Album · Judas Priest
Point of Entry by Judas Priest
Point of Entry is an album by Judas Priest, released in 1981. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Desert Plains”, on 1 list with a best position of #607.
Point of Entry, Judas Priest's seventh studio album, came out on Columbia in February 1981, and after British Steel had finally broken the Birmingham metal band into the mainstream the year before, they aimed this one squarely at the radio. Flush from that breakthrough, they hauled all their gear out to Ibiza Studios in Spain, a state-of-the-art room, once the British Steel tour wrapped, and Tom Allom produced.
The trip paid off in sound: this is louder and punchier than anything Priest had cut before, much closer to how the band hits on stage, with Rob Halford out front, the guitars of K. K. Downing and Glenn Tipton locked together, and Ian Hill's bass and Dave Holland's drums holding the floor. "Desert Plains" and "Solar Angels" both come from it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Point of Entry on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desert Plains | 1 | #607 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Solar Angels | 1 | #803 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.