Point Of Entry  by Judas Priest

After the sweeping success of British Steel, in 1981 Judas Priest released Point Of Entry, adopting the milder sound of its predecessor in order to continue having the same appeal to the audience, especially the audience in the United States. To avoid misunderstandings, the album retains the band's heavy sound, it's just that the compositions are more rhythmic and its production more adapted to the overall rock sound of American radio. Of course, the producer is again Tom Allom.

The album was released with two different covers. One was for the European market and another for the rest of the world. The European one was designed by Roslav Szaybo, while the other was a work by John Berg. Guitarist Glen Tipton has expressed highly negative views about both covers. Apart from the different themes of the two covers, another difference was that the non-European one had the band's name in its 3D version. Another characteristic of the album is that its three singles were "squeezed" onto the first side along with two more excellent songs, Turning Circles and Desert Plains, resulting in the second side sounding weakened.

In the United States, the album sold 500,000 copies. In Great Britain, it reached No. 39 on the charts. What is certain is that it did not manage to have the impact the group would have wanted.