Painkiller (Judas Priest album)

Painkiller
Cover art by Mark Wilkinson
Studio album by
Judas Priest
Released17 September 1990 (1990-09-17)
RecordedJanuary–March 1990
StudioMiraval Studios, Correns, France and Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre
Length45:52
LabelColumbia
Producer
Judas Priest chronology
Ram It Down
(1988) 		Painkiller
(1990) 		Jugulator
(1997)
Singles from Painkiller
  1. "Painkiller"
    Released: 3 September 1990
  2. "A Touch of Evil"
    Released: 11 March 1991
Rob Halford chronology
Ram It Down
(1988) 		Painkiller
(1990) 		War of Words
(1993)

Painkiller is the twelfth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 17 September 1990 in Europe and on and 18 September in the United States. The album was released following the band's highly publicised 1990 subliminal messages trial earlier that year, in which frontman Rob Halford and the band were cleared of civil charges and found not liable for the attempted suicides of two young men in December 1985 relating to the band's music.

Painkiller was the last Judas Priest album to feature long-time vocalist Halford until his return for the 2005 album Angel of Retribution and the first to feature drummer Scott Travis.

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