Firepower (studio album)
by Judas Priest
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Firepower is ranked 8th best out of 31 albums by Judas Priest on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Judas Priest is British Steel which is ranked number 973 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,791.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Firepower track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/30/2025 20:38 | mizzle | 1,339 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2025 18:00 | Invader666 | 2,623 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2025 08:25 | SeventhOne | 162 | 67/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2025 22:39 | iann97 | 1,833 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2024 04:17 | Jasonchang | 45 | 100/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Oct20. I can see why the metal fans were back on board with this one. Right from the get-go we get the massive double kick drums, shredding guitars and Rob has his metal wail back. His wails were nowhere to be found on 'Redeemer of Souls' and I liked that. They are not too over the top here though, but it's still enough to put me off songs like 'Lightning Strike'.
At least the shorter, hard-hitting tracks are back. I quite like the riffs and verses of 'Evil Never Dies' and this is my favourite song here. The heavier riff of 'Never the Heroes' is also very cool. Is that Alice Cooper on 'Spectre' or just Rob doing more different vocals? There is a lot of classic metal all through the middle of this album. Being more a fan of the rock tracks, 'No Surrender' was my favourite after the brilliant start to the album.
I also liked that it was short. It made going into the last two tracks over 5 minutes a little easier. Of those, 'Lone Wolf' is a cracking song with another thick riff behind it and 'Sea of Red' is a very good song to finish with as it builds as it goes. Overall, a very satistying album. 3.5/5
I first listened to this thing when it came out. It was my first Judas Priest album and I thought it was great. 8/10.
I've since become a big fan of the band, and I've listened to most of their classic period albums. Top notch classic heavy metal. Last night I put this album on, and it blew my mind all over again. I think it might be one of their best albums with some of Rob's best vocals and songwriting to date. It's really heavy too, probably their heaviest album to date, including Painkiller. It's amazing to see a band accomplish something like this so late into their career.
Readjusting my score to a 9.5.
jeremy9 09/02/2019 16:07 | #242108
My album of the year
dihansse 08/01/2018 19:18 | #219056
I was never the biggest fan of Judas Priest but this album rocks: one of their best for sure
Judas Priest show that you can be exciting and relevant without changing a thing.
Fav Track: Firepower
Another great comeback album from Judas Priest. Some additional hellish elements put this album over the top.
Best Track: Rising from Ruins
Solid and exciting album.
luigybetis 04/06/2018 14:37 | #212387
Awesome, great way of entering Judas Priest. 8/10.
DaVGManiac 04/04/2018 13:01 | #212285
What an epic comeback! This is the greatest Judas Priest album since Painkiller! It's easily my favourite metal record of the 2010s!
AAL2014 03/25/2018 14:36 | #211678
Going to give this another couple full listens before scoring it, but already one of my favorite Priest albums. The main downfall here to me is that there is a good amount of cheese spread throughout the record, maybe more so than I've found in an average Priest album. However, the vocals, guitar solos, and drumming are top notch and the production is outstanding.
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