JUDAS PRIEST — Ram It Down (review)

JUDAS PRIEST — Ram It Down album cover Album · 1988 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Time Signature
Hard as iron...

Genre: heavy metal

I am a bit ambivalent about this album. On the one had, it contains great stuff like the fierce opener "Ram It Down", the heavy yet commercial "Heavy Metal", the oddly titled "Love Zone" (the title is odd, because the tempo would call for a name like "Rock Zone", "Speed Zone" or whatever), the power metal song "Hard as Iron", and the epic ballad "Blood Red Skies".

On the other hand there are tracks that strike me as being very generic and uninspired, such as "Come and Get It" which is the sort of song that Priest has written a million times and "I'm a Rocker", "Monsters of Rock", and "Love You to Death", which I think are somewhat boring.

I also have a problem with the production. I do not really like the reverb-ladden yet hollow sound of the drums, and the bass is almost inaudible, except in "Heavy Metal" is which it sounds very artificial (I still haven't decided whether I like the bass sound on that track), and there is too much reverb on the guitars which I think also lack substance.

I'll give it three stars, because there are a lot of songs on it that I enjoy listening to, and I am sure that fans of various commercial type of 80s metal will appreciate this album.
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Time Signature wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Oh, and I know that a lot of people hate "Johhny B. Goode", but I quite enjoy listening to their version of it... just because it's such a "free" interpretation.

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