Released 1 September 1980 Release date 1 September 1980 | Length 37:05 | |
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Recorded Between late May-August 1980 Similar Saxon albums, Heavy metal albums | ||
Saxon strong arm of the law
Strong Arm of The Law is the third studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon released in 1980. It was released only four months after the classic Wheels of Steel and debuted on the UK chart at No. 11.
Contents
- Saxon strong arm of the law
- Saxon strong arm of the law music video
- Reception
- UK Track listing
- US Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
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Saxon strong arm of the law music video
Reception
Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, rating it four and a half out of five stars. He called it "equally timeless" to the band's previous album, Wheels of Steel and commented that "all the right ingredients pretty much fell into place for Saxon on this amazing record, and though it lacked as many clear-cut hits as its predecessor, Strong Arm of the Law‘s unmatched consistency from start to finish makes it the definitive Saxon album in the eyes of many fans and critics." After their peak with Wheels of Steel, Canadian journalist Martin Popoff was instead a little disappointed by this album, which he founds "comfortable and nostalgic if never remarkable", but "definetly betraying Saxon's lack of ideas"; despite their "stripped, basic and enthusiastic delivery of metal... creatively Saxon was getting left in the dust, both looking and sounding a bit like Slade."
UK Track listing
All tracks written by Biff Byford, Paul Quinn, Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson and Pete Gill.
US Track listing
Personnel
Songs
1Heavy Metal Thunder4:14
2To Hell and Back Again4:37
3Strong Arm of the Law4:31