Oh No, this is just wrong!, who gave 'Judas Priest' the synthesisers? I think they must have thought “'Def Leppard' are doing well, lets jump on the bandwagon”, well they certainly do with 'Turbo', as it's their most commercial album to date. The only saving grace is they have actually managed to concoct a few fairly catchy tunes, that while decent are not particularly indicative of the mighty 'Priest'.

'Turbo' gets off to a decent if somewhat commercial start with the lively 'Turbo Lover', which builds from a humble intro into a good strong rocker, sure the ever present synthesizers are in the mix, but are pretty passable here, lyrically it's a tad weak, but all told still a catchy opener. More reminiscent of 'Def Leppard' than 'Priest' is the light-weight “sell out” of 'Locked In' and in all honesty only 'Rob Halford's' vocals and a decent solo keep this from being truly dire. Not fairing much better is the lyrically inept 'Private Property' which again is disappointing despite a fine 'Glenn Tipton' solo, while even worse is the pitiful 'Parental Guidance', which sounds like it was penned by a bunch of teenagers- possibly 'Priest's' worst song ever- avoid. Improvements are thankfully made with the up-tempo 'Rock You all Around the World' which despite being clichéd does manage to rock, 'Glenn's' licks and solos are sublime and 'Rob' delivers with conviction. The second half opens convincingly with 'Out in the Cold', perhaps the most thoughtfully crafted song of the album, the opening, although synthesiser ridden, does build nicely and develops into a good solid mid tempo rocker, 'Rob's' vocals are full of conviction and overall comes across pretty strongly. Much less convincing is the AOR of 'Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days' which sounds like it's from an 80's kiss album and it feels just so wrong 'Priest' producing this throwaway Rock. Not too dissimilar but thankfully with a little more edge is the lively 'Hot for Love', which is in the catchy upbeat mould, 'K.K.' and 'Glenn' get is some nice fret work while 'Halford' delivers the chorus with gusto. The album bows out with the more straight-forward 'Reckless', a tad commercial at times, but not as blatant as some others mentioned above and all in all a fairly decent affair.

The two bonus tracks include with the remastered edition of 'Turbo' includes the previously unreleased 'All Fired Up', which is a fairly respectable cut, nice energetic rhythm work, screaming vocals (which this album lacks) and plenty of deft fret work- good. The second track is a live working of 'Locked In', I'm not keen on the studio version and while this rendition has the edge, it's still a fairly throw-away song.

Dare I say it, but this is a non essential 'Judas Priest' album!