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A1	Freewheel Burning	4:24
A2	Jawbreaker	3:26
A3	Rock Hard Ride Free	5:34
A4	The Sentinel	5:04
B1	Love Bites	4:47
B2	Eat Me Alive	3:34
B3	Some Heads Are Gonna Roll Written-By – Bob Halligan Jr.	4:05
B4	Night Comes Down	3:58
B5	Heavy Duty	2:25
B6	Defenders Of The Faith	1:30

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Epic/Sony
• Manufactured By – Epic/Sony Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
• Mixed At – DB Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Bayshore Recording Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Ian Hill
• Cover [Designed By] – Doug Johnson
• Drums – Dave Holland
• Engineer – Mark Dodson
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ben King , Bruce Hensal, Buddy Thornton, Christian Eser, David Roeder
• Lead Guitar – Glenn Tipton, K. K. Downing
• Lead Vocals – Rob Halford
• Liner Notes – MASA-ITO*
• Management – Bill Curbishley
• Producer – Tom Allom
• Written-By – Glenn Tipton (tracks: A1 to B2, B4 to B6), K. K. Downing (tracks: A1 to B2, B4 to B6), Rob Halford (tracks: A1 to B2, B4 to B6)

Notes

℗1984 CBS, Inc.
Manufactured by Epic/Sony Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Recorded in Europe
Mixed at DB Recording Studios, Miami, Florida and Bayshore Studios, Miami, Florida
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

"Rising from darkness where hell hath no mercy and the screams of vengeance echo on forever, only those who keep the faith shall escape the wrath of the Metallian... Master Of All Metal."

With obi and 4 page colour insert

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A side): 25-3P-480A2 CS 1A6
• Matrix / Runout (B side): 25-3P-480B2 1A5
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Price): ¥2,500

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 25713, 25713	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(LP, Album)	CBS, CBS	CBS 25713, 25713	UK	1984
502134 2, 5021342000	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Columbia, Columbia	502134 2, 5021342000	UK & Europe	2001
VFCT-39219	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(Cass, Album, Chr)	CBS	VFCT-39219	Canada	Unknown
SICP 4718	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Sony Records Int'l	SICP 4718	Japan	2015
SICP-4388~90	Judas Priest	Defenders Of The Faith ‎(3xCD, Album, Dlx, RE, RM, Dig)	Sony Records Int'l	SICP-4388~90	Japan	2015

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