JUDAS PRIEST — Turbo (review)

JUDAS PRIEST — Turbo album cover Album · 1986 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
1/5 ·
SouthSideoftheSky
Shifting gears again

Turbo is a controversial album in the Judas Priest catalogue. I think this is mostly because they experimented with guitar synthesisers on this album with mixed results. Personally, I don’t mind the guitar synthesisers, for me it is the weak song writing that is the main problem. With song titles like Rock You All Around The World, Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days and Hot For Love you can almost know what they sound like before you hear them! And the lyrics are bad throughout with many of the songs coming across as cheesy party rockers. Is this Glam Metal? Another problem is that the songs are too similar to each other, with Locked In, Private Property and Parental Guidance sounding basically the same. In addition to cheesy lyrics most of the songs here have overly catchy choruses that are very difficult for me to like. But there are a couple of decent songs here too, particularly the title track and Out In The Cold.

Coming after the very good Defenders Of The Faith album, Turbo was a major disappointment and together with Point Of Entry this is Judas Priest’s lowest point.

Avoid this cheese fest unless you are a hard core fan!
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