Battle Cry (Judas Priest album)

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Battle Cry
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Live album by Judas Priest
Released 25 March 2016
Recorded 1 August 2015 at Wacken Open Air (Wacken, Germany)
Genre Heavy metal
Length 75:28
Label Epic
Producer Tom Allom & Jack Ruston
Judas Priest chronology
A Touch of Evil: Live
(2009)
Battle Cry
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[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]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Battle Cry" (Intro) 0:33
2. "Dragonaut"   4:12
3. "Metal Gods"   4:13
4. "Devil's Child"   5:18
5. "Victim of Changes"   8:58
6. "Halls of Valhalla"   6:07
7. "Redeemer of Souls"   4:10
8. "Beyond the Realms of Death"   7:01
9. "Jawbreaker"   4:05
10. "Breaking the Law"   2:47
11. "Hell Bent for Leather"   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

Note

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.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
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

References

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  8. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  9. "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2016. 12. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
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  11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Judas Priest – Battle Cry". Hung Medien.
  12. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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  14. "Swisscharts.com – Judas Priest – Battle Cry". Hung Medien.
  15. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  16. Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=305 "Judas Priest – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Judas Priest.
  17. "Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=795 Judas Priest – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Judas Priest.
  18. "Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=408 Judas Priest – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Judas Priest.
  19. "Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=407 Judas Priest – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Judas Priest.