Defenders of the Faith

Defenders of the Faith
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 4, 1984
RecordedSeptember – November 1983
GenreHeavy metal
Length39:43
LanguageEnglish
LabelColumbia
ProducerTom Allom
Judas Priest chronology
Screaming for Vengeance
(1982)
Defenders of the Faith
(1984)
Turbo
(1986)

Defenders of the Faith is the ninth studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. Defenders of the Faith was released on January 4, 1984.

The album featured the singles "Freewheel Burning", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" and "Love Bites".

The song "Eat Me Alive" was listed #3 on the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" which is a list of 15 songs the organization finds most objectionable. The co-founder Tipper Gore said that the song was about oral sex at gunpoint. In response to the allegations, the band recorded the song "Parental Guidance" on their next album Turbo.[1]

  1. "The PMRC Filthy Fifteen". NNDB. Retrieved 2014-03-09.

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