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Strong Arm of the Law by Saxon, album cover
Album

Strong Arm of the Law

by Saxon
Released7 November 1980
LabelCarrère
Popularity47.9
heavy metalmetalrocknwobhmtraditional heavy metal
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Strong Arm of the Law: tracklist, credits and charts

8 tracks · 36:26

Tracklist

  1. 1Heavy Metal ThunderByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:14
  2. 2To Hell and Back AgainByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:37
  3. 3Strong Arm of the LawByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:31
  4. 4Taking Your ChancesByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:10
  5. 520,000 ft.Byford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn3:45
  6. 6Hungry YearsByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:37
  7. 7Sixth Form GirlsByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:16
  8. 8Dallas 1 PMByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn6:16
Produced by
Pete Hinton, Saxon
Recorded at
Ramport (London)
Recorded
May–August 1980
Engineered by
Will Reid-Dick
Label
Carrère
Length
36:26

Singles

  • “Strong Arm of the Law” · November 1980

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 1980-8111
French Albums (SNEP) · 1980-8115
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 201825
Swedish Albums · 1980-8137

Certifications

RegionCertification
United KingdomGold

From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.

47.9
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
884
ListenBrainz listeners
29k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
343
Deezer fans (all editions)
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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia only
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainzOctober 1980
Wikipedia infobox7 November 1980
Wikidata1980
US release1980earliest US date
UK / Europe releaseOctober 1980earliest UK or European date
13 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
—NLParlophone5099926088013other
1980FRCarrèreother
1980USCarrère074643767910other
1980SECarrèreother
1980DECarrèreother
October 1980GBCarrèreoriginal
1994JPEMI4988006700987other
28 September 1994JPEMI4988006700987other
2006GBEMI094637932223other
15 February 2006JPEMI4988006838918other
20 February 2009DEEMI5099969444425other
2018XEUnion Square Music4050538358605other
2022XEBMG4050538696455other
Cover art sources

itunes · upscaled: minor: best source 1400x1400, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07)

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itunes ✓1400×1400upscaled: minor: best source 1400x1400, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07)
deezer1200×1200upscaled
fanarttv1000×1000upscaled
coverartarchive220×220upscaled