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"...the sixth album by Judas Priest, It is one of their most popular recordings and is widely regarded as one of the band's best efforts, along with, Killing Machine, Screaming for Vengeance and Painkiller. "Breaking the Law", "United", and "Living After Midnight" were released as singles.
The album was recorded at Tittenhurst Park, which was the home of the Beatle Ringo Starr. Sampling did not yet exist at the time of recording, so the band recorded the sounds of smashing milk bottles to be included in "Breaking the Law", as well as various sounds in "Metal Gods" produced by "trays of cutlery" and "billiard cues."
The original UK release was initially at a discount price of £3.99: the advertisements in the music press bearing the legend, 'British Steal'.
Anthrax guitar player Scott Ian said in an interview in the documentary Heavy Metal: Louder than Life that British Steel was probably the album that really defined heavy metal, because it, according to him, did away with the "last shards of blues" that had otherwise been characteristic of the genre. He said, "Even the title... how does it get more metal than that?"
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