This album, along with "Turbo", is considered the weakest album in the JUDAS PRIEST cannon featuring Rob Halford (since so many are upset with "Jugulator" and "Demolition" being "too heavy", ha ha). Quite similar to "Hell Bent For Leather" and maybe “British Steel” in style and sound, yet even slower and with more "anthem" style tracks. Basically all of the songs on this album have catchy anthem-like choruses (except maybe “Solar Angels”). The best track is easily "Desert Plains", the atmosphere the songs creates instantly put visions of vast desert landscapes into my mind, what better place to listen to this song than driving through a long stretch of desert highway?? I actually like all the songs on this album, but at times some of them almost sound (dare I say) “commercial”-like!?! Other standout tracks include “Heading Out To The Highway”, “Solar Angels”, “On The Run”, “All The Way”, and “Turning Circles”. Of course, don’t watch some of the videos to some of these tracks as well, you’ll never listen to them the same again...

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