Ram It Down

Ram It Down is the eleventh studio album by British heavy metal band, Judas Priest. Ram It Down was released on 17 May 1988.

Ram it Down
Studio album by
Released17 May 1988
Recorded1987–1988
GenreHeavy metal, speed metal
Length58:12
LanguageEnglish
LabelColumbia
ProducerTom Allom, Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K. K. Downing
Judas Priest chronology
Priest...Live!
(1987)
Ram it Down
(1988)
Painkiller
(1990)

The album featured the singles "Johnny B. Goode", a cover of the Chuck Berry song, "Ram It Down/Heavy Metal", "Blood Red Skies", and "I'm a Rocker".

It was the last album to feature drummer Dave Holland who was replaced by Scott Travis. It was also the last album to feature producer Tom Allom. Allom returned to co-produce A Touch of Evil: Live in 2009. Halford said that "'Ram It Down' is a harder song, from the British Steel time."[1]

Songs

No. Title Length
1. "Ram It Down"    
2. "Heavy Metal"    
3. "Love Zone"    
4. "Come and Get It"    
5. "Hard as Iron"    
6. "Blood Red Skies"    
7. "I'm a Rocker"    
8. "Johnny B. Goode"    
9. "Love You to Death"    
10. "Monsters of Rock"    

References

  1. "Judas Priest Info Pages: British Steel". The X Quorum. Retrieved 2014-03-09.