Demolition (Judas Priest album)

Demolition
Demolition
Studio album by Judas Priest
Released	16 July 2001
Recorded	1999–2001, Silvermere Studios, Surrey, England
Genre	Heavy metal; nu metal;
Length	70:44
Label	SPV
Producer	Glenn Tipton
Judas Priest chronology
Singles from Demolition
	"Machine Man"; Released: 1 June 2001;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Blabbermouth.net	4/10^[3]
Rolling Stone	link

Demolition is the fourteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, and the first in the decade of the 2000s. It is the second and final studio album to feature Tim "Ripper" Owens on vocals. It is also the only Judas Priest studio album to ever feature a Parental Advisory label on the album cover due to the songs "Machine Man" and "Metal Messiah" containing profanity.

Background and reception[]

Following the mixed-to-positive reception to Jugulator, the band scrambled to assess what exactly went wrong, and determined that fans preferred a sound more faithful to Priest's back catalog. The resulting album would be an amalgam of Jugulator-style riffs, references to '80s Priest, and nu-metal additions such as samples, downtuned guitars, rapping, and industrial-style beats. While the ostensible aim was to offer something for every possible fan, in the end, the album received a much poorer reception than Jugulator by most fans—and would result in the eventual reunion of the "classic" line-up with Halford. Owens has stated that Demolition was his favorite album that he did with the group, claiming it had "better vocals and more melody" than Jugulator.

In 2018 Tim "Ripper" Owens pledged to re-record this album and its predecessor Jugulator as he feels that his era of the band has "been erased".^[4]

Guitarist Richie Faulkner cites "Hell Is Home" as his favourite song, "It's really heavy and the vocal melody is really great. I think Ripper sings it really well. It's probably one of my favorite Priest songs of the Ripper era. 'Hell Is Home' — I really like that."^[5]

Songwriting and production[]

The album was produced by guitarist Glenn Tipton, who also took over as the primary songwriter. The band's main songwriting team had long consisted of Rob Halford, K. K. Downing, and Tipton. After Halford departed, however, Downing and Tipton wrote all the songs on Jugulator. On this album, many of the songs were written solely by Tipton, with contributions from Downing on several songs. Former producer Chris Tsangarides, who cowrote "A Touch of Evil" on Painkiller, also assisted in the writing of a few songs. Drummer Scott Travis cowrote "Cyberface" – his first and only contribution to writing in the band's history. (Les Binks was Priest's only other drummer to cowrite a song.) This was the first album since Painkiller to feature a guest appearance by keyboardist Don Airey, who had played on "A Touch of Evil."

"People will wonder if a new Priest album is as good as any of the fifteen that came before it," Tipton acknowledged. "I'm confident they'll think this one is. It has some manic, hooligan tracks, like 'Machine Man' and 'Bloodsuckers', as well as a typical 'Ripper' song in 'Jekyll and Hyde'.^[6]

The songs "Machine Man" and "Feed on Me" were included in Judas Priest's box set Metalogy.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Machine Man"	Glenn Tipton	5:35
2.	"One on One"	K. K. Downing, Tipton	6:44
3.	"Hell Is Home"	Downing, Tipton	6:18
4.	"Jekyll and Hyde"	Tipton	3:19
5.	"Close to You"	Downing, Tipton	4:28
6.	"Devil Digger"	Tipton	4:45
7.	"Bloodsuckers"	Downing, Tipton	6:18
8.	"In Between"	Tipton	5:41
9.	"Feed on Me"	Tipton	5:28
10.	"Subterfuge"	Tipton, Chris Tsangarides	5:12
11.	"Lost and Found"	Downing, Tipton	4:57
12.	"Cyberface"	Tipton, Scott Travis	6:45
13.	"Metal Messiah"	Tipton, Tsangarides	5:14

Bonus track on Japanese pressing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"What's My Name"	Tim "Ripper" Owens, Downing, Tipton	3:45

Bonus tracks on Digipak pressing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Rapid Fire" (Re-recorded version)	Rob Halford, Downing, Tipton	3:53
15.	"The Green Manalishi" (Re-recorded version)	Peter Green	4:09

Bonus tracks on Australian pressing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"What's My Name"	Owens, Downing, Tipton	3:45
15.	"Rapid Fire" (Re-recorded version)	Halford, Downing, Tipton	3:53
16.	"The Green Manalishi" (Re-recorded version)	Green	4:09

Personnel[]

Judas Priest

Tim "Ripper" Owens – vocals
K. K. Downing – guitars
Glenn Tipton – guitars
Ian Hill – bass
Scott Travis – drums

Additional musician

Don Airey – keyboards

Production

Produced and arranged by Glenn Tipton; co-produced by Sean Lynch
Mastered by Jon Astley
Front cover and booklet by L-Space Design
Back cover image by Benjamin Davies
Photography by Mick Hutson

Charts[]

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[7]	50
French Albums (SNEP)^[8]	72
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[10]	55
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	72
US Billboard 200^[12]	165

References[]

^ "Demolition by Judas Priest". BraveWords.
^ "Demolition review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ Krgin, Borivoj (17 December 2001). "Demolition - JUDAS PRIEST". . Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^ "TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says His Time With JUDAS PRIEST Has Been 'Erased' From Band's Past, Vows To Re-Record Both Albums". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
^ "JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Names One Of His Favorite Songs From TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Era". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ "The big picture: Demolition derby". Classic Rock #28. June 2001. p. 13.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Judas Priest – Demolition" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "Lescharts.com – Judas Priest – Demolition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "Officialcharts.de – Judas Priest – Demolition". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Judas Priest – Demolition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Judas Priest – Demolition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "Judas Priest Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[BraveWords-1] "Demolition by Judas Priest". BraveWords.

[AllmusicReview-2] "Demolition review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[3] Krgin, Borivoj (17 December 2001). "Demolition - JUDAS PRIEST". . Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[4] "TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says His Time With JUDAS PRIEST Has Been 'Erased' From Band's Past, Vows To Re-Record Both Albums". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[5] "JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Names One Of His Favorite Songs From TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Era". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

[6] "The big picture: Demolition derby". Classic Rock #28. June 2001. p. 13.

[ac_Austria_Judas_Priest-7] "Austriancharts.at – Judas Priest – Demolition" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[ac_France_Judas_Priest-8] "Lescharts.com – Judas Priest – Demolition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[ac_Germany3_Judas_Priest-9] "Officialcharts.de – Judas Priest – Demolition". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[ac_Sweden_Judas_Priest-10] "Swedishcharts.com – Judas Priest – Demolition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[ac_Switzerland_Judas_Priest-11] "Swisscharts.com – Judas Priest – Demolition". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[ac_Billboard200_Judas_Priest-12] "Judas Priest Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

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