Wheels of Steel by Saxon, album cover
Album

Wheels of Steel

Released3 April 1980
LabelFame
Popularity55.8
Also cited25 July 1980

Wheels of Steel: tracklist, credits and charts

9 tracks · 38:16

Tracklist

  1. 1Motorcycle ManByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn3:54
  2. 2Stand Up and Be CountedByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn3:05
  3. 3747 (Strangers in the Night)Byford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:54
  4. 4Wheels of SteelByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn5:55
  5. 5Freeway MadByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn2:42
  6. 6See the Light ShiningByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:50
  7. 7Street Fighting GangByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn3:09
  8. 8Suzie Hold OnByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:29
  9. 9Machine GunByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn5:17
Produced by
Pete Hinton, Saxon
Recorded at
Ramport Studios (London)
Recorded
February 1980
Engineered by
Will Reid-Dick
Labels
Fame, Carrere
Length
38:16

Line-up

  • Biff Byford · percussion, lead vocals
  • Steve Dawson · bass guitar
  • Pete Gill · drums (drum set), percussion
  • Graham Oliver · guitar
  • Paul Quinn · guitar

Singles

  • “Wheels of Steel” · 14 March 1980
  • “747 (Strangers in the Night)” · June 1980
  • “Suzie Hold On” · September 1980

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 19805
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 202515
Swedish Albums · 198036
UK Independent Albums · 201838

Certifications

RegionCertification
United KingdomGold

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55.8
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
1.7k
ListenBrainz listeners
40k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
512
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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia 1980-04-03 vs 1980-07-25 (musicbrainz), 1980-05-05 (wikidata)
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz25 July 1980ignored lone early release dated 1980-04-03
Wikipedia infobox3 April 1980
Wikidata5 May 1980
US release1980earliest US date
UK / Europe release1980earliest UK or European date
12 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
—GBCarrèreother
1980GBFameother
1980USCarrèreother
3 April 1980FRCarrèreoriginal
25 July 1980JPCarrèreother
1990GBParlophone077779211623other
28 September 1994JPEMI4988006700970other
15 February 2006JPEMI4988006838901other
2009XEEMI5099969444524other
23 February 2009XWUnion Square Music5099969444555remaster
2012GBBack on Black803341343719other
2018XEBMG4050538358575other
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
coverartarchive599×600upscaled