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The song title came about when Glenn Tipton awakened Rob Halford with his loud guitar playing at 4 AM, during the band's stay at Tittenhurst Park to record British Steel in 1980. Halford commented to Tipton that he was "really living after midnight", and Tipton replied that Halford's comment was a great title for the song he was working on. [6]
The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight is a compilation album of Judas Priest's hits, dating from their 1978 album Killing Machine (Hell Bent for Leather in the United States) through Painkiller (1990). This album was released in 1997. In 2009 the album was reported to have sold 564,000 copies in the United States. [2]
"Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" was included on The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight, which was not endorsed by the band. The tune itself was composed by Bob Halligan Jr., of the band Ceili Rain. The first half of the guitar solo is played by Glenn Tipton and the second half is played by K. K. Downing.
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"Living After Midnight" 7:24: 7. "You've Got Another Thing Comin ' " 8:05: 8. "Screaming for Vengeance" (recorded live in Memphis, TN, 12 December 1982 during the Screaming for Vengeance tour) 5:55: 9. "Rock Hard, Ride Free" (recorded live in Los Angeles, CA, 5 May 1984 during the Defenders of the Faith tour) 6:42: 10.
Wayne Parry of the Associated Press called it, along with "Hell Bent for Leather" and "Living After Midnight", one of the "standards against which other metal tracks are measured". [7] Greg Prato of AllMusic wrote that the song was what finally broke Judas Priest into the mainstream in the United States. [2]
‘Ripper’ joins Judas Priest. While going through the group’s classic songs, including “Living After Midnight,” “Breaking the Law,” “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ ” and ...
One of Blink-182's strengths has always been Barker's amazing drum skills, and "After Midnight" is the perfect song to show off his musical chops—as well as lyrics that perfectly encompass the ...