Turbo (Judas Priest album)

Infobox Album | Name = Turbo
Type = Album
Artist = Judas Priest

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Released = April 14, 1986
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 50:11
Label = Columbia
Producer = Tom Allom
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5e61mpe39f1o link]
Last album = "Defenders of the Faith"
(January 4, 1984)
This album = "Turbo"
(April 15, 1986)
Next album = "Priest...Live!"
(June 21, 1987)|

"Turbo" is the 11th album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest.

The album was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and mixed January - February 1986 at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California. This album was first released on April 15, 1986. A remastered CD was released in 2002, adding two bonus tracks. The album marked the band's first use of guitar synthesizers.

Following the success of their previous album, "Defenders of the Faith", Judas Priest initially recorded a double album called "Twin Turbos", which was never released. Instead, the material was split, with the more commercial songs appearing on Turbo. While it sold well initially, going Gold (RIAA) on June 10 1986 and Platinum on July 24 1987 and reaching #33 in the UK and #17 on Billboard 200, the reaction from fans was negative. Sales tapered off and the live album from the subsequent tour tanked.

"Reckless" was asked to be on the "Top Gun" soundtrack, but Judas Priest declined, both because they thought the film would flop and because it would have meant leaving the song off "Turbo". Ironically, they contributed the title track to the film "Johnny Be Good" two years later, which was a commercial failure.

"Parental Guidance" was written and recorded in response to Tipper Gore's attack on the band. Her organization, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), placed "Eat Me Alive" (from "Defenders of the Faith") at #3 on their list of offensive songs (a.k.a. the "Filthy Fifteen"), as it allegedly was about performing oral sex at gunpoint. [ [http://members.firstinter.net/markster/TURBO.html#4.%20Parental%20Guidance Judas Priest Info Pages: Turbo] ]

"Turbo Lover" was featured as one of the songs in the U.S. release of the 2001 PlayStation 2 game "Gran Turismo 3".

The album was ranked #39 on Metal-Rules.com list over the 50 greatest glam metal albums.

The line at the end of "Parental Guidance", "One life I'm gonna live it up!", is a nod to the earlier Judas Priest song "You've Got Another Thing Comin'".

Track listing

All songs written by Rob Halford, K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton.
# "Turbo Lover" – 5:33
# "Locked In" – 4:19
# "Private Property" – 4:29
# "Parental Guidance" – 3:25
# "Rock You All Around the World" – 3:37
# "Out in the Cold" – 6:27
# "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days" – 4:39
# "Hot for Love" – 4:12
# "Reckless" – 4:17

2002 bonus tracks

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"All Fired Up" – 4:45
# "Locked In" (Live) – 4:24

Personnel

*Rob Halford: Vocals
*K.K. Downing: Guitars
*Glenn Tipton: Guitars
*Ian Hill: Bass Guitar
* Dave Holland - Drums

Guests

*Jeff Martin: Backing Vocals on "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days"

References

External links

* [http://members.firstinter.net/markster/TURBO.html Extensive album info]