Firepower
by Judas Priest
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Judas Priest bestography
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 1098 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,595.
(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).
Firepower rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Andy Sneap selected | 4/17 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2018 201-299 | 63/99 | - |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Best Album of 2018 | 1/1 | 5 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 85 Music Albums of the 2010s | 57/85 | 7 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  UofTBlues | Top 8 Music Albums of 2018 | 4/8 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 79 Music Albums of 2018 | 72/79 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 2018 | 12/58 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 96 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 402 | |||
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Firepower ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | cicadelic | 13,808 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 19:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,557 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 20:41 | DJStuart79 | 5,983 | 59/100 |
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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 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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jeremy9 10/21/2019 11:21 in What album are you listening to right now? jeremy9 09/20/2019 09:08 in What album are you listening to right now?Firepower comments
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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 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
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