The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight
The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight is a compilation of the band's hits, drawing on records from Killing Machine (released in the United States as Hell Bent for Leather) in 1978 through to Painkiller in 1990. It came out in 1998, with a US release on 3 February that year through Columbia.
The selection reflects the band's Sony and Columbia catalogue, so nothing from their first two albums, Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny, appears here. Those were recorded for Gull Records, and the band no longer owned the rights. What you get instead is a tidy run through the heavy metal years that took in British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance, Turbo and Painkiller, which makes it a handy way into the group's most celebrated stretch.
The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight: tracklist and credits
16 tracks · 1:06:12Tracklist
- 1The Green ManalishiPeter Green3:26
- 2Living After MidnightDowning, Halford, Tipton3:33
- 3Breaking the Law (live)Downing, Halford, Tipton2:24
- 4Hot Rockin’Downing, Halford, Tipton3:17
- 5Heading Out to the Highway (live)Downing, Halford, Tipton4:36
- 6The HellionDowning, Halford, Tipton0:42
- 7Electric EyeDowning, Halford, Tipton3:42
- 8You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’Downing, Halford, Tipton5:05
- 9Turbo LoverDowning, Halford, Tipton5:35
- 10Freewheel BurningDowning, Halford, Tipton4:26
- 11Some Heads Are Gonna RollBob Halligan, Jr.4:10
- 12Metal MeltdownDowning, Halford, Tipton4:51
- 13Ram It DownDowning, Halford, Tipton4:52
- 14Diamonds and Rust (live)Joan Baez3:39
- 15Victim of Changes (live)Atkins, Downing, Halford, Tipton7:11
- 16Tyrant (live)Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton4:42
- Produced by
- Tom Allom, Judas Priest, Judas Priest, Chris Tsangarides, Sony
- Recorded at
- Startling Studios, Ibiza Sound Studio, Compass Point Studios, Studio Miraval, Wisseloord Studios
- Recorded
- January 1980 – March 1990
- Mixed by
- Tom Allom, Bill Dooley, Kenneth Downing, Glenn Tipton
- Mixed at
- Bayshore Recording Studios, Beejay Recording Studios, The Record Plant, Wisseloord Studios, Startling Studios
- Engineered by
- Louis Austin, Bill Dooley, Mark Dodson, Attie Bauw, Patrice Rouillon Tsernsoff de Gironville, Henrik Nilsson, Neil Kernon, 鈴木良博
- Label
- Columbia
- Length
- 1:06:12
Line-up
- Kenneth Downing · electric guitar
- Ian Hill · electric bass guitar, bass guitar
- Dave Holland · drums (drum set)
- Glenn Tipton · electric guitar
- Rob Halford · lead vocals
- Scott Travis · drums (drum set) · guest
- Les Binks · drums (drum set) · guest
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Released the same week
Also released on 3 February
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Full discography →The best of 1998
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1997, 1998)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 3 February 1998 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 1997 | |
| Wikidata | 1997 | |
| US release | 3 February 1998 | earliest US date |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 February 1998 | US | Columbia | original | |
| 3 February 1998 | US | Columbia | 074646518021 | original |
| 16 December 2002 | GB | Sony Music | 5099748724229 | other |
| 14 April 2008 | XW | Columbia | 5099748724298 | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 500×500 | upscaled |