I'm just telling you how people reacted to it when it came out, and that's what they were saying
Personally I find the modern reaction to British Steel baffling, given how many people seem to either low rate it or think it one of the lesser albums. Back in 1984 people really did consider it the best album Priest made, and I think it holds up actually better than SFV or DOTF. You also have to consider the time period; we were still in vinyl back then, and it was very common to think that the best songs were on Side 1 and the first song on side two was usually a single, and beyond that were the leftovers. People never stopped singing the praises of side one of DOTF, but most people, well, you could get some to admit they liked Eat Me Alive, but Some Heads Are Gonna Roll was blatant in its commercial side and Heavy Duty/Defenders Of The Faith isn't precisely the best rock anthem Priest ever did. I think that's one reason why British Steel was highly regarded back then, it was just endless anthemic, sing in the car at top volume songs. Plus 30 years of Breaking The Law and Living After Midnight being everywhere have sapped those songs power somewhat. Living After Midnight was
made to be heard out of the shitty speakers of the guy in your group who had a car, buzzed on beer at midnight on a Saturday.