machine' which had... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2008 by AnOldGoat
4.0 out of 5 stars Under-rated Priest Album
OK so the priest Fan's refer to this as the lower scale of the Albums and I can see why if you like the earlier stuff which is more raw with searing vocals than Point of Entry. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2007 by Seasoned Rock Fan
3.0 out of 5 stars Pale
There are 2 top tracks here that deserve inclusion on any best of JP compilation -'Heading out to the highway' and 'Hot rockin'. Read more
Published on 7 April 2005
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