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| 3.5 great | FictionalFlames | April 17th 13 | Fundamentally, the album is a love or hate experiment [for the fans] that pays homage to the then rising Glam metal scene. But is that a legitimate reason why we should hate Turbo? Priest just came off of a career high with Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith so there's no doubt there's a spillover effect in play with the song writing. Yes, they do use synths, but they don't over play it as it has been portrayed. Songs like Locked In, Reckless, and Hot for Love along with many others are upbeat in their own right with some spectacular solos from their famous axe duo as well as soaring vocals from Rob Halford.
In conclusion, the album itself has been portrayed as total shit which in itself is an extreme understatement, and many fans are missing out on some of Priest's best moments from the '80s despite the cheesiness of it all.
Also, lol people think Glenn and K.K. are using keyboards! I guess people don't know the difference between guitar affects and real keyboards, and if that's the case then Buckethead is a master pianist.
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| 4.0 excellent | Fernando Alves | July 28th 11 | I know...80% don't like Turbo. It's not cool to say I like Turbo....Well I'm not the coolest guy in the world. This record has really goods songs like Out in the Cold, Turbo Lover (amazing live song), Private Property or Reckless. Classic!
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| 4.0 excellent | resident sputbirb with fancy hat | June 1st 24 | Extremely fun and peak 80s album, A side is definitely superior to the B side but overall still a great and very falsely maligned record. Let the synth love into your heart!!!
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| 2.5 average | Hot Bowser | October 5th 21 | jp take a break to play some new wavy rock and its not even that bad
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| 0.0 | Mark Erikson | July 5th 20 | HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA fuck you.
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| 1.0 awful | GamamJ | March 15th 20 | Judas Priest officially get my award for most inconsistent band of all time, having records at all ratings from 1-5. On to this record it?s terrible, and I honestly don?t even want to remember it, not least write about it. It does try to save itself with the last two tracks, however it is by then much too late. It cannot escape being the synth dominated, pop-oriented, glam garbage, even a failure for glam in fact, that it is. Awful.
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| 2.5 average | Resident Metalhead Piranha | July 5th 17 | Point of Entry was a disappointing album, but this is the band's first 'dud.' "Turbo Lover" opens the album on a decent note but is lacking the ferocity of previous album openers. "Locked in" is catchy but is drenched in overdone synthesizers and lacks the appropriate metallic edge to compliment the solid vocal performance. Rob is as good as ever but he is letdown by a mostly dated album with bland material and awful lyrics. "Rock You All Around The World" isn't half bad, and "Out in The Cold" is pretty decent too. Letdown by bad production, bland material, and a lack of energy and inspiration despite its commercial success, Turbo never quite shifts into turbo when it's needed most.
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| 2.0 poor | Britch2tiger | October 21st 15 | For any fans of glam rock, you might actually "like" this album, but this is a big step away from their heavy metal origins. This album is not detestable, however, Judas Priest IS NOT A GLAM ROCK BAND! Still better than Pantera's debut album...
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| 2.5 average | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | October 11th 15 | The cheesiest album Judas Priest would ever put out, and not cheesy in a cool way like Painkiller, but rather cheesy in a "stock glam production, synths, and lame lyrics" way. Locked In is actually not too bad, but when you compare even the best stuff on here to the essential Priest classics, it just doesn't stack up. Rock You All Around the World is almost good on this album, but compare it to a better known fast-paced Judas Priest ripper like Exciter or Hell Bent for Leather and it just doesn't stack up. The lyrics on that one are just fucking stupid too, which is a recurring element through the whole album. To this record's credit, while it does beat the whole "let's try to put a super catchy chorus in" thing to death, it does stick sometimes. Overall, though, there's a pretty good reason this is often regarded as Priest's weakest 80s effort.
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| 0.0 | mandan | December 7th 13 | Okay, so it's not even Top 5 JP. Even so, it's a fun album. Most of it is pretty enjoyable, save for the last 3 tracks. Production is also weak and the riffs feel generic. Nevertheless, hardcore fans might find something to like, provided that they're open-minded enough about this release.rPersonal Rating: 3.7
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| 2.0 poor | mark7477 | August 19th 10 | The only good per se best song on this album is turbo lover despite the cheesy title.But in reality priest and hair metal do not mix very well maybe for the hip mtv audience of that time.
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| 3.0 good | Xenorazr | November 14th 09 | Fundamentally a synthesizer overload of glam metal, but the intros, guitar solos and shameless catchiness make it a tolerable and, at times, fun album.
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| 0.0 | scorpionatorizer | February 20th 09 | This bullshit don't even sound like Priest. It sounds like shit is what it sounds like! Rob Halford is a good vocalist, but that's it. Everything else is weak and the synths are overdone. Wanna know how a metal band should properly use synths? Listen to Iron Maiden's Somewhere In Time, thank you very much.
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| 2.0 poor | s0nicx | January 20th 25 |
| 2.5 average | gk1979 | June 5th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Grungil | March 9th 24 |
| 3.0 good | coopj | March 8th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Lvxfra | February 3rd 24 |
| 2.5 average | bungy | January 18th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Dmax28 | November 25th 23 |
| 2.7 average | A.R.O. EMERITUS | November 5th 23 |
| 2.5 average | bSmith | October 25th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | T2071 | October 7th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Kelek | August 21st 23 |
| 3.0 good | Rick64 | March 23rd 23 |
| 2.5 average | haxxiy | March 4th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 13th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Bulgaro | September 28th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Djokoll | September 14th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | Elmo | July 29th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 10th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | Davey | May 5th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | KManoc1 | December 1st 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Jonatas | October 31st 21 |
| 2.5 average | Jero | October 29th 21 |
| 3.5 great | vhv | October 11th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Harlz | February 23rd 21 |
| 3.0 good | Juuso | February 7th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Gorey13 | February 6th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Snuron | January 27th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Basina | December 28th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | CalinD | December 5th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Brabiz | November 8th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Thranth | October 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Caner | October 19th 20 |
| 2.5 average | goeb | September 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Samuel | June 14th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Marci | May 25th 20 |
| 2.5 average | haley | May 11th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Jay78 | April 7th 20 |
| 3.5 great | jsaadia | December 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Coast | December 10th 19 |
| 2.5 average | cruzz17 | October 29th 19 |
| 3.5 great | jmal00 | September 19th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | josh | July 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pale | June 9th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Fenix | May 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | qyxxxyq | April 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | weik | April 3rd 19 |
| 3.0 good | JS98 | March 31st 19 |
| 2.0 poor | blou52 | January 13th 19 |
| 3.0 good | dlbk03 | December 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rsorbo | October 7th 18 |
| 2.5 average | NickArk | September 26th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | J1m1 | September 10th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Wolfe | August 16th 18 |
| 2.5 average | ssak | August 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kasper | July 16th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Nowy | July 15th 18 |
| 3.0 good | t67 | April 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | igi78 | March 27th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Rosier | February 9th 18 |
| 1.0 awful | Fear | December 11th 17 |
| 2.5 average | PhilSam | December 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | theworld | November 22nd 17 |
| 2.5 average | fredyk | October 23rd 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Elynna | October 6th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Rambles | September 11th 17 |
| 2.5 average | jnedi | August 7th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | solrage | August 7th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Ale21 | April 5th 17 |
| 3.0 good | fresol | March 19th 17 |
| 2.5 average | chanson | February 10th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | bbgames | February 6th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | KyoZM | December 11th 16 |
| 2.5 average | amhc | November 15th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 3.0 good | leopm | November 8th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Jac45 | November 3rd 16 |
| 3.0 good | cahz | October 13th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Faenrir | September 13th 16 |
| 3.0 good | DaveD | August 18th 16 |
| 2.5 average | elch21 | August 2nd 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Scoob | July 28th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Lanas | July 24th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Ianman | July 8th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Lassie | June 16th 16 |
| 2.5 average | SB129 | May 16th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Wajd | May 5th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Robbit | April 30th 16 |
| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | March 29th 16 |
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| 4.0 excellent | musixxx | December 22nd 15 |
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| 2.0 poor | wham49 | September 9th 15 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Faustus | August 1st 15 |
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| 2.5 average | SuzyC | March 24th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Aion | March 6th 15 |
| 2.5 average | EDkoss | February 9th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Kalhur | December 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | amigou | November 30th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Titan | October 19th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | adr | June 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mitch | May 26th 14 |
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| 1.5 very poor | ngk44 | April 20th 14 |
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| 2.0 poor | Andrew | January 19th 14 |
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| 2.0 poor | skoik | May 30th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | SCR1971 | April 21st 13 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Siamois | January 10th 12 |
| 2.5 average | narpet | December 25th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Lebren | November 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | junkie | November 17th 11 |
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| 1.5 very poor | ricdark | October 3rd 11 |
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| 2.0 poor | Aether | September 4th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Knave | August 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Zool | August 25th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | KILL | July 13th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | true | July 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | LWR | June 18th 11 |
| 3.0 good | OFace | June 6th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Pluto | April 19th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Pace | January 8th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Bazzoe | December 23rd 10 |
| 2.5 average | MO | December 8th 10 |
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| 2.5 average | esw1026 | October 14th 10 |
| 1.0 awful | Pilgrim | September 22nd 10 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Maz | November 29th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | bradstem | November 11th 07 |
| 1.0 awful | Mikesn EMERITUS | September 29th 07 |
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