Sin After Sin

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Sin After Sin

Studio album by Judas Priest
Released	April 1977
Recorded	January 1977
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	47:41
Label	CBS, Inc. (UK) & Columbia Records (US)
Producer(s)	Roger Glover & Judas Priest
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Judas Priest chronology
Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)	Sin After Sin (1977)	Stained Class (1978)

Sin After Sin is the third album by the British heavy metal group Judas Priest, released in 1977. This album featured the drum work of a very young and upcoming session drummer, Simon Phillips, who was only 19 at the time of recording. The record features a cover of Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust", a track that would become a live favourite from then onwards. The album was remastered in 2001, with two bonus tracks added. One of the bonus tracks "Race With The Devil" was at first intended to take the place of "Diamonds & Rust" but their producer, Roger Glover, wanted them to switch to "Diamonds & Rust", saying that "It would fit along with the rest of the album better."

It is said that this album was supposed to be called "Island Of Domination" after the song off of "Sad Wings Of Destiny" with a re-made version of "Island of Domination" as the title track, but they decided to call it "Sin After Sin" because of the popularity of the song "Sinner". The words "Sin After Sin" appear in the lyrics of a song featured on Sad Wings of Destiny called Genocide: "Sin after sin, I have endured... Yet the wounds I bear, are the wounds of love".

In 1988, Slayer covered the song Dissident Aggressor on their critically acclaimed South of Heaven album. Arch Enemy covered the song Starbreaker, which was eventually released as a bonus track on the Wages of Sin album.