Evening Star (Judas Priest song) explained

Evening Star
Type:	single
Artist:	Judas Priest
Album:	Killing Machine
B-Side:	Beyond the Realms of Death (live)
Released:	27 April 1979 (UK) ^[1]
Recorded:	1978
Studio:	Utopia, London Basing Street, London CBS, London
Genre:	Hard rock heavy metal
Length:	4:06
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	James Guthrie Judas Priest
Prev Title:	Take on the World
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Living After Midnight
Next Year:	1980

"Evening Star" is a song by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, originally released on their 1978 album Killing Machine, and released as a single in April 1979. Following the success of the previous single "Take on the World", it again charted in the UK but it only reached No. 53. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Personnel

• Rob Halford – vocals
• K. K. Downing – guitar
• Glenn Tipton – guitar
• Ian Hill – bass guitar
• Les Binks – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Judas Priest singles.
2. Web site: Rivadavia. Eduardo. Killing Machine. AllMusic. 3 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816111747/http://www.allmusic.com/album/killing-machine-mw0002022787. 16 August 2016. live.
3. Web site: Judas Priest – Evening Star. YouTube. 3 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140301063141/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhN-SwPA3Hs. 1 March 2014. live.
4. Web site: Hell Bent for Leather. 9 October 1978 . iTunes Store. 3 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413053325/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hell-bent-for-leather/id193031416. 13 April 2014. live.
5. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 75 . Official Charts Company. . 27 October 2018 . 13 May 1979.