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Ram It Down by Judas Priest
Ram It Down is an album by Judas Priest, released in 1988. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Johnny B. Goode”, on 1 list with a best position of #628.
Ram It Down, Judas Priest's eleventh studio album, came out on Columbia in May 1988, with Tom Allom producing. It was the last Priest album with Dave Holland on drums, who had held the stool since 1979, behind Rob Halford's air-raid vocals, the twin guitars of Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing, and Ian Hill's bass.
It's a record that goes for the throat: the title track charges at full velocity, while "Blood Red Skies" stretches out into brooding, epic territory. The Mercenaries of Metal Tour carried it across Europe and North America, and by 18 July 1988 it had gone gold, shipping more than 500,000 copies. A 2001 remaster added two bonus tracks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Ram It Down on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny B. Goode | 1 | #628 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Ram It Down | 1 | #698 | – | 1990 | |
| 3 | Blood Red Skies | 1 | #955 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.