Line #76 Music/BritishSteel


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: ''"All inside, it's so frustrating, as I drift from town to town / Feel as though nobody cares if I live or die / So I might as well begin to put some action in my life!"'']]
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4	''British Steel'' is the sixth studio album by Music/JudasPriest, released in 1980. It is generally considered to be their breakthrough album, and is certainly the most popular outside the hardcore Priest fan-base. It includes fan favourites and hits such as "Breaking The Law", "Living After Midnight" and "You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise". [[FanNickname The band are often called "Metal Gods" by fans]], in reference to their song from this album. Even though said song was about giant robots, the title for many fans reflects the band's genre and how they are revered.
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6	It is also their first album with drummer Dave Holland, who would turn out to be their first long-term drummer, lasting from 1979 to 1989.
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8	An episode about the creative process behind this album was featured in the documentary TV series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''.
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11	!! Tracklist:
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13	[[AC: Side One]]
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15	# "Rapid Fire" (4:08)
16	# "Metal Gods" (4:00)
17	# "Breaking The Law" (2:35)
18	# "Grinder" (3:58)
19	# "United" (3:35)
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21	[[AC: Side Two]]
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23	# "You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise" (5:04)
24	# "Living After Midnight" (3:31)
25	# "The Rage" (4:44)
26	# "Steeler" (4:30)
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29	!! Bonus Tracks (2001 Release):
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31	# "Red, White And Blue"
32	# "Grinder (Live)"
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35	!! Bonus Disc (Live 30th Anniversary Edition):
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37	# "Rapid Fire"
38	# "Metal Gods"
39	# "Breaking The Law"
40	# "Grinder"
41	# "United"
42	# "You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise"
43	# "Living After Midnight"
44	# "The Rage"
45	# "Steeler"
46	# "The Ripper"
47	# "Prophecy" [[note]]Available on the DVD and iTunes versions only[[/note]]
48	# "Hell Patrol"
49	# "Victims Of Change"
50	# "Freewheel Burning"
51	# "Diamonds And Rust"
52	# "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
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55	!!Principal Members:
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57	* K.K. Downing - guitar
58	* Rob Halford - lead vocals
59	* Ian Hill - bass
60	* Dave Holland - drums
61	* Glenn Tipton - guitar
62	* Scott Travis - drums [[note]]On the live Bonus Disc only[[/note]]
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65	!! Troping After Midnight:
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67	* AmbiguouslyGay: "Grinder" is a perfect example of this, if you think about it enough:
68	--> ''Off the straight and narrow''\
69	''I won't keep in time''\
70	''Tend to bend the arrow out of line''
71	** And of course the chorus...
72	---> ''Grinder''\
73	''Looking for meat''\
74	''Grinder''\
75	''Wants you to eat!''
76	* AudienceParticipationSong: "Breaking The Law" is a song in which Halford has the audience sing the chorus for him. Often, "Breaking The Law" is sung ENTIRELY by the public. Case in point, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVeJmQVUzAw this video]].
77	** Several tracks, including "United" and "Red White And Blue" were written with this purpose in mind.
78	* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: "Breaking The Law" in which a depressive, jobless and lonely man starts to break the law to vent his frustrations about being neglected by society.
79	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife:
80	--> ''Feel as though nobody cares if I live or die''\
81	''So I might as well begin to put some action in my life!''
82	* OneWordTitle: "Grinder", "United" and "Steeler".
83	* PatrioticFervor: "Red, White And Blue", a song they recorded but never released except on a remastered version of this album. (Ingeniously, although the song refers to Britain's Union Jack, it could also represent the flag of the United States of America, France, Cuba, or various other countries.) Slightly subverted in that the band's comments in the liner notes pointed out that it was slightly tongue-in-cheek.
84	* PepTalkSong:
85	** "You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise"
86	---> ''I've had enough of being programmed''\
87	''And told what I ought to do''\
88	''Let's get one thing straight''\
89	''I'll choose my fate''\
90	''And it's got nothing to do with you''
91	** "United".
92	---> ''United, united, united we stand''\
93	''United we never shall fall''\
94	''United, united, united we stand''\
95	''United we stand one and all''
96	* RobotWar: "Metal Gods" at which the machines [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters rebelled against the humans]].
97	* ShoutOut: WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead enjoyed humming ''Breaking The Law'' frequently in the show.
98	* TechnologyIsEvil: "Metal Gods"
99	-->''Machines are taking all over''\
100	''With mankind in their command''\
101	''In time they'd like to discover''\
102	''How they can make their demand''
103	* TitleOnlyChorus: "Breaking The Law" repeats the song name between four and eight times, in sets of two, separated by one or two guitar notes.

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