Metal Works '73–'93

Metal Works
Greatest hits album by Judas Priest
Released	May 18, 1993
Recorded	1977-1990
Genre	Heavy metal
Label	Columbia
Producer	Judas Priest Roger Glover Tom Allom Chris Tsangarides
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Judas Priest chronology
Painkiller (1990) Metal Works (1993) Jugulator (1997)

Metal Works is a compilation album by Judas Priest, released in 1993. A remastered edition was released in 2001, with the same tracklisting. All material was previously available. All albums to that date are represented with the exception of debut Rocka Rolla, although a live version of "Victim of Changes" (from Unleashed In The East which appears to have an American sounding audience dubbed at the end, instead of the familiar Japanese one from the live album) is used rather than the studio version on Sad Wings of Destiny. This is because the band no longer owns the rights to their first two albums.

The band selected the tracks themselves, and made comments in the sleeve-notes.

As an album it showcases versatility of their musical career. This album also brought Rob Halford back into the fold for a short while following his departure from the band due to internal tensions.

The album cover by Mark Wilkinson (who had done the band's cover art from Ram It Down to Nostradamus) combines elements from the band's previous releases. In the foreground are the Hellion from Screaming for Vengeance and the Painkiller from the aptly titled 1990 album. Under the Hellion's body is a razor blade, a reference to the album British Steel. The lower left shows the female hand holding a gear shift knob from Turbo and a mannequin wearing sunglasses and a studded leather headband representing Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather. The lower right corner features the door and columns from Sin After Sin, the metallic head from Stained Class enveloped in smoke, and the Metallian from Defenders of the Faith.

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"The Hellion"	Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton	Screaming for Vengeance (1982)	0:41
2.	"Electric Eye"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Screaming for Vengeance (1982)	3:39
3.	"Victim of Changes" (live)	Al Atkins, Halford, Downing, Tipton	Unleashed in the East (1979)	7:12
4.	"Painkiller"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Painkiller (1990)	6:06
5.	"Eat Me Alive"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Defenders of the Faith (1984)	3:34
6.	"Devil's Child"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Screaming for Vengeance (1982)	4:48
7.	"Dissident Aggressor"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Sin After Sin (1977)	3:07
8.	"Delivering the Goods"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Killing Machine (1978)	4:16
9.	"Exciter"	Halford, Tipton	Stained Class (1978)	5:34
10.	"Breaking the Law"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	British Steel (1980)	2:35
11.	"Hell Bent for Leather"	Tipton	Killing Machine (1978)	2:41
12.	"Blood Red Skies"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Ram It Down (1988)	7:50
13.	"Metal Gods"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	British Steel (1980)	4:00
14.	"Before the Dawn"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Killing Machine (1978)	3:23
15.	"Turbo Lover"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Turbo (1986)	5:33
16.	"Ram It Down"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Ram It Down (1988)	4:48
17.	"Metal Meltdown"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Painkiller (1990)	4:48

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Screaming for Vengeance"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Screaming for Vengeance (1982)	4:43
2.	"You've Got Another Thing Comin'"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Screaming for Vengeance (1982)	5:09
3.	"Beyond the Realms of Death"	Halford, Les Binks	Stained Class (1978)	6:53
4.	"Solar Angels"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Point of Entry (1981)	4:04
5.	"Bloodstone"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Screaming for Vengeance (1982)	3:51
6.	"Desert Plains"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Point of Entry (1981)	4:36
7.	"Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Turbo (1986)	4:39
8.	"Heading Out to the Highway" (live)	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Priest...Live! (1987)	4:53
9.	"Living After Midnight"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	British Steel (1980)	3:31
10.	"A Touch of Evil"	Halford, Downing, Tipton, Chris Tsangarides	Painkiller (1990)	5:45
11.	"The Rage"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	British Steel (1980)	4:44
12.	"Night Comes Down"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Defenders of the Faith (1984)	3:58
13.	"Sinner"	Halford, Tipton	Sin After Sin (1977)	6:43
14.	"Freewheel Burning"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Defenders of the Faith (1984)	4:22
15.	"Night Crawler"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	Painkiller (1990)	5:45