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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Richard Owen
Format:Audio CD
Yes. This is one of those albums that just sounds better the louder you play it, giving particular relavence to the melodic 'Im a Rocker', and the thunderous 'Hard as Iron'. While lacking in the accesibility we all know and love in classic Judas Priest, rewards come rich for those who give it chance. Blood Red Skies, as an example of this, shows that if you tune into the mood the band create through the introduction, you will be treated to reward that few other than Halford and co can deliver. The fifth star is missing due to tracks 3 and 9 only, which is a shame because every other song on this album is worthy of a 5 star rating. The same is to be said about the live tracks, both of which seem truly in their element in front of a large crowd of Metal Maniacs!
Stepping back from this record, its industrial metal feel is just right to go with the heavy guitar riffs and tooth-rattling bass, and its a pleasure to listen to the metaphorical mixture bubble and boil as it pours from your speakers. Its selling point? You wont find anything else like it.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Priest have always had a problem with living up to the understandably huge standards they set themselves. Any run of two or three 5 star albums they released was invairiably let down by some questionable 3 star work. Step forward 1981's "point of entry" 1986's "turbo" and 1988's 'ram it down". Hence why they never quite attained the same level of sucess as fellow flagbearers Iron Maiden, who managed seven belters in a row before going off the boil.
Ram it Down is a mixed bag. It contains some of their heaviest tunes, in the form of the extreme "hard as iron", the blistering title track ( containing an unbelievable lead and harmony section ) and the rather amusing anthem "heavy metal" with its background chants of "what do you want? we want HEAVY METAL!!!" The best song on the album however, is the mini epic "blood red skies". Its a midpaced, atmospheric riff fest with great performances all round.
Unfortunately, thats where it ends. The remaining songs are some of the worst ever recorded by Priest, uninspiring filler such as "love zone", "come and get it", "monster of rock", and "love you to death" are metal by numbers, and sound lazy compared to the aforementioned good tracks. Special criticism must be reserved for the appaling "johnny b goode" cover and "im a rocker", which unbelievably they played live on their last tour...WHY?!
In my opinion this is their worst album with halford on vocals, however it is still worth owning for the good tracks, which sit alongside the rubbish ones in the way that a Ferrari might sit in a garage next to a beat up old Skoda.
nuff said.
Ram it Down is a mixed bag. It contains some of their heaviest tunes, in the form of the extreme "hard as iron", the blistering title track ( containing an unbelievable lead and harmony section ) and the rather amusing anthem "heavy metal" with its background chants of "what do you want? we want HEAVY METAL!!!" The best song on the album however, is the mini epic "blood red skies". Its a midpaced, atmospheric riff fest with great performances all round.
Unfortunately, thats where it ends. The remaining songs are some of the worst ever recorded by Priest, uninspiring filler such as "love zone", "come and get it", "monster of rock", and "love you to death" are metal by numbers, and sound lazy compared to the aforementioned good tracks. Special criticism must be reserved for the appaling "johnny b goode" cover and "im a rocker", which unbelievably they played live on their last tour...WHY?!
In my opinion this is their worst album with halford on vocals, however it is still worth owning for the good tracks, which sit alongside the rubbish ones in the way that a Ferrari might sit in a garage next to a beat up old Skoda.
nuff said.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Gentlegiantprog
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Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Judas Priest's eleventh studio album Ram It Down is hugely underrated in my opinion. It contains some very strong material and performances from the band.
I understand fully why this album is harshly overlooked. The band's previous album Turbo soured a lot of people towards the band in the mid to late eighties with its commercial leanings. Ram It Down and Turbo were originally intended to be a double album together. Consequently, many people put that together and choose to ignore Ram It Down.
Ram It Down is actually a great album, much heavier than Turbo with far less of the synths or the glam/hair tinges. Some of the songs on Ram It Down are almost Thrash Metal in places, with double kicks going off, heavy palm muted riffs and it seems unfair to lump this in with Turbo as `that pair of sellout albums.'
Ignoring the style and direction of the album for a minute, the actual music is top notch. Tracks like `Hard As Iron,' `Come And Get It,' and the furious title track are all excellent and deliver everything you could want from Judas Priest in terms of energy, performance and vocal range and all that before you even talk about the guitar solos on the album.
Overall, Ram It Down is a great Judas Priest album and I'd urge you not to overlook it just because of its origins, if you try it you may just be surprised.
I understand fully why this album is harshly overlooked. The band's previous album Turbo soured a lot of people towards the band in the mid to late eighties with its commercial leanings. Ram It Down and Turbo were originally intended to be a double album together. Consequently, many people put that together and choose to ignore Ram It Down.
Ram It Down is actually a great album, much heavier than Turbo with far less of the synths or the glam/hair tinges. Some of the songs on Ram It Down are almost Thrash Metal in places, with double kicks going off, heavy palm muted riffs and it seems unfair to lump this in with Turbo as `that pair of sellout albums.'
Ignoring the style and direction of the album for a minute, the actual music is top notch. Tracks like `Hard As Iron,' `Come And Get It,' and the furious title track are all excellent and deliver everything you could want from Judas Priest in terms of energy, performance and vocal range and all that before you even talk about the guitar solos on the album.
Overall, Ram It Down is a great Judas Priest album and I'd urge you not to overlook it just because of its origins, if you try it you may just be surprised.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
sweet but weakish
The review that states mediocre but worth having is a fair thing to say here. Priest are one of the greatest metal bands of all time, they havent released classic after classic... Read more
Published 1 month ago by sean paul mccann
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre but worth having.
Having seriously lost there way with Turbo (although you can never blame a band for trying something new) Priest tried to redeem themselves with Ram it Down. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2009 by A. Stevenson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Album
Can't understand peoples problem with this album. OK, not as good as British Steel or Sad Wings but this is refeshing after 2 dire albums in the mid 80's. Read more
Published on 7 May 2009 by Nacluv
5.0 out of 5 stars
Priest at their best
Ignore the idiot who wrote the last review, this is fabulous Priest. Their version of "Johnny B.Goode" is sensational because it gives it the whole metal treatment. Read more
Published on 9 July 2008 by J. W. Warburton
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre creative nadir for the mighty Priest
Following on from the somewhat unfair criticism of Turbo (or Turdo as it became known), Rob Halford promised a back to basics and back to the Black Country Heavy Metal record -... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2008 by I. A. McFarlane
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mostly very bad.
Ram It Down is very dissapointing, especially when compared with classic Judas Priest material. The title track is good but most tracks are dull & generic, plus Johnny B Goode is... Read more
Published on 31 May 2007 by James N. R. Goad
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