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List Price: $7.99 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 22159
Released: May 29, 2001 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Point of Entry Track Listing:
1. Heading Out To The Highway
2. Don't Go
3. Hot Rockin'
4. Turning Circles
5. Desert Plains
6. Solar Angels
7. You Say Yes
8. All The Way
9. Troubleshooter
10. On The Run
11. Thunder Road
12. Desert Plains (live)
Point of Entry Reviews:
judas priest,s amazing point of entry!! 
2009-09-06 - judas priest,s point of entry is an overlooked gem and definately one of their best albums ever!!!point of entry was released in 1981. one year after the well known british steel album.point of entry is a good album for the most part.i used to listen to this one almost every day for a month or two in 81.in my humble opinion the outstanding cuts are;heading out to the highway,desert plains,hot rockin,turning circles,solar angels and on the run. don,t miss this gem in priest,s catalog if you are a fan!!grab it. heading out to the highway is a good tune to start a road trip with.
Judas Priest's wrongly overlooked 1980s masterpiece still rocks 28 years on 
2009-07-14 - Judas Priest's seventh album entitled Point of Entry was released in March of 1981.
Following the success of 1980's quintessential metal masterpiece British Steel, English METAL GODS Judas Priest (whom consisted at the time of lead singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and KK Downing, bass player Ian Hill and drummer Dave Holland) went to Ibiza, Spain with producer Tom Allom (returning after success of British Steel) to record the followup album entitled Point Of Entry. When it came out, many people complained that it wasn't British Steel Part 2 and was seen as a weak album when it wasn't (as I found out when I got the album on CD in the fall of 2001 (though I was familiar with "Heading Out to the Highway" (a US rock radio staple) and "Desert Plains" and "Solar Angels" which were on 1993's 2-CD best of Metal Works).
We open the album with the album's biggest hit single which was "Heading Out To The Highway". It's a fantastic rocker with a stellar vocal and a kick*ss riff and catchy chorus. This track was a huge US FM rock hit and early MTV staple. Next was the UK single "Don't Go" which is a tale of of yearning and desire. Plus is another great rocking track. Next is the heavy paced rocker "Hot Rockin'". What a track and was also an early MTV staple. Next is the somewhat slower tempoed but still excellent "Turning Circles" which is a nice mid-tempo rock track. The first side closed with the concert staple and one of my favorite Priest rockers "Desert Plains".
The second side starts with "Solar Angels" which is another favorite of mine on the album. Chunky guitar opening beofre going into a stellar rocker. Nice sci-fi lyrics, this song could have easily been on either Sin After Sin or Stained Class. "You Say Yes" is next and a guilty pleasure as this song rocks in a great way though many whine about it. "All The Way" (not confused with Kiss song from Hotter Than Hell) is a nice solid rocker. "Troubleshooter" is next and is another great track. The closing "On The Run" is another great album with some bluesy overtones.
Although Point of Entry did crack the US Top 40 on the Billboard chart and eventually go Gold, the album was seen as a disappointment as opposed to its predecessor.
The remastered CD adds two tracks one of which is "Thunder Road" from the Twin Turbos unreleased album and a great number and of course "Desert Plains" live from the Turbo/Fuel For Life Tour in 1986.
Highly recommended!
3.5 Stars- actually very underrated.
2009-05-11 - Upon hearing the first listen to the album I thought the album was rather... meh. But with multiple listens, the album has grown on me. I really like "Heading Out to the Highway", "Solar Angels" and "Desert Plains". In fact, I also sort of like the hard rock feel this album has. This album will make you feel like you're riding a motorcycle through the Arizona desert. The reason this gets only 3.5 is because of The last 3 songs kinda suck. But anyways, to make things short, this is a damn fine album, one worth adding to your collection.
PS. Another thing. Why the hell did they use printer paper for the road on the cover? As well as the cardboard on the back of the image? What's with that?
Point Of Entry
2008-11-04 - Judas Priest-Point Of Entry ****
Point Of Entry was Judas Priest rock n' roll album, even more so than that of the poignantly titled Rocka Rolla, their debut album. Being released just after the massive metal classic, British Steel(to JP what Back in Black was to AC/DC (same year too)) and just before their big commercial peak as artists. So it suffered from the same thing every album does that is released just after a classic, it becomes a write off despite how good it is.
Now it is true that this is a little different than most Priest albums because it isn't what you would call a metal album. It is a hard rock album. A nice change of pace with some great tracks. 'Heading Out To The Highway' was the only real hit single and for good reason it is the albums strongest track and one of the groups all time best. 'Hot Rockin,' 'All The Way,' and 'Turning Circles' are all three great rockers featuring some impressive guitar work from Glenn and K.K. Rob also hits so notes here that he usually strayed from during this peroid. His lyrics are also strong throughout the album but especially on these three.
The rest of the album is pretty much with a few exceptions. 'Don't Go' is one of the worst tracks in Judas Priest history. The video is also an abomination to the art. Just horrible. 'On The Run' is decent but could have been a lot better.
This may not be the fastest or heaviest Judas Priest album but don't write the darn thing off because of that. It is one of the most enjoyable albums they ever released and easily one of the best hard rock albums from the early 1980's in a time where all the once great hard rock or metal bands were making the worst music of their career.
Point Of Entry is worth the price of entry.
Awesome, love it!!
2008-09-29 - Very unlike typical Judas Priest, but excellent material on this one. I do believe it got lost in the shuffle because people could not accept such a different style of music coming from Priest. About the best way I can think to describe this one is a cross between the Sex Pistols and Rick Springfield (music, not vocals), lots of melody mixed with punkish sounding rhythm and awesome cool drum tracks that make me want to become a drummer. Rob Halford is at his absolute sassiest on this one. Amazing guitar sound and solos. I listened to it this week-end for the first time in many years, and went crazy for it all over again. Made me wanna get right up and dance.
