British Steel (album)

British Steel is the third studio album by Judas Priest. Judas Priest is an English heavy metal band. Columbia Records released the album on 11 April 1980. The album had three singles: "Living After Midnight", "Breaking the Law", and "United". British Steel is the band's first album with Dave Holland playing the drums.

British Steel
Studio album by Judas Priest
Released	11 April 1980 (1980-04-11)
Recorded	December 1979 – February 1980
Studio	Startling, Ascot
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	36:10
Label	Columbia
Producer	Tom Allom
Judas Priest chronology
Unleashed in the East (1979) British Steel (1980) Point of Entry (1981)
Singles from British Steel
"Living After Midnight" Released: 21 March 1980 "Breaking the Law" Released: 23 May 1980 "United" Released: 15 August 1980

Many music critics liked the album. Rolling Stone wrote that it was one of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. British Steel was number 4 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and K. K. Downing. 

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Breaking the Law"	2:33
2.	"Rapid Fire"	4:00
3.	"Metal Gods"	4:04
4.	"Grinder"	3:57
5.	"United"	3:31

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Living After Midnight"	3:30
7.	"You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise"	5:03
8.	"The Rage"	4:44
9.	"Steeler"	4:30