Album · Saxon
Strong Arm of the Law by Saxon
Strong Arm of the Law is an album by Saxon, released in 1980. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dallas 1 pm”, on 1 list with a best position of #453.
Strong Arm of the Law, Saxon's third album, hit the shops in 1980 a mere seven months after Wheels of Steel, and the Barnsley band sounds like it never switched the amps off in between. Pete Hinton produced it for Carrère, with Biff Byford on vocals, Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn on guitars, Steve Dawson on bass and Pete Gill on drums.
The songs come straight out of the band's own life and times: the grinding title track grew out of the day they were pulled over and searched in Whitehall by Margaret Thatcher's security men, while closer "Dallas 1 PM" takes on the Kennedy assassination, Byford admitting they went the conspiracy route and put three shots in. "Heavy Metal Thunder" is a flag planted for the new wave of British heavy metal, and Ultimate Classic Rock later counted the record among the movement's foundation stones. It entered the UK chart at number 11.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Strong Arm of the Law on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas 1 pm | 1 | #453 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Strong Arm of the Law | 1 | #844 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.