Artist: JUDAS PRIEST
Album: SIN AFTER SIN REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1977/ 2001
EAN/UPS: 5099750212721
Media type: CD

Sin After Sin is the third album by the British heavy metal group Judas Priest, released in 1977. This album featured the drum work of a very young and upcoming session drummer, Simon Phillips, who was only 19 at the time of recording. The record features a cover of Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust", a track that would become a live favourite from then onwards. The album was remastered in 2001, with two bonus tracks added. One of the bonus tracks "Race With The Devil" was at first intended to take the place of "Diamonds & Rust" but their producer, Roger Glover, wanted them to switch to "Diamonds & Rust", saying that "It would fit along with the rest of the album better."

It is said that this album was supposed to be called "Island Of Domination" after the song off of "Sad Wings Of Destiny" with a re-made version of "Island of Domination" as the title track, but they decided to call it "Sin After Sin" because of the popularity of the song "Sinner". The words "Sin After Sin" appear in the lyrics of a song featured on Sad Wings of Destiny called Genocide: "Sin after sin, I have endured... Yet the wounds I bear, are the wounds of love".

In 1988, Slayer covered the song Dissident Aggressor on their critically acclaimed South of Heaven album. Arch Enemy covered the song Starbreaker, which was eventually released as a bonus track on the Wages of Sin album.

TRACKLIST:

"Sinner" (Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton) – 6:43
"Diamonds and Rust" (Joan Baez) – 3:26
"Starbreaker" (K.K. Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 4:52
"Last Rose of Summer" (Halford, Tipton) – 5:38
"Let Us Prey" (Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 6:14
"Call for the Priest/Raw Deal" (Halford, Tipton) – 7:12
"Here Come the Tears" (Halford, Tipton) – 3:36
"Dissident Aggressor" (Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 3:07

2001 Bonus Tracks:
"Race With the Devil" (Adrian Gurvitz) – 3:06
"Jawbreaker" (Live) (Downing, Halford, Tipton) – 4:00

LINE-UP:

K.K. Downing: Guitars
Rob Halford: Vocals
Glenn Tipton: Guitars, Piano
Ian Hill: Bass Guitar

with
Simon Phillips: Drums