Judas Priest Ram It Down
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InFlamesWeThrash666
August 23rd 2018


10561 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Blood Red Skies is one of Halford's best performances

RunOfTheMill
August 23rd 2018


4514 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeh, I will always love that one, Ram It Down and Hard as Iron too

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
June 10th 2020


18959 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Bumping the most underrated 88 metal album and one of the GREATEST SOLOS ever recorded.

arapinho1
July 5th 2020


346 Comments


I'm a rockeeeeeeeer

goeb
September 13th 2020


6 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I think this album is very forgettable if it wasn't for Blood Red Skies..a song that feels completely out of place on this underwhelming album. It is my favorite metal song of all time and is so cherished that I even limit myself to listening to it unless I am doing a workout because I don't want all the energy I get from that song go to waste.



If I am going out to war/battle, that is my anthem. Strange how such an underwhelming album can have such a gem of a song. Insane vocals, exceptional riffs, and I think the lyrics are brilliant as well.



"As the end is drawing near

Standing proud, I won't give in to fear

As I die a legend will be born

I will stand. I will fight"

You'll never take me alive

Allergist
September 13th 2020


1079 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The title track is one of JP’s all time best songs

el_newg
September 13th 2020


2088 Comments


ram it down
ram it down
think you will fart but it’s brown

TheSonomaDude
September 13th 2020


9078 Comments


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Allergist
September 13th 2020


1079 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

LOL

RunOfTheMill
September 14th 2020


4514 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

hahahaha lloyd

parksungjoon
September 26th 2021


47235 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

>Bumping the most underrated 88 metal album and one of the GREATEST SOLOS ever recorded.





thats interesting, there are a lot of moments on this record that sound like theyre trying really hard to compete with eddie van halen for some inexplicable reason

FR33L0RD
May 2nd 2022


6401 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

discog walk: Visit on Rm 2012 Ed. The guitar duo on this LP is out of this world and Rob Halford vox is perfect here. Great- 3.3/5

Hightpoints; "Ram It Down/Hard As Iron/Blood Red Skies/I'm A Rocker"

Lowpoints; "Love Zone/Johnny B. Goode (cover)/Love You To Death/Monster Of Rock"

Agreed with TheNoTrap about the extraordinary guitar play solo duet on this record.

RunOfTheMill
May 4th 2022


4514 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Blood Red Skies - awesome, one of their best tracks

I'm a Rocker - great, fun song

Johnny Be Good - oof ouch I dunno about this one

Love You to Death - not good, a bit excessive in its performance, some of the riffs are decent though

Monsters of Rock - just bad, has none of the traits that make JP exciting



The Johnny Be Good movie tie-in is curious. I've heard they wanted to use Reckless (from Turbo) in Top Gun, but there was something about having to remove the track from their studio album so they refused. Considering how successful Top Gun was, it makes me wonder if they jumped on the next movie opportunity, only to stumble on a terrible flop.



A shame they didn't include some of the outtakes, Fire Burns Below and Thunder Road are bonus tracks on some remasters, but they're excellent and would have made Ram It Down a better album.

FR33L0RD
May 4th 2022


6401 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Interesting infos. Cheers.

Anthracks
June 22nd 2022


8045 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

the germ of painkiller is here. incredibly underappreciated album

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
November 5th 2023


26243 Comments

Album Rating: 2.8

Honestly might prefer turbo this is even more all over the place than nostadamus

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
November 5th 2023


26243 Comments

Album Rating: 2.8

I take that back Turbo sucks

Kompys2000
Emeritus
November 5th 2023


9467 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Turbo t/t is about a thousand times more fun and memorable than anything here

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
November 5th 2023


26243 Comments

Album Rating: 2.8

Agreed that and Out in the Cold i kinda fuck with

RunOfTheMill
November 5th 2023


4514 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I’ve said over and over in this thread, there are some choice cuts here that are some of their absolute best. I can also say the same about Turbo frankly. There’s a mix of tracks from both albums, and some outtakes, that I think would make a top tier Priest album



There are awful tracks on both albums too haha



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