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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Battle Cry" (Intro) 0:33
2."Dragonaut"Halford, Tipton, Richie Faulkner4:12
3."Metal Gods" 4:13
4."Devil's Child" 5:18
5."Victim of Changes"Al Atkins, Halford, Tipton, Downing8:58
6."Halls of Valhalla"Halford, Tipton, Faulkner6:07
7."Redeemer of Souls"Halford, Tipton, Faulkner4:10
8."Beyond the Realms of Death"Halford, Les Binks7:01
9."Jawbreaker" 4:05
10."Breaking the Law" 2:47
11."Hell Bent for Leather"Tipton4:26
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

  1. ^ James Christopher Monger. "Battle Cry - Judas Priest - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ^ Discogs (April 2016). "Judas Priest – Battle Cry". Discogs. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Judas Priest Announce 'Battle Cry' Live CD/DVD". UltimateClassicRock.com. 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Judas Priest – Battle Cry" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Judas Priest – Battle Cry" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Judas Priest – Battle Cry" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Lescharts.com – Judas Priest – Battle Cry". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 12. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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  11. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Judas Priest – Battle Cry". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Judas Priest – Battle Cry". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Judas Priest – Battle Cry". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Judas Priest Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Judas Priest Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Judas Priest Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Judas Priest Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2023.