'98 Live Meltdown

'98 Live Meltdown is a concert album by Judas Priest, recorded and released in 1998 and is the first live album to feature new lead singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, recorded during the Jugulator World Tour. A second live album featuring Owens, Live in London, was released in 2003.

'98 Live Meltdown
Live album by Judas Priest
Released	17 September 1998 (Japan) 29 September 1998 (outside of Japan)
Recorded	Jugulator tour 1998
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	122:31
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Judas Priest and Sean Lynch
Judas Priest chronology
The Best of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight (1997) '98 Live Meltdown (1998) Demolition (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album was reissued as part of the band's limited edition 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music box-set, released on October 2021, through Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings.^[2]

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Hellion"	Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton	1:08
2.	"Electric Eye"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	3:47
3.	"Metal Gods"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	4:09
4.	"Grinder"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	4:26
5.	"Rapid Fire"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	4:24
6.	"Blood Stained"	Downing, Tipton	5:08
7.	"The Sentinel"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	5:46
8.	"A Touch of Evil"	Halford, Downing, Tipton, Chris Tsangarides	5:51
9.	"Burn in Hell"	Downing, Tipton	5:34
10.	"The Ripper"	Tipton	3:52
11.	"Bullet Train"	Downing, Tipton	5:58
12.	"Beyond the Realms of Death"	Halford, Les Binks	7:13
13.	"Death Row"	Downing, Tipton	4:22

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Metal Meltdown"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	5:02
2.	"Night Crawler"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	6:11
3.	"Abductors"	Downing, Tipton	5:54
4.	"Victim of Changes"	Al Atkins, Halford, Downing, Tipton	8:31
5.	"Diamonds & Rust" (Joan Baez cover)	Joan Baez	3:54
6.	"Breaking the Law"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	2:36
7.	"The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)	Peter Green	4:53
8.	"Painkiller"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	6:28
9.	"You've Got Another Thing Comin'"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	8:35
10.	"Hell Bent for Leather"	Tipton	3:48
11.	"Living After Midnight"	Halford, Downing, Tipton	6:01

Personnel

Judas Priest

• Tim "Ripper" Owens – vocals
• Glenn Tipton – guitars
• K. K. Downing – guitars
• Ian Hill – bass guitar
• Scott Travis – drums

Production

• Produced and mixed by Judas Priest and Sean Lynch
• Engineered by Will Shapland
• Mastered by Tim Burrell
• Album cover by Mark Wilkinson
• Photography by Ross Halfin, John McMurtrie, Babz Bell, George Chin, and John Stone

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3]	63
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4]	28
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[5]	23