Ram It Down
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| Studio album by Judas Priest | ||||
| Released | May 17, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | December 1987–March 1988 | |||
| Studio | Ibiza Sound Studio, Ibiza, Spain, Puk Recording Studios, Gjerlev , Denmark |
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| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 58:12 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Tom Allom, Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K. K. Downing | |||
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| PopMatters | (poor) |
| Martin Popoff |   |
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Ram It Down is the eleventh studio album by Judas Priest, released in 1988 through Columbia Records; a remastered edition containing two bonus tracks was reissued in 2001. The album earned gold certification (500,000 sales) on 18 July 1988. The band toured in Europe and North America to support the release of the album. This is the last album to feature long time drummer Dave Holland and the last studio album produced by long-time collaborator Tom Allom who returned to produce the 2009 live album A Touch of Evil: Live.
In 1986, Judas Priest intended to release a double album entitled Twin Turbos, of which half would consist of melodic, more commercial hard rock, and the other half would be heavier and less synth-driven. Columbia Records objected to the double album concept, and the project was ultimately split into two separate releases, 1986's Turbo, and 1988's Ram It Down. At least four songs, "Ram it Down", "Hard as Iron", "Love You to Death" and "Monsters of Rock", were written for the Twin Turbos project.
Drummer Dave Holland experienced health problems during recording, and the band elected to utilise a drum machine on much of the album rather than bring in another drummer. Ram It Down would be the final Judas Priest album recorded with longtime drummer Holland, as well as producer Tom Allom. Allom would later return as co-producer to the 2009 live release A Touch of Evil: Live.
The band recorded a rendition of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode", intended for inclusion on the soundtrack for the 1988 Anthony Michael Hall comedy film Johnny Be Good; the song found its way onto Ram It Down and was the album's first single. It was also played during the first few concerts of the band´s 1988 tour, along with the title track and three other songs from the album. The only Ram It Down songs to have been played on later tours are "I'm a Rocker", during the Retribution Tour; and "Blood Red Skies", during the Epitaph World Tour.
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