“Solar Angels” by Judas Priest

Judas Priest tucked "Solar Angels" onto Point of Entry, their seventh studio album, which Columbia released in February 1981 on the heels of British Steel's commercial success. With money in the bank by then, the band flew all their gear out to Ibiza Studios in Spain, and the record came out louder and more live-sounding than anything they'd done before, even as it angled for radio play.

Rob Halford wrote the song with the band's two electric guitarists, Kenneth Downing and Glenn Tipton, and Ian Hill on bass and Dave Holland on drums lock in behind them, with Tom Allom producing and the band sharing the co-producer credit. It stayed a deep cut, though Priest did pull it out on rare nights of their 2005 Reunited Tour.

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