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The perfect road trip album! I've been listening to this a lot lately. "Desert Plains" and "Solar Angels" are the standout tracks, and even "You Say Yes" and "Troubleshooter" are cool party tunes!
I love this underrated album. Heading Out to the Highway is one of my all time favorite riffs and one of the greatest JP songs. I like the hard rock feel of this album, and absolutely love Glenn's solos on Solar Angels.
Totally agree that Point of Entry is underrated. "Heading Out to the Highway" is a killer Priest tune ! Iconic ! Sums up the badass biker philosophy the band has cultivated. BTW "Turning Circles" is an AMAZING deep track ! A highlight among the top tunes on Point of Entry, along with "Heading Out to the Highway", "Desert Plains", "Solar Angels" and above "hot Rockin'"
I grew up in the 80s and Judas Priest was my first concert at age 12. My grandpa worked at a huge steel mill in Indiana and he used to bring home stacks of the printer paper just like on the Point of Entry cover for my brother and I to use as drawing paper. When I first saw the cover of the album I loved it, because it stood out like a sore thumb and it reminded me of the steel mill printer paper I used to draw on when I was a kid. I still think it is one of their best, maybe because they were drunk and just let it fly rather than overthinking it.
Love the album and the covers. I like the proggy look of the American version. Contains absolute classics. Heading Out To The Highway,Desert Plains,Solar Angels,Turning Circles,Don't Go. ALL fantastic songs.
Is anybody else with me on this? As far as concert set lists go.... Desert Planes is to Preist what Stage Fright is to Def Leppard!! A song that doesn't come to mind immediately but when they play it you are Fing STOKED!!!!!!🍻👊🎸🎸
@@MetalPilgrim If you talk to Rob again, pass on my list of Priest songs to play live; Run of the Mill, Raw Deal, Savage, Hereo's End, Killing Machine, Turning Circles, Demonizer and Lochness!
I love this album. The simplicity is deceptive. The atmosphere is excellent. A high point for me is the mellow breakdown in Don’t Go, which is maybe as great as those in Victim of Changes and Sinner. Also Solar Angels...and the rest of it! Nice album for a long drive.
Best song from the album is Troubleshooter. I also like Heading Out and Desert Plains. But I see your point. I saw the band live immediately after the release of this here album. It was my first concert ever. If that was in 1981 then I was 14 at the time. The opening act was Saxon. 🤘
For Me, It's still a work of art. Sometimes not being prepared brings out more. Rob's Vocals were incredible and only took a couple of takes. The power of Hot Rockin showed us what was to come. Thanks for the Vid.
Point of entry is one of my favorite JP albums, although the songs sound more like hard rock than heavy metal (and apart from not having good covers) it has good songs like, hot rockin, heading to the highway, don't go, desert plains and more, it's still a good album, personally I would have loved if they had put a monster like the eagle "the hellion", or the tank tiger "the metallien", but anyway, good video 🤘👍
I love Point Of Entry pretty much and I use to enjoy it more often than British Steel or Screaming For Vengeance. I really love Solar Angels, Glenns guitar solo is so majestic, so uplifting and heartfelt. Like a rocket winding up into the stratosphere. A poweful tune
Point of Entry was my introduction to Judas Priest in the mid 80's when i was in high school and I've listened to them ever since Love pretty much all of the songs on that album, had it on tape and played the hell out of it
I absolutely love this album and even used Heading Out To The Highway as one of four songs in a visual computer project as part of the soundtrack to a 9500 mile motorcycle road trip I did. I too, just love the live version of this song (HOTTH). My third concert ever, out of hundreds since then, was the Turbo tour. I've seen them 7 or 8 times since and freak out when they play it! Cheers from Canada!
This album is a lot like Kiss, Dressed to Kill, but much better. simpler song writing but oh so catchy, a fantastic driving album that you can sing along to every track. Always loved Desert Plains, one of my favs in their catalogue. 👍👍👍
As a Priest fan from Canada, I prefer the European cover. The band admitted the album was weak. However when the play the songs live, the reviews was excellent. I believe it cuz I have a few soundboard recordings of the tour proving that. Great show. 40 years already. Time really flew by. Long live the Priest.
I like the European cover more as well, although both weren't too strong. And yes, the beauty of this album is that it sound MUCH better live than on the studio version.🤘🤘🤘
@@MetalPilgrim I still prefer the album versions. It has its unique atmosphere that I love. And I like, not the effortless for me but, the simplicity of the art cover. It representes very well the atmosphere I talked about.
I actually prefer the US and Japan one. I guess that was the one I bought ?... but still compared to "British Steel", "Screaming For Vengeance" "Painkiller" or "Killing Machine"... well they can't all be perfect every time...
At age 14, in 1980, I bought the United and Breaking the Law singles. In 1981, I opted to go straight for the Point of Entry album, rather than the singles. God! I played that album over and over. It was brilliant. When I saw them at the Glasgow Apollo, they opened with Solar Angels. So loud, so great! Crowd going wild! My favourite song on the LP was Desert Plains. Point of Entry is still my favourite heavy metal album of all time. I was surprised years later when I read some negative things about it. I bought the LP with the sunrise cover. In 1997, I bought the CD with the computer paper cover. I agree that neither cover was particularly impressive, but the music was (and remains) great.
At first time i heared the album i founded weak but after i enjoyed it as a fun/party LP..Sometimes when i am cleaning my bar and want to dance i turn up the volume and get some more energy,Cheers from Greece.
Solar Angels, Desert Plains & Heading Out To The Highway are some of their best songs. The rest of the album has a lot of melodic songs that rock. I saw that tour 8th row center, they opened with Solar Angels & the SDSU theater was shaking! Sadly though it's obvious JP channeled the dark supernatural to write & play the music. Tipton admitted to being possessed on stage.
Heading Out To The Highway was the first video I ever saw on MTV, Point Of Entry was the first cassette I put into the first stereo I bought for my first car.
Damn bro, that's cool man, I love to death live vengeance, I used to have it on DVD and didn't liked heading and desert, then one day working, many years later, the heading out riff came to my mind and I was blown away man, instantly listened to the whole album and put it in the first place if favorite Judas album
It's hit and miss. But Solar Angels is an amazing tune. The album is worth it just for that one track. Desert Plains and Heading Out to the Highway are also cool. We used to cover HOTTH in my first band. Fascinating video! There's a lot of great information in there. Wouldn't it have been great to be in Judas Priest on a Mediterranean island recording an album? I can't imagine it.
This is one of my top favourite Judas Priest albums. I like it even more than "Screaming For Vengeance". It's all killers, no fillers. Songs like "Solar Angels", "Turning Circles" and "Desert Plains" sound unlike anything they've done before and after.
It's way better than Screaming for Vengeance in my opinion. Anyone who is a rock fan more than a metal fan will prefer it. As far as the album being banged out in the studio without preparation I think it sounds effortless in a good way.
I agree, while SfV is very good the songs stylistically are all over the place where PoE is basic to the point all the way through so while the booming production sound may suit SfV, I still think PoE has the best album sound they had in the '80s.
Hey ya I got the album when it came out I was just playing Desert plains on guitar today aamof I liked it I'd say imho 5 very strong tracks incl the reissue track on the run
@@MS-ii1sv how old are you u had to be there screaming hit like a hammer it spread like wildfire ..POE Def had its time and we loved it but SFV had every kid learning guitar and lookn like kk or glenn
@@reclaimerReclaimer interesting. I think in a lot of cases you had to be there when stuff dropped if I can remember right a lot of people were listening to foreigner 4 genesis reo speedwagon still rolling stones Perhaps why ....also recordings were getting much better by this time Imho early preists recordings suffered till 1980
There is an interesting story I have read a couple of times during all these years, once in Neil Daniels’ book “Judas Priest - defenders of the faith” and the other one many years before that and it is related to the song writing for the successor of British steel; according to those stories the band had written riffs and also a few lyrics before arriving to Ibiza but they saw all that work was way too similar to what was British steel so they scraped everything and restarted from zero. I wonder what that album could’ve had been if they had decided to go on from those initial riffs and lyrics. In any case, it shows how brave this band is as they do not stick with a formula like other bands.
1. HEADING OUT TO THE HIGHWAY 2. HOT ROCKIN 3. DESERT PLAINS 4. SOLAR ANGELS 5. TROUBLE SHOOTER 6. ON THE RUN ALL GREAT PRIEST TRACKS! HALFORD was at his best vocally as well and HOLLAND had a GREAT drum sound...
@MetalPilgrim One other Point of Entry fact: I heard there was a "radio version" of the last song ON THE RUN. Which had faster pace, and faster guitars! I never heard this myself before, but this bit of information was taken from early 2000's HALFORD QUORUM (forum online). Apparently there must have been a demo of On the Run, and mistakenly played on the radio! Can any one confirm this info???!!!
My favorite song on Point of Entry is Desert Plains. I think Point is an excellent record that shows them stretching their writing muscles. Because of this there is a completely different feel to the Priest on Point. Without this conscious or unconscious effort we would not have gotten the stone cold classic Screaming for Vengence.
Caught between 2 classics aint a bad place to be for an album. British steel and screaming.for vengeance still overshadow this one. But i love it , the feeling , rocknroll , all about simple great riffs. And dave hollands shine on this one....
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I liked point of entry I bought it when it came out . you had to be there, it was still great timing, catchy and hey it had solar angels, heading out to the highway, and hot rockin as stand outs, add the reissue track on the run(which had more of a screaming FV sound btw) and the albums has 4 stand alone tracks ok I'll take it !
The drums on this album sound like CANNONS on every track. So loud. I remember comparing “Point Of Entry” to “Unleashed In The East” and thinking, “this is the same band???”…
When people realize that's NOT a metal album , but instead a strong hard rock album from JP it will get more recognition. I mean, a record that has songs like Heading, Solar Angels, Desert Plains, Hot Rockin, Troubleshooter, on the run and Thunder road cant be underrated.
Thunder Road did not originally belong on "Point Of Entry", because it was an outtake from "Ram It Down"/"Twin Turbos", which they only put on the remastered version of POE as a bonus track.
The paper boxes represented the band members onstage. It was pretty obvious to kids. My friend bought the album from Columbia House before I became a fan and we really liked the album cover.
Point of Entry is a great album; those critics didn't know wtf they were talking about. The thing is maybe that the greatness and sincere appreciation of Point of Entry is perhaps a thing that only us die hard Priest fans can share and understand.
Ha, that 3D artwork you posted at about 3:34 was actually drawn wrong, they did finally correct it in later albums. (the straight line under the 's' has a point at the back end and it should have been a straight line). oh well, things you notice in high school art class!
If tracks You Say Yes and Trouble Shooter were removed it would be a great atmospheric album that has a Lost in a haunted desert feel, not to be confused with Desert Rock which has nothing to do with actually being in the desert. A cover of Reo Speedwagon - Riding the Storm Out would have been a better idea than You Say Yes
I love this album. There is something about it that grew on me really quickly. The “road-trip” atmosphere it creates maybe? I love the rhythm guitar tone. I also love the catchiness and sing-along melodies. Sure, it’s not blistering heavy but that’s ok with me, because not everything that kicks ass has to be played with breakneck speed and aggression, that’s what Painkiller is for 😁. These are the kind of hard rock songs that get stuck in my head and repeat over and over, which for me is NOT a bad thing!! But yea, the band may have been on autopilot but that should be a testament to their insane talent bc it’s still good IMO!
The US artwork implements imagery of desert plains and highways.... so there is that. But why is the highway made of computer paper with tractor strips? The boxes on the back are hilarious.
Point if entry has a cover with s very attractive blueness and the road bein g film is a reminder of the 3videos a highest number per album to that date to me compared to the back of British steel I assumed the shapes were meant to represent the band members beside the Lennon tragedy it was a good year,and I’ve found your pronunciation heartwarming because my better father is a Dutchman had similar voice🥰❤️
I love Point Of Entry but not every song is great. You Say Yes is weird and not in the best way for example BUT you also have Desert Plains and Solar Angles which are epic! I got to see the first show of this tour in my home town of Erie Pa. I also got to see the rehearsal in the venue because we had a buddy who worked there. I saw them rehearsing Solar Angels with the stage choreography and the dual lead solo for Heading Out To The Highway. I also got to meet K.K. Downing and we watched Halford walk around the empty (except for us) audience area. This was in the long defunct Erie County Fieldhouse. The building was a hockey arena that had many famous bands come through like Van Halen. It is now a storage facility
Aside from "Heading Out to the Highway," "Solar Angels" and "Desert Plains," I fucking hated this album. Bought it on faith on the day it came out, listened to it, and was like, "What the hell is THIS?!?!" To this day, only Turbo, Ram It Down, and Nostradamus rank at this level or lower in my esteem. Still saw the tour, though. Good thing, too, because it introduced me to this savage little band that played circles around the Priest. A little band called Iron Maiden.
As an old school JUDAS PRIEST freak that goes way back...I bought this album the day it came out! Rushed home and was so excited to hear the next level after British Steel. After the last song was over, I sat in silence. I couldn't believe what I just listened to. Not hate...but disappointed as my favorite band shit the bed. I didn't understand the artwork, the bad lyrics, the basic drumming...just a mish-mash of bad songs. Even the videos were bad. Come on guys...even half the comments on here are saying how the live versions were great...but...some of the worst tracks they've released until Turbo which was a whole different story. I saw the tour that year twice in NYC. Sat right behind Wendy O Williams on one. The tour was great...but im sure even they knew they needed a better release next. SFV was a HUGE improvement!
I'm swedish so I naturally have the european cover, which is ok I guess, a bit mysterious maybe. I kind of want to get an american copy as well so I can have the stupid paper trail in the desert and the random boxes on the back too. Good songs on that album, can't pick a favourite really.
I love love love Point Of Entry. Is it as good as what came before or shortly after. No. But still damn good. Desert Plains is one of the greatest Priest songs EVER!!!
i am probably one of the rare people that thinks that european cover of the album was amazing. for me its in top 5 covers of JP. it oozes of 80s and retro art, and is very abstract and mysterious. id love to have it hanging on the wall of my apartment. anyway, thats my perception of it. im aware that most people dont see it this way. maybe its nostalgia from my childhood some 30 years ago, cause i couldnt figure it out what it is on the cover. desert plains if by far the best song on album for me. and i like the album in whole, even if it sounds more like its written for the radio.
I've been hearing for years that Point of Entry sounds too much like British Steel and I've never quite understood why. I've always found the album a bit more eclectic than British Steel, like the band was reaching out (reaching out for alcohol is more like it, but still...) beyond what they had already done. Heading Out To The Highway and Desert Plains in particular are my favorites, while Troubleshooter and On The Run are also fun takes for me. The only song I really don't like is You Say Yes, which I can easily believe was written while drunk.
They weren't afraid to challenge the listener, and not just do the same thing every album. It was made during a time when there was still a lot of room to experiment (and make mistakes) in heavy metal, before there were fan expectations of how this or that was supposed to sound, with all these sub-genres, etc. Metal was still in its "wild west" phase, and Point of Entry very much exemplifies that spirit!
I don't think that Halford and the rest are being truthful when it comes to the production of this album (and I think that Halford's autobiography is full of falsehoods and exaggerations). I feel they're only saying it wasn't a great effort simply because that's how everyone else accused it of being, both then and now. If the album had been a hit, I'm pretty sure they'd be calling it one of their greatest efforts. Whilst I don't deny that they were distracted by various things, that doesn't in itself cause for bad music and albums. Iron Maiden were constantly distracted by alcohol and other things when making Powerslave, and look how that turned out (a classic). No, I think they simply chose a direction to go, and it turned out not to be the directing fans and critics wanted. People wanted an equally hard-hitting follow-up to British Steel, but instead Halford and co were inspired by locations such as Halford's then-home in Phoenix, America. So many of the songs are clearly an ode to driving and living around those parts. Anyway, like all of these videos, I wish this guy would spend more time talking about his thoughts on the actual songs on the album rather than just facts, some of which are easy to learn on wikipedia, etc. For instance, Desert Plains is one of the greatest Priest songs of all time, period.
Since it's not a heavy album per se, it is somehow become the 'right' thing to say that it's 'bad' or whatever but of course it's not bad it's just different and there really aren't two Priest albums that sound the same (maybe the Ripper ones) that's the good thing about this band's variety from release to release. I think it depends on when you become a fan, if Painkiller or later stuff is your introduction you won't have an understanding of what music sounded like in the past. I remember this album being quite well-received by fans at the time, later on though as they progressively got heavier it naturally started to stick out more.
Point Of Entry At That Time Was Stand On It’s Own There Was Little Competition ,The Police Zentatta Mindatta Videos & The Endless R E O Speed Wagon Repeats ,Same WithAcDc Ither Than Van Halen Fair Warning Point Of Entry Made It’s Own Genre
I really only like 2 songs from this album (Desert Plains and Solar Angels, in that order). Heading Out To The Highway ranks a very close 3rd place. The rest seem a little hokey, some even cringey, lol. But it is what it is. I just wish it was better.
I was a fan from Sin After Sin days. I wasn't that keen on British Steel. This album pushed me away from the band until 2004. It is still in my collection but I don't remember when it was last played.
Отличный материал, спасибо!. Про южноафриканский вариант обложки не знал. Пишу цикл рецензий в паблик "куртка Болтендаля", здесь моя рецензия на Point Of Entry. vk.com/boltendal?w=wall-195396786_5971 Sorry, only in Russian...
something curious about the US cover is a supposed sexual insinuation, where we can visualize a woman's legs (the dark part of the image) and a woman's skirt (the mountains and the sky), where the "point of entry" is in a suggestive place...
I always skipped this one when I bought Judas priest albums almost 30 years ago.british steel, screaming for vengeance,and especially defenders of the faith are the 80s albums to own.Absolutely avoid turbo and ram it down but if I had to buy another 80's priest album it would be this one it's the only other one.
Nah I don't agree with avoiding "Turbo" or "Ram It Down" They both have fantastic tunes ! "Private Property", "Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days", "Out In the Cold", "Turbo Lover/ Locked In"... just great !... And "Blood Red Skies" and "Hard As Iron" are among my top... well 25 Priest Tunes for sure ! "Can't explain, it's something in my blood. Wouldn't change it even if I could !" That really resonates with me !
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The perfect road trip album! I've been listening to this a lot lately. "Desert Plains" and "Solar Angels" are the standout tracks, and even "You Say Yes" and "Troubleshooter" are cool party tunes!
I love this underrated album. Heading Out to the Highway is one of my all time favorite riffs and one of the greatest JP songs. I like the hard rock feel of this album, and absolutely love Glenn's solos on Solar Angels.
Totally agree that Point of Entry is underrated. "Heading Out to the Highway" is a killer Priest tune ! Iconic ! Sums up the badass biker philosophy the band has cultivated.
BTW "Turning Circles" is an AMAZING deep track ! A highlight among the top tunes on Point of Entry, along with "Heading Out to the Highway", "Desert Plains", "Solar Angels" and above "hot Rockin'"
Agreed! I melt down every time I listen to Glenns uplifting solo from Solar Angels
Actually one of my favorite Priest albums.
I grew up in the 80s and Judas Priest was my first concert at age 12. My grandpa worked at a huge steel mill in Indiana and he used to bring home stacks of the printer paper just like on the Point of Entry cover for my brother and I to use as drawing paper. When I first saw the cover of the album I loved it, because it stood out like a sore thumb and it reminded me of the steel mill printer paper I used to draw on when I was a kid. I still think it is one of their best, maybe because they were drunk and just let it fly rather than overthinking it.
Underrated album I believe. Desert Plains definitely the best track, it's just so lovely!
Love the album and the covers. I like the proggy look of the American version. Contains absolute classics. Heading Out To The Highway,Desert Plains,Solar Angels,Turning Circles,Don't Go. ALL fantastic songs.
Totally agree with all those song choices.
Is anybody else with me on this? As far as concert set lists go.... Desert Planes is to Preist what Stage Fright is to Def Leppard!! A song that doesn't come to mind immediately but when they play it you are Fing STOKED!!!!!!🍻👊🎸🎸
Came out during my senior year of high school, saw them on that tour. Loved it then, love it now!
How was that tour? Where did you catch them?
@@MetalPilgrim Great show, it was me first rock concert! Cleveland, Ohio.
@@husq48 That's awesome!
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@@MetalPilgrim If you talk to Rob again, pass on my list of Priest songs to play live; Run of the Mill, Raw Deal, Savage, Hereo's End, Killing Machine, Turning Circles, Demonizer and Lochness!
I love this album. The simplicity is deceptive. The atmosphere is excellent. A high point for me is the mellow breakdown in Don’t Go, which is maybe as great as those in Victim of Changes and Sinner. Also Solar Angels...and the rest of it! Nice album for a long drive.
Best song from the album is Troubleshooter. I also like Heading Out and Desert Plains. But I see your point.
I saw the band live immediately after the release of this here album. It was my first concert ever. If that was in 1981 then I was 14 at the time. The opening act was Saxon. 🤘
For Me, It's still a work of art. Sometimes not being prepared brings out more. Rob's Vocals were incredible and only took a couple of takes. The power of Hot Rockin showed us what was to come. Thanks for the Vid.
This is my favorite album, maybe not as classic as SFV but personally I enjoy this one and like the relaxed vibe
Point of entry is one of my favorite JP albums, although the songs sound more like hard rock than heavy metal (and apart from not having good covers) it has good songs like, hot rockin, heading to the highway, don't go, desert plains and more, it's still a good album, personally I would have loved if they had put a monster like the eagle "the hellion", or the tank tiger "the metallien", but anyway, good video 🤘👍
I love Point Of Entry pretty much and I use to enjoy it more often than British Steel or Screaming For Vengeance.
I really love Solar Angels, Glenns guitar solo is so majestic, so uplifting and heartfelt. Like a rocket winding up into the stratosphere. A poweful tune
Point of Entry was my introduction to Judas Priest in the mid 80's when i was in high school and I've listened to them ever since
Love pretty much all of the songs on that album, had it on tape and played the hell out of it
This release has always resonated with me. No issues here. Thank you M.P.!!!
Solar Angels is among my JP TOP 10 songs. An incredibly heavy intro reminding so much of Cowboys from Hell
my favorite track is desert plains but i enjoy the live version better
Agreed, live version is MUCH better!🤘
Absolutely agree, I've listened this track around 100 time!
I absolutely love this album and even used Heading Out To The Highway as one of four songs in a visual computer project as part of the soundtrack to a 9500 mile motorcycle road trip I did. I too, just love the live version of this song (HOTTH). My third concert ever, out of hundreds since then, was the Turbo tour. I've seen them 7 or 8 times since and freak out when they play it! Cheers from Canada!
"Heading Out to the Highway" is mine, by a wide margin, but I can't argue with anyone who loves "Desert Plains" (especially live) too much though...
Love the album. More hardrock orientated, relaxed. Sun filled music, made in Ibiza. Like also the european cover, fits great.
This album is a lot like Kiss, Dressed to Kill, but much better. simpler song writing but oh so catchy, a fantastic driving album that you can sing along to every track. Always loved Desert Plains, one of my favs in their catalogue. 👍👍👍
I really like DESERT PLAINS and SOLAR ANGELS . The intro to Solar Angels is awesome. Also, Heading out to the Highway of course. That's a given 🤘😝.
As a Priest fan from Canada, I prefer the European cover. The band admitted the album was weak. However when the play the songs live, the reviews was excellent. I believe it cuz I have a few soundboard recordings of the tour proving that. Great show. 40 years already. Time really flew by. Long live the Priest.
I like the European cover more as well, although both weren't too strong. And yes, the beauty of this album is that it sound MUCH better live than on the studio version.🤘🤘🤘
@@MetalPilgrim I still prefer the album versions. It has its unique atmosphere that I love. And I like, not the effortless for me but, the simplicity of the art cover. It representes very well the atmosphere I talked about.
The European cover looks more like Pointy Boner than Point of Entry.
I actually prefer the US and Japan one. I guess that was the one I bought ?... but still compared to "British Steel", "Screaming For Vengeance" "Painkiller" or "Killing Machine"... well they can't all be perfect every time...
Desert Plains one of their Best Songs
Great Album
At age 14, in 1980, I bought the United and Breaking the Law singles. In 1981, I opted to go straight for the Point of Entry album, rather than the singles. God! I played that album over and over. It was brilliant. When I saw them at the Glasgow Apollo, they opened with Solar Angels. So loud, so great! Crowd going wild! My favourite song on the LP was Desert Plains. Point of Entry is still my favourite heavy metal album of all time. I was surprised years later when I read some negative things about it. I bought the LP with the sunrise cover. In 1997, I bought the CD with the computer paper cover. I agree that neither cover was particularly impressive, but the music was (and remains) great.
At first time i heared the album i founded weak but after i enjoyed it as a fun/party LP..Sometimes when i am cleaning my bar and want to dance i turn up the volume and get some more energy,Cheers from Greece.
Cheers to that! Love Greece and hope to visit your beautiful country again soon!
Solar Angels, Desert Plains & Heading Out To The Highway are some of their best songs. The rest of the album has a lot of melodic songs that rock. I saw that tour 8th row center, they opened with Solar Angels & the SDSU theater was shaking! Sadly though it's obvious JP channeled the dark supernatural to write & play the music. Tipton admitted to being possessed on stage.
Not true
The track that I keep listening to over the years is turning circles. For some reason I love that song.
Heading Out To The Highway was the first video I ever saw on MTV, Point Of Entry was the first cassette I put into the first stereo I bought for my first car.
Damn bro, that's cool man, I love to death live vengeance, I used to have it on DVD and didn't liked heading and desert, then one day working, many years later, the heading out riff came to my mind and I was blown away man, instantly listened to the whole album and put it in the first place if favorite Judas album
It's hit and miss. But Solar Angels is an amazing tune. The album is worth it just for that one track. Desert Plains and Heading Out to the Highway are also cool. We used to cover HOTTH in my first band. Fascinating video! There's a lot of great information in there. Wouldn't it have been great to be in Judas Priest on a Mediterranean island recording an album? I can't imagine it.
I saw this tour while stationed in west Germany and I can tell you it was freaking amazing live!
This is one of my top favourite Judas Priest albums. I like it even more than "Screaming For Vengeance".
It's all killers, no fillers.
Songs like "Solar Angels", "Turning Circles" and "Desert Plains" sound unlike anything they've done before and after.
It's way better than Screaming for Vengeance in my opinion. Anyone who is a rock fan more than a metal fan will prefer it. As far as the album being banged out in the studio without preparation I think it sounds effortless in a good way.
I agree, while SfV is very good the songs stylistically are all over the place where PoE is basic to the point all the way through so while the booming production sound may suit SfV, I still think PoE has the best album sound they had in the '80s.
Hey ya I got the album when it came out I was just playing Desert plains on guitar today aamof I liked it I'd say imho 5 very strong tracks incl the reissue track on the run
@@MS-ii1sv how old are you u had to be there screaming hit like a hammer it spread like wildfire ..POE Def had its time and we loved it but SFV had every kid learning guitar and lookn like kk or glenn
@@reclaimerReclaimer interesting.
I think in a lot of cases you had to be there when stuff dropped if I can remember right a lot of people were listening to foreigner 4 genesis reo speedwagon still rolling stones
Perhaps why ....also recordings were getting much better by this time
Imho early preists recordings suffered till 1980
I LOVE BOTH ALBUM COVERS KID!!!
Top Track for me on this Album is of course... SOLAR ANGELS!!! A killer Anthem and the best Set Opener ever.
Indeed. Not just a killer anthem but also one of Glenns most outstanding guitar Solos. So uplifting
Fave song heading out to the highway
There is an interesting story I have read a couple of times during all these years, once in Neil Daniels’ book “Judas Priest - defenders of the faith” and the other one many years before that and it is related to the song writing for the successor of British steel; according to those stories the band had written riffs and also a few lyrics before arriving to Ibiza but they saw all that work was way too similar to what was British steel so they scraped everything and restarted from zero. I wonder what that album could’ve had been if they had decided to go on from those initial riffs and lyrics. In any case, it shows how brave this band is as they do not stick with a formula like other bands.
I just discovered that I could listen about Priest nonstop for hours!!😁🍻
Brilliant masterpiece that didn't need to be the same as any of their other records - inspired and completely original 5 stars A+
1. HEADING OUT TO THE HIGHWAY
2. HOT ROCKIN
3. DESERT PLAINS
4. SOLAR ANGELS
5. TROUBLE SHOOTER
6. ON THE RUN
ALL GREAT PRIEST TRACKS!
HALFORD was at his best vocally as well and HOLLAND had a GREAT drum sound...
I agree, Rob's on fire here.
Troubleshooter my favorite song
This album slams!
Great album! Not everyone feels the same way though...
@MetalPilgrim One other Point of Entry fact: I heard there was a "radio version" of the last song ON THE RUN. Which had faster pace, and faster guitars! I never heard this myself before, but this bit of information was taken from early 2000's HALFORD QUORUM (forum online). Apparently there must have been a demo of On the Run, and mistakenly played on the radio! Can any one confirm this info???!!!
YES! I've heard about that as well. It has been apparently released as a white label promo for the radios. But I've NEVER that version it myself
Point of Entry is my favorite 🤘
My favorite song on Point of Entry is Desert Plains. I think Point is an excellent record that shows them stretching their writing muscles. Because of this there is a completely different feel to the Priest on Point. Without this conscious or unconscious effort we would not have gotten the stone cold classic Screaming for Vengence.
Caught between 2 classics aint a bad place to be for an album.
British steel and screaming.for vengeance still overshadow this one.
But i love it , the feeling , rocknroll , all about simple great riffs.
And dave hollands shine on this one....
I love point of entry 🤘🤘🤘💪💪💪
❗❗❗I was honoured to welcome *ROB HALFORD* on the *Defenders of the Faith Series* for an exclusive interview and speak about the *NEW album* and more! Here is the first bit from this episode which will be out on June 28th - th-cam.com/video/VWdibE1hyM4/w-d-xo.html
That was a great interview!
Brilliant album, brilliant tour, came onto Solar Angels ✌️✌️
I think the best album
I liked point of entry I bought it when it came out . you had to be there, it was still great timing, catchy and hey it had solar angels, heading out to the highway, and hot rockin as stand outs, add the reissue track on the run(which had more of a screaming FV sound btw) and the albums has 4 stand alone tracks ok I'll take it !
The drums on this album sound like CANNONS on every track. So loud. I remember comparing “Point Of Entry” to “Unleashed In The East” and thinking, “this is the same band???”…
DESERT PLAINS!!!!
When people realize that's NOT a metal album , but instead a strong hard rock album from JP it will get more recognition. I mean, a record that has songs like Heading, Solar Angels, Desert Plains, Hot Rockin, Troubleshooter, on the run and Thunder road cant be underrated.
Thunder Road did not originally belong on "Point Of Entry", because it was an outtake from "Ram It Down"/"Twin Turbos", which they only put on the remastered version of POE as a bonus track.
@@matsemoto5301 thanks for the heads up. Memory is tricking me. Check my vynil here. You are just right.
The paper boxes represented the band members onstage. It was pretty obvious to kids. My friend bought the album from Columbia House before I became a fan and we really liked the album cover.
Point of Entry is a great album; those critics didn't know wtf they were talking about. The thing is maybe that the greatness and sincere appreciation of Point of Entry is perhaps a thing that only us die hard Priest fans can share and understand.
Ha, that 3D artwork you posted at about 3:34 was actually drawn wrong, they did finally correct it in later albums. (the straight line under the 's' has a point at the back end and it should have been a straight line). oh well, things you notice in high school art class!
If tracks You Say Yes and Trouble Shooter were removed it would be a great atmospheric album that has a Lost in a haunted desert feel, not to be confused with Desert Rock which has nothing to do with actually being in the desert. A cover of Reo Speedwagon - Riding the Storm Out would have been a better idea than You Say Yes
I love this album. There is something about it that grew on me really quickly. The “road-trip” atmosphere it creates maybe? I love the rhythm guitar tone. I also love the catchiness and sing-along melodies. Sure, it’s not blistering heavy but that’s ok with me, because not everything that kicks ass has to be played with breakneck speed and aggression, that’s what Painkiller is for 😁. These are the kind of hard rock songs that get stuck in my head and repeat over and over, which for me is NOT a bad thing!! But yea, the band may have been on autopilot but that should be a testament to their insane talent bc it’s still good IMO!
Dude, love the JP content, but difference between loudness of your voice and super loud jingiels is killing me.
not my favorite Priest, but still like it alot. favorite song off of it is solar angels.
Loving this series but... you had a huge miss on not mentioning the innuendo / hidden image behind one of the cover arts!
The US artwork implements imagery of desert plains and highways.... so there is that. But why is the highway made of computer paper with tractor strips? The boxes on the back are hilarious.
Yup! No-one really knows where that came from, including the band 🤣
Think the 5 boxes represent the 5 band members.
I actually liked the album cover. It looks nostalgic and I like the aesthetic
Love these videos 🤘🏼
Thanks! More coming soon hopefully :)
All the Way
Point if entry has a cover with s very attractive blueness and the road bein g film is a reminder of the 3videos a highest number per album to that date to me compared to the back of British steel I assumed the shapes were meant to represent the band members beside the Lennon tragedy it was a good year,and I’ve found your pronunciation heartwarming because my better father is a Dutchman had similar voice🥰❤️
I love Point Of Entry but not every song is great. You Say Yes is weird and not in the best way for example BUT you also have Desert Plains and Solar Angles which are epic! I got to see the first show of this tour in my home town of Erie Pa. I also got to see the rehearsal in the venue because we had a buddy who worked there.
I saw them rehearsing Solar Angels with the stage choreography and the dual lead solo for Heading Out To The Highway. I also got to meet K.K. Downing and we watched Halford walk around the empty (except for us) audience area. This was in the long defunct Erie County Fieldhouse. The building was a hockey arena that had many famous bands come through like Van Halen. It is now a storage facility
*What is your favourite track from Point of Entry?*
Solar Angels, Heading out to the highway, All the way, On the run, Desert Plains and hot rocking
Not one but a few: Heading out to the Highway, Troubleshooter, Solar Angels, On the Run - awesome Groove Metal
Also the bonus track Thunder Road from the Ram It Down sessions is epic
Turning Circles!
i love everything about turning circles and don't go is awesome too
Effortless record tht became a classic!, thats the power of JP had...one of my fav is actually Desert Plains
Aside from "Heading Out to the Highway," "Solar Angels" and "Desert Plains," I fucking hated this album. Bought it on faith on the day it came out, listened to it, and was like, "What the hell is THIS?!?!" To this day, only Turbo, Ram It Down, and Nostradamus rank at this level or lower in my esteem.
Still saw the tour, though. Good thing, too, because it introduced me to this savage little band that played circles around the Priest. A little band called Iron Maiden.
Desert Plains still one of their best cuts
As an old school JUDAS PRIEST freak that goes way back...I bought this album the day it came out! Rushed home and was so excited to hear the next level after British Steel. After the last song was over, I sat in silence. I couldn't believe what I just listened to. Not hate...but disappointed as my favorite band shit the bed. I didn't understand the artwork, the bad lyrics, the basic drumming...just a mish-mash of bad songs. Even the videos were bad. Come on guys...even half the comments on here are saying how the live versions were great...but...some of the worst tracks they've released until Turbo which was a whole different story. I saw the tour that year twice in NYC. Sat right behind Wendy O Williams on one. The tour was great...but im sure even they knew they needed a better release next. SFV was a HUGE improvement!
Great album, great cover art.(not the us cover)
A plane wing? ... its the point of entry dude!
Their most relaxed album.
I'm swedish so I naturally have the european cover, which is ok I guess, a bit mysterious maybe. I kind of want to get an american copy as well so I can have the stupid paper trail in the desert and the random boxes on the back too. Good songs on that album, can't pick a favourite really.
I love love love Point Of Entry. Is it as good as what came before or shortly after. No. But still damn good. Desert Plains is one of the greatest Priest songs EVER!!!
i am probably one of the rare people that thinks that european cover of the album was amazing. for me its in top 5 covers of JP. it oozes of 80s and retro art, and is very abstract and mysterious. id love to have it hanging on the wall of my apartment. anyway, thats my perception of it. im aware that most people dont see it this way. maybe its nostalgia from my childhood some 30 years ago, cause i couldnt figure it out what it is on the cover. desert plains if by far the best song on album for me. and i like the album in whole, even if it sounds more like its written for the radio.
Me too, I even had it made on a t-shirt a while back the imagry totally fits the mood of the album you can just envision the UFOs arriving...
I've been hearing for years that Point of Entry sounds too much like British Steel and I've never quite understood why. I've always found the album a bit more eclectic than British Steel, like the band was reaching out (reaching out for alcohol is more like it, but still...) beyond what they had already done. Heading Out To The Highway and Desert Plains in particular are my favorites, while Troubleshooter and On The Run are also fun takes for me. The only song I really don't like is You Say Yes, which I can easily believe was written while drunk.
It was difficult for me to listen to You Say Yes, Troubleshooter and Don't Go after wearing out the needle on British Steel.
They weren't afraid to challenge the listener, and not just do the same thing every album. It was made during a time when there was still a lot of room to experiment (and make mistakes) in heavy metal, before there were fan expectations of how this or that was supposed to sound, with all these sub-genres, etc. Metal was still in its "wild west" phase, and Point of Entry very much exemplifies that spirit!
Don't Go is a great song!
Solar Angeles
I always thought Hot Rockin was the pop sequel of Grinder.
SOLAR ANGELS WAS THE GREATEST OPENING SONG LIVE!
I don't think that Halford and the rest are being truthful when it comes to the production of this album (and I think that Halford's autobiography is full of falsehoods and exaggerations).
I feel they're only saying it wasn't a great effort simply because that's how everyone else accused it of being, both then and now. If the album had been a hit, I'm pretty sure they'd be calling it one of their greatest efforts.
Whilst I don't deny that they were distracted by various things, that doesn't in itself cause for bad music and albums. Iron Maiden were constantly distracted by alcohol and other things when making Powerslave, and look how that turned out (a classic).
No, I think they simply chose a direction to go, and it turned out not to be the directing fans and critics wanted. People wanted an equally hard-hitting follow-up to British Steel, but instead Halford and co were inspired by locations such as Halford's then-home in Phoenix, America. So many of the songs are clearly an ode to driving and living around those parts.
Anyway, like all of these videos, I wish this guy would spend more time talking about his thoughts on the actual songs on the album rather than just facts, some of which are easy to learn on wikipedia, etc.
For instance, Desert Plains is one of the greatest Priest songs of all time, period.
Since it's not a heavy album per se, it is somehow become the 'right' thing to say that it's 'bad' or whatever but of course it's not bad it's just different and there really aren't two Priest albums that sound the same (maybe the Ripper ones) that's the good thing about this band's variety from release to release. I think it depends on when you become a fan, if Painkiller or later stuff is your introduction you won't have an understanding of what music sounded like in the past. I remember this album being quite well-received by fans at the time, later on though as they progressively got heavier it naturally started to stick out more.
Hello, Goodbye was written in 1967, my friend. I'm not hating, but a big music fan, like you should know, the beatles pre date judas priest.
The American version with the trail of paper is a silhouette of legs with the line of paper ending at the crotch.
I commented the same! Very surprised he didn't mention that!
The band members are the paper boxes on the back ya big goof!!!
Point Of Entry At That Time Was Stand On It’s Own There Was Little Competition ,The Police Zentatta Mindatta Videos & The Endless R E O Speed Wagon Repeats ,Same WithAcDc Ither Than Van Halen Fair Warning Point Of Entry Made It’s Own Genre
I really only like 2 songs from this album (Desert Plains and Solar Angels, in that order). Heading Out To The Highway ranks a very close 3rd place. The rest seem a little hokey, some even cringey, lol. But it is what it is. I just wish it was better.
You say yes reminds me more of The Police, they could have sold that song to Sting and made a cool mint
What kind of horn?
I only knew of the worldwide cover never knew America and Japan got different covers
I was a fan from Sin After Sin days. I wasn't that keen on British Steel. This album pushed me away from the band until 2004. It is still in my collection but I don't remember when it was last played.
Thunder Road should have been on the original release and played live. Hope if they have anymore good ones like that stashed away they release them.
it wasn't written yet.
POE is a great album.
POE rules all!!!
Like You Used Rob Halfords Book As Go To Refference Like A Bible;Ain’t Point Of Entry Also The Time Of The Band Rollerskating Picture
Отличный материал, спасибо!. Про южноафриканский вариант обложки не знал. Пишу цикл рецензий в паблик "куртка Болтендаля", здесь моя рецензия на Point Of Entry.
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Sorry, only in Russian...
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something curious about the US cover is a supposed sexual insinuation, where we can visualize a woman's legs (the dark part of the image) and a woman's skirt (the mountains and the sky), where the "point of entry" is in a suggestive place...
I've heard that too. Coupled with the Desert Plains and Highway themes, along with the new less angry sound, it was a great choice.
I always skipped this one when I bought Judas priest albums almost 30 years ago.british steel, screaming for vengeance,and especially defenders of the faith are the 80s albums to own.Absolutely avoid turbo and ram it down but if I had to buy another 80's priest album it would be this one it's the only other one.
Nah I don't agree with avoiding "Turbo" or "Ram It Down" They both have fantastic tunes ! "Private Property", "Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days", "Out In the Cold", "Turbo Lover/ Locked In"... just great !... And "Blood Red Skies" and "Hard As Iron" are among my top... well 25 Priest Tunes for sure !
"Can't explain, it's something in my blood. Wouldn't change it even if I could !" That really resonates with me !
Well Point of Entry. At least it's not Turbo.