Ram It Down [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Ram It Down [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Track Listings

1. Ram It Down

2. Heavy Metal

3. Love Zone

4. Come & Get It

5. Hard As Iron

6. Blood Red Skies

7. I'm A Rocker

8. Johnny B. Goode

9. Love You To Death

10. Monsters Of Rock

11. Night Comes Down (Live) (Bonus Track)

12. Bloodstone (Live) (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Digitally Remastered Re-issue featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'night Comes Down (Live)', and 'bloodstone (Live)'.

Tracks:

Ram It Down
Heavy Metal
Love Zone
Come And Get It
Hard As Iron
Blood Red Skies
I'm A Rocker
Johnny B. Goode
Love You To Death
Monsters Of Rock
Night Comes Down (Live)
Bloodstone (Live)

Customer Reviews:

Priest Rams it down with a fist of British Steel.......2007-06-08

After the Turbo experiment, Rob and the boys got down to some serious metal on this release. The 90's had just started, but Priest was determined to pour molten metal into the ears of a worldwide legion of fans. The album starts of with the title track, and there are no questions as to what kind of album this is. Hard, fast, sonic vocals from Rob, and blistering solos from KK and Glenn. Ian keeps the bottom end tight with his simple formula of bass playing.

The next track Heavy Metal is a personal favorite of mine. It's great to drive down the highway with this blasting and the windows rolled down. This sound is guaranteed to make you go a few miles over the limit. This tune to me is a Priest classic.

Love Zone keeps th album going, nit as fast as the previous two songs, but great singing by Rob with a cool chorus line. The final song on the album, Monsters of Rock, is in the vein of Heavy Duty / Defenders of the Faith. A heavy gringing powerhouse of a song. Blood Red Skies, Hard as Iron, and I'm a Rocker are great tunes too.

Some fans do not care for the Chuck Berry cover Johny B Goode. I whole-heartedly disagree. I think it's a great cover and I think it is great that one of the greatest metal bands of all time recorded the greatest rock n roll song ever written.

This album is a great Feast of Priest.

Judas Priest "Ram It Down".......2006-04-05

Ram It Down is equipped with a great album cover, a great title track which should add up to be a great album. The album isn't great, but at least it doesn't fall to mediocre. It's a good album, it features the same thing Judas Priest usually offers; Great guitar licks by Glenn Tipton & KK Downing,
the under rated bass sounds of Ian Hill, the drums of Dave Holland, and of course Rob Halford is all his screeching glory. Halford to me is the embodiment of hard rock...He had the look, the voice, everything. A lot of these songs rock, a lot of them don't. I'd get Hellbent for Leather, British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance, or Stained Class (in that order) before this album. But it's Priest, so don't pass it up.

1. Ram It Down-5/5-Awesome guitar solo, the lyrics are well strung together. This song rocks. Awesome screaming intro in the beginning too.
2. Heavy Metal-4/5-This song is longer than it needs to be, but it's pretty good.
3. Love Zone-5/5-A lot of sexual innuendo in this song. A bit scary since Rob Halford is gay.
4. Come and Get It-4/5-This song's not bad, but it's not that good either.
5. Hard as Iron-5/5-Awesome song. Rob Halford's voice exhibits raw power in this song.
6. Blood Red Skies-4/5-This song isn't quite as good as it could've been. Rob Halford's vocals are great, the playing is great; But the song just isn't that great.
7. I'm a Rocker-4/5-This song's pretty good, but again it just doesn't click. It's not very catchy or anything.
8. Johnny B. Goode-5/5-I've, for some odd reason, never heard the original version of this song, so my grade is based solely on this version. There's not a lot wrong with this song, the vocals, guitars, bass, and drums are all in top form on this song.
9. Love You to Death-5/5-This song is pretty good, but slightly disturbing.
10. Monsters of Rock-5/5-The lyrics to this song are really cool, but due to the song's title don't expect a loud hard song, instead expect a really slow song with Rob Halford basically talking in a raspy voice.

B-

Going back to heavy metal.......2006-03-12

Their previous album Turbo experimented with a more "pop" sound, but it was still heavy in some parts. With Ram it Down, the band makes a shift to a much more heavier sound. At the time, this was their heaviest album (until Painkiller came out two years later). There are still a few 80s touches, such as that electronic drum sound, and the guitars have that sort of "processed" feel. But overall, the album is pretty good. Ram it Down starts off the album with a shriek from Rob. Couldn't think of a better intro myself! This song is HEAVY, almost unlike anything they had come out with before. The guitar solos on this song are simply jaw-dropping. Love Zone is a catchy song that sounds like a glam metal song for some reason. But don't get me wrong, it still rocks! It's very heavy on that "processed guitar" sound I mentioned earlier. Hard as Iron is another heavy and fast song that just kicks you in the face. Even more awesome solos on this one. I'm a Rocker has an awesome message and is very melodic.

Johnny B. Goode seems to be a song that people love or hate. I happen to love it. They took a classic rock song and turned it into a full blown metal song successfully. I love the way Rob sings it, I think more people should give this song a chance! Come and Get It and Love You to Death are catchy songs, but they don't stand out as much as the others. Monsters of Rock is a nice slower-paced track that took some time to grow on me. Heavy Metal is a theme song for metalheads everywhere. It starts off with an AMAZING solo, and when the song kicks in, you automatically begin to rock out. Rob sings in a high tone practically throughout the whole song.

From what I heard, some of the songs off of this album where meant to be released as a double album called Twin Turbos, combining the material from Turbo with this album. Blood Red Skies sort of reminds me of Turbo, with its synths being played throughout the song. It is sort of an epic power ballad, with Rob hitting some HIGH notes. And the solos are amazing as always. You also get some nice live versions of Night Comes Down and Bloodstone. People seem to be divided over this album, I think it is awesome. Maybe not one of their better albums overall, but still one worth trying out!

It's not underrated, it's just plain horrible!!.......2006-03-08

Let me start this review off by saying that I absolutely love Judas Priest...or at least I did until this album came out. I'll be blunt here...I think it is their worst album. And I have many reasons for that. For one, the song titles (" Come and Get It ", " Hard as Iron ", "Heavy Metal ", etc..) are like ' heavy metal song titles for dummies '. And the lyrics for most of these songs are even worse, like ' heavy metal lyrics for dummies ', or ten year old headbangers, with Halford throwing in as many rock cliches as possible. Lyrics about being a rocker and ramming it down and electrifying guitars and wattage and being a heavy metal monster. Pathetic for this band! I could overlook some of this if the songs were any good, but they are not, which brings me to my second point, which is..

.....the music is HORRIBLE! On ' Ram It Down ', Judas Priest, after experimenting with guitar synthesizers on ' Turbo ', decided to reinvent themselves as a speed metal band, and I think the results were awful. Guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing seem more intent on seeing who can play faster than the other than playing melodic solos that actually SAY SOMETHING! Yes, technically, they are very good here, but where's the beef?
And, besides forgetting how to write good song lyrics, singer Rob Halford also forgot how to write catchy vocal melodies.

Okay, some good things. First, I absolutely LOVE THE COVER, which I think may be their best..and that really IS saying something. Better getting it on vinyl, just for the cover! I really like " Blood Red Skies ", which showed that maybe Halford didn't completely forget how to write beautiful vocal melodies. It is easily (at least to me) the most tuneful (or the ONLY tuneful) song here...I especially like the drum entrance. " I'm A Rocker " isn't a bad song song, either and boasts a pretty catchy refrain. And I guess I don't mind the chorus for " Ram It Down ".

But...back on the negative side....their choice of a cover tune, " Johnny B. Goode ", is rather uninspired (especially when compared to " Diamonds and Rust ", and " The Green Manalishi ") and sounds too mechanical and way overproduced.

I haven't bought this remastered version and nor do I plan to. One copy of this album is enough! Fortunately, they improved a bit with their next album...

Underrated.......2005-12-04

This album deserves about 3.5 or 4 stars, but I am giving it five because reviewers have been underrating this great album. Ram it Down is definately not their worst album, it is much better than Turbo, Rocka Rolla, and Point of Entry. Plus, many people say that the Title Track is the only good song on the album. "Ram it Down" is a really kickass song, but so is "Heavy Metal" and "Blood Red Skies". I highly suggest this album to any Priest fans that don't already have it.

Average customer rating:

A slight correction after "Turbo"...but not enough...
a very superficial album
4.5 stars - why is this album so unappreciated?
RAM IT DOWN!
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Ram It Down
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Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000026JV
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Ram It Down
Heavy Metal
Love Zone
Come & Get It
Hard As Iron
Blood Red Skies
I'm A Rocker
Johnny B. Goode
Love You To Death
Monsters Of Rock

Customer Reviews:

A slight correction after "Turbo"...but not enough..........2006-10-24

Let's get one thing clear first. "Ram It Down" is NOT "Turbo", thank God, even though some of the tracks were supposedly recorded at the same time.

It IS considerably heavier and more like what one would expect from Judas Priest.

However, as much as I would have liked to have given "Ram It Down" four stars, just for simply being so much better than "Turbo", there are some glaring flaws that cause me to withhold that fourth star.

Probably the main thing is the LYRICS. If anything, Rob Halford has got even more juvenile than he was on "Turbo". Here he's full-on in the mode of trying to provide fist-pumping "anthems" for '80s MTV-heads. On "Heavy Metal" (opening with a head-turning Glenn Tipton guitar solo) it works to a degree, but elsewhere...is he trying to be Kevin DuBrow? ("I'm A Rocker"? BLEURGH!)

The other MAJOR emetic is the truly awful cover of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode". How they got roped into this (it was for a filmtrack for a movie called "Johnny Be Good") is beyond me, unless the record company threatened legal action if they didn't. I think this was a new recording, but it has that "Turbo" sound...

Oh, for those who don't know, around this time they were contemplating recording a "heavy" version of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" with disco/pop producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman! It never saw the light of day that I know of (I've never heard it, anyway, and my life is probably better for it), but just to consider that...

However, I did give "Ram It Down" three stars.

First of all, it is quite raw in places. Some people have criticised it for jumping on the "speed metal" bandwagon, but it bears remembering that Priest helped create the form, long before Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth etc were out of high school (viz. "Exciter" and "Freewheel Burning"). The fast tracks (the title track and "Hard As Iron") are very energetic.

I never thought I'd say this, but Dave Holland (his final appearance with Priest before turning up in the British penal system some years ago) does some of his best drumming here. It's still "boxy" sounding, but at least he does a lot more than high-hat/snare/kick over and over.

Halford's voice is, of course, killer - the problem is WHAT he sings, and most of that is dreck, with the exception of the autobiographical "Monsters Of Rock" (Priest were second on the bill to Rainbow at the legendary first Castle Donington "Monsters Of Rock" festival in 1981).

Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing have (mostly) gone back to playing REAL guitars, and the album is better for it. "Love You To Death" is one of their heaviest riffs, though I wonder if Halfie's "preferences" were starting to make themselves known in the lyrics...

I'm going to make a guess at the "Turbo" leftovers...

"Blood Red Skies" - This could have gone on "Turbo" and made it a better album. Here the techno-squawks and drum machine actually work, because they're coupled to a heavier song with more aggressive lyrics.

"Monsters Of Rock" - An epic that builds and builds. Should have been great live.

By the way, I remember reading in "Kerrang!" that they didn't play ANYTHING from "Turbo" on this tour...

This is a worthy purchase, but it shouldn't be one of your first Priest albums, because they were still meandering in direction, which wouldn't receive a full correction until 1990's jaw-dropping "Painkiller".

Three stars, almost four.

a very superficial album.......2005-08-01

The band's "return" to their roots but still considered a pop metal record. I think most of the songs on this album are actually quite good but since it still has these 80's synethizer sounds that were considered cool at the time. Rob halford does try to sound like Stephen Pearcy(Ratt) on some of the songs which makes the album sound like it's from a hair metal artist which Judas priest are definitely not.

The other down side is that most of the tracks sound too cliched which makes the album sound superficial. I only recommend this to a judas Priest fan but if you are a Judas Priest beginner then go and buy british steel,screaming 4 vengeance, painkiller or their 70's albums

4.5 stars - why is this album so unappreciated?.......2004-02-18

Ram It Down (1988.) Judas Priest's eleventh album.

Although the early eighties had been Priest's all-time career high, the latter half of the decade brought extreme confusion to fans and the band alike. While the decade had started out with masterpieces of albums like British Steel and Screaming For Vengeance, the latter half brought on the Turbo album. And while I consider that album to be one of the band's many underrated masterpieces, many fans wanted nothing to do with it. In 1988, the band attempted a return to its earler, heavier sound. The Ram It Down album was released that year. Is this the all-important return to normalcy the band needed, or is it Turbo all over again? Read on for my review to find out.

In response to the question I asked above - this album is neither a return to normalcy, nor is it another Turbo. It's more like something in between. True, the band was back to its heavier sound, but the songs featured here were more commercial than their earlier material. The title track starts the album off. It's a fast and furious rocker reminiscent of Motorhead, another famous classic British metal band. The band started off the album with a track that would grab the attention of any metalhead and hold on to it - a smart move if you ask me. The second track, heavy metal, is NOT the Sammy Hagar song. It's classic metal with a slight industrial rock-styled touch, making it one of the most interesting sounds of their career. Love Zone a fast-paced mainstream-style rocker that almost certainly won't fail to please you if you're a fan of Judas Priest or classic eighties metal. Come And Get It is NOT a cover of the Badfinger song - it's another classic eighties metal-styled tune - and one of the finest songs to appear on the album. Another track worth mentioning is a little masterpiece called Blood Red Skies. Why didn't this track become more popular? It's a masterpiece! Only one song on the album really falls flat, and that's the band's cover of the Chuck Berry classic, Johnny B. Goode. The band recorded this song for the film of the same name. Unfortunately, as much as I LOVE Judas Priest, I have to say this - the band DESTROYED a classic oldie. By slowing down the general pace, they completely ruined the fast-paced classic rock and roll feeling that Berry created when he performed it. A little word of advice - if you're a metal band, you NEVER cover oldies. Despite that one blemish, the rest of the album comes off as nothing short of excellent.

Like the other Judas Priest remasters, this one has two bonus tracks, but it's a little different this time around. Instead of one rare live track and one rare studio session, this time you just get two rare live cuts. Sadly though, like the other live bonus tracks that appear on the Priest reissues, these ones fall flat when you compare them to the actual album tracks. Still, they're a nice incentive to purchase the new version of the album.

I can't believe so many Judas Priest fans diss this album. I think it's one of their finest works! I don't recommend the album to those new to the band, but if you're a Priest veteran, and you want to explore the band's underrated masterpieces, this here is an album you simply can't live without. Don't listen to the fans that call this a bad album - they have no idea how wrong they are.

RAM IT DOWN!.......2003-12-06

Utterly awesome. This is there equal best cd with Painkiller. Ram it down and the other songs have very brutal solo's. Heavy metal has really cool guitar riffs. I hope you get this cd people. Because this cd is one of the best metal cds.

Wicked!.......2003-12-05

Ultimate cd. Ram it down is easily one of the coolest albums of all time. Ram it down shows what heavy metal should be like today. This cd has rip-roaring solo's, good drumming, wicked singing,good,heavy riffs. I don't know how many people say that this album is so bad. Just goes to show dumb people are.
Possibly the best songs are - Ram it down, heavy metal, love zone, hard as iron and come and get it.

Tracks:

Ram It Down
Heavy Metal
Love Zone
Come and Get It
Hard as Iron
Blood Red Skies
I'm a Rocker
Johnny B. Goode
Love You to Death
Monsters of Rock
Breaking the Law
Rapid Fire
Metal Gods
Grinder
United
Living After Midnight
You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
Rage
Steeler
Hellion
Electric Eye
Riding on the Wind
Bloodstone
Chains
Pain and Pleasure
Screaming for Vengeance
You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Fever
Devil's Child

Album Description

Aussie exclusive box-set includes, 'Ram It Down' (1988), 'British Steel' (1980) & 'Screaming For Vengeance' (1982). Each disc is packaged in a standard jewel case with individual artwork & housed together in a slipcase. 2002.

Ram It Down/British Steel/Screaming for Vengeance

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Ram It Down/British Steel/Screaming for Vengeance
Judas Priest
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GLL246
Release Date: 2006-08-22

Tracks:

Ram It Down
Heavy Metal
Love Zone
Come and Get It
Hard as Iron
Blood Red Skies
I'm a Rocker
Johnny B. Goode
Love You to Death
Monsters of Rock
Breaking the Law
Rapid Fire
Metal Gods
Grinder
United
Living After Midnight
You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
Rage
Steeler
Hellion
Electric Eye
Riding on the Wind
Bloodstone
Chains
Pain and Pleasure
Screaming for Vengeance
You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Fever
Devil's Child

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Ram It Down
Judas Priest
Manufacturer: Sony Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00092QU0S
Release Date: 2005-06-13

Tracks:

Ram It Down
Heavy Metal
Love Zone
Come and Get It
Hard as Iron
Blood Red Skies
I'm a Rocker
Johnny B. Goode
Love You to Death
Monsters of Rock

Album Description

Japanese digitally remastered limited pressing of the band's 1988 album with 2 live bonus tracks 'Night Comes Down' & 'Bloodstone'. Packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. CBS. 2005.

Album Details

Includes the Bonus Tracks "Night Comes Down (Live)" and "Bloodstone (Live)".

Average customer rating:

4.5 stars - Another unappreciated Priest effort

Ram It Down
Judas Priest
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002CHR0C
Release Date: 2004-08-16

Tracks:

Ram It Down
Heavy Metal
Love Zone
Come & Get It
Hard As Iron
Blood Red Skies
I'm A Rocker
Johnny B. Goode
Love You To Death
Monsters Of Rock
Night Comes Down (Live) (Bonus Track)
Bloodstone (Live) (Bonus Track)

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Re-issue featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'night Comes Down (Live)', and 'bloodstone (Live)'.

Customer Reviews:

4.5 stars - Another unappreciated Priest effort.......2005-06-23

Ram It Down (1988.) Judas Priest's eleventh album.

Although the early eighties had been Priest's all-time career high, the latter half of the decade brought extreme confusion to fans and the band alike. While the decade had started out with masterpieces of albums like British Steel and Screaming For Vengeance, the latter half brought on the Turbo album. And while I consider that album to be one of the band's many underrated masterpieces, many fans wanted nothing to do with it. In 1988, the band attempted a return to its earler, heavier sound. The Ram It Down album was released that year. Is this the all-important return to normalcy the band needed, or is it Turbo all over again? Read on for my review to find out.

In response to the question I asked above - this album is neither a return to normalcy, nor is it another Turbo. It's more like something in between. True, the band was back to its heavier sound, but the songs featured here were more commercial than their earlier material. The title track starts the album off. It's a fast and furious rocker reminiscent of Motorhead, another famous classic British metal band. The band started off the album with a track that would grab the attention of any metalhead and hold on to it - a smart move if you ask me. The second track, heavy metal, is NOT the Sammy Hagar song. It's classic metal with a slight industrial rock-styled touch, making it one of the most interesting sounds of their career. Love Zone a fast-paced mainstream-style rocker that almost certainly won't fail to please you if you're a fan of Judas Priest or classic eighties metal. Come And Get It is NOT a cover of the Badfinger song - it's another classic eighties metal-styled tune - and one of the finest songs to appear on the album. Another track worth mentioning is a little masterpiece called Blood Red Skies. Why didn't this track become more popular? It's a masterpiece! Only one song on the album really falls flat, and that's the band's cover of the Chuck Berry classic, Johnny B. Goode. The band recorded this song for the film of the same name. Unfortunately, as much as I LOVE Judas Priest, I have to say this - the band DESTROYED a classic oldie. By slowing down the general pace, they completely ruined the fast-paced classic rock and roll feeling that Berry created when he performed it. A little word of advice - if you're a metal band, you NEVER cover oldies. Despite that one blemish, the rest of the album comes off as nothing short of excellent.

Like the other Judas Priest remasters, this one has two bonus tracks, but it's a little different this time around. Instead of one rare live track and one rare studio session, this time you just get two rare live cuts. Sadly though, like the other live bonus tracks that appear on the Priest reissues, these ones fall flat when you compare them to the actual album tracks. Still, they're a nice incentive to purchase the new version of the album.

I can't believe so many Judas Priest fans diss this album. I think it's one of their finest works! I don't recommend the album to those new to the band, but if you're a Priest veteran, and you want to explore the band's underrated masterpieces, this here is an album you simply can't live without. Don't listen to the fans that call this a bad album - they have no idea how wrong they are.

Killing Machine (1978) / Ram It Down (1988)

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Killing Machine (1978) / Ram It Down (1988)
Judas Priest
Manufacturer: CD Maximum
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000IOIM1W

Product Description

2 albums on 1CD- 19trx total- KILLING MACHINE- 10 trx & RAM IT DOWN -10 trx. "KILLING MACHINE": 1. Delivering The Goods. 2. Rock Forever. 3. Evening Star. 4. Hell Bent For Leather. 5. Take On The World. 6. Burnin' Up. 7. Killing Machine. 8. Running Wild. 9. Before The Dawn. 10. Evil Fantasies. "RAM IT DOWN": 1. Ram It Down. 2. Heavy Metal. 3. Love Zone. 4. Come & Get It. 5. Hard As Iron. 6. Blood Red Skies. 7. I'm A Rocker. 8. Johnny B. Goode. 9. Love You To Death. 10. Monsters Of Rock.

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