Battle Cry | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 25 March 2016 | |||
Recorded | 1 August 2015 | |||
Venue | Wacken Open Air ( Wacken, Germany) | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 75:28 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Tom Allom & Jack Ruston | |||
Judas Priest chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Battle Cry is the sixth live album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 25 March 2016. [2] It was recorded at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany on 1 August 2015 during their Redeemer of Souls Tour. The album was released as both a standalone title and a bundled package containing the DVD version. [3]
All lyrics are written by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Battle Cry" (Intro) | 0:33 | |
2. | "Dragonaut" | Halford, Tipton, Richie Faulkner | 4:12 |
3. | "Metal Gods" | 4:13 | |
4. | "Devil's Child" | 5:18 | |
5. | " Victim of Changes" | Al Atkins, Halford, Tipton, Downing | 8:58 |
6. | "Halls of Valhalla" | Halford, Tipton, Faulkner | 6:07 |
7. | "Redeemer of Souls" | Halford, Tipton, Faulkner | 4:10 |
8. | " Beyond the Realms of Death" | Halford, Les Binks | 7:01 |
9. | "Jawbreaker" | 4:05 | |
10. | " Breaking the Law" | 2:47 | |
11. | "Hell Bent for Leather" | Tipton | 4:26 |
12. | "The Hellion" (Intro) | 0:36 | |
13. | " Electric Eye" | 4:36 | |
14. | " You've Got Another Thing Comin'" | 11:02 | |
15. | " Painkiller" | 7:25 |
Two songs Judas Priest performed at the festival, " Turbo Lover" and " Living After Midnight", were omitted from the album. However, they do appear on the video release.
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [4] | 57 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Flanders) [5] | 78 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia) [6] | 90 |
French Albums ( SNEP) [7] | 180 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [8] | 29 |
Hungarian Albums ( MAHASZ) [9] | 28 |
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [10] | 78 |
Norwegian Albums ( VG-lista) [11] | 37 |
Scottish Albums ( OCC) [12] | 63 |
Spanish Albums ( PROMUSICAE) [13] | 60 |
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [14] | 34 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums ( OCC) [15] | 5 |
US Billboard 200 [16] | 90 |
US Top Hard Rock Albums ( Billboard) [17] | 9 |
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard) [18] | 25 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums ( Billboard) [19] | 11 |