Saxon "Strong Arm of the Law"

Strong Arm of The Law is the third studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon released in 1980. It was released only four months after the classic Wheels of Steel and debuted on the UK chart at No. 11.

"Dallas 1 PM" was written about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, rating it four and a half out of five stars. He called it "equally timeless" to the band's previous album, Wheels of Steel and commented that "all the right ingredients pretty much fell into place for Saxon on this amazing record, and though it lacked as many clear-cut hits as its predecessor, Strong Arm of the Law‘s unmatched consistency from start to finish makes it the definitive Saxon album in the eyes of many fans and critics." After their peak with Wheels of Steel, Canadian journalist Martin Popoff was instead a little disappointed by this album, which he founds "comfortable and nostalgic if never remarkable", but "definetly betraying Saxon's lack of ideas"; despite their "stripped, basic and enthusiastic delivery of metal... creatively Saxon was getting left in the dust, both looking and sounding a bit like Slade."

1st press inc. two patches. Gatefold sleeve.

Worldwide white cover art shown. The US/Canada release had black cover. Also, track order is quite different on the US version: Dallas 1pm, Strong Arm of the Law, Sixth Form Girls, Hungry Years, Heavy Metal Thunder, Taking Your Chances, To Hell and Back Again, 20,000 Ft.

Re-released with Wheels of Steel as a 2 CD set in 1997, with bonus tracks:
9. 20,000 Feet (Live) (3:30)
10. Dallas 1 PM (Live) (6:18)
11. Hungry Years (Live) (5:56)
12. Strong Arm of the Law (Live) (4:52)

13. Heavy Metal Thunder (Live) (4:01)