Saxon "Crusader (Vinyl)"

Crusader is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in February 1984 by Carrere Records.

Of the title of the album and the title track, bassist Steve Dawson has said that "In England, there's a paper called the Daily Express, and on the logo at the top of the paper, there's a crusader, and there was a car made by Ford called a Cortina Crusader. That's what started it off. We just liked the name "Crusader". We didn't have any connotations of what it meant as far as history goes, but we just liked the name "Crusader", so we just wrote the lyrics to fit the title, really."

Tracklist:

All tracks are written by Saxon, except where noted.

Side one

1. "The Crusader Prelude" 1:05
2. "Crusader" 6:33
3. "A Little Bit of What You Fancy" 3:50
4. "Sailing to America" 5:03
5. "Set Me Free" (Sweet cover) Andy Scott 3:13

Side two

1. "Just Let Me Rock" 4:11
2. "Bad Boys (Like to Rock N' Roll)" 3:24
3. "Do It All for You" Biff Byford, Paul Quinn, Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson, Kevin Beamish 4:42
4. "Rock City" Byford, Quinn, Oliver, Dawson 3:16
5. "Run for Your Lives" 3:53

Recording information:

Recorded at Sound City, Los Angeles, Carlifornia.

Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.

Kevin Beamish – producer, engineer

Bruce Barris – engineer

Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California – recording location

George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City

Paul R. Gregory – artwork

Nigel Thomas – management