Editing Soldiers Under Command (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Soldiers Under Command
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Stryper]]
| cover        = Soldiers Under Command - Stryper.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = August 23, 1985 <ref>{{Cite web |last=Christensen |first=Brett |title=Stryper: 'Soldiers Under Command' |url=https://stryper.com/officialalbumdates/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Official Stryper Website |language=en-CA}}</ref>
| recorded     = 
| venue        = 
| studio       = {{flatlist|
* Amigo Studios ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]])
* Smoketree Ranch ([[Chatsworth, California]])
}}
| genre        = {{flatlist|
* [[Christian metal]]
* [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
}}
| length       = 45:02
| label        = [[Enigma Records|Enigma]]
| producer     = [[Michael Wagener]]
| prev_title   = [[The Yellow and Black Attack|The Yellow & Black Attack!]]
| prev_year    = 1984
| next_title   = [[To Hell with the Devil]]
| next_year    = 1986
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r76970|tab=review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Soldiers Under Command - Stryper | accessdate = August 27, 2011 | last = Henderson | first = Alex | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Johnson | first1 = Howard | title = Kerrang! | chapter = Heaven's on Fire | volume = 105 | publisher = Morgan Grampian | date = October 17, 1985 | location = London, UK | pages = 22 | title-link = Kerrang! }}</ref>
|rev3 = "Jesus Freak Hideout"
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stryper, "Soldiers Under Command" Review|url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/SoldiersUnderCommand.asp|access-date=2021-07-02|website=www.jesusfreakhideout.com}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Soldiers Under Command''''' is the second release, and first full-length studio album from [[Christian metal]] band [[Stryper]], released on August 23, 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christensen |first=Brett |date=August 1, 2023 |title=August 23, 1985, Stryper releases the album "Soldiers under Command" |url=https://stryper.com/officialalbumdates |accessdate=August 1, 2023 |website=Official Stryper Website}}</ref> It was the first Christian metal album to achieve [[Music recording sales certification|Gold record]] status, selling more than half a million copies. The album was originally issued on white vinyl. The ''Live in Japan'' in-concert video, released in 1986, was filmed on July 8, 1985 during Stryper's tour in support of this album.

A [[music video]] of the title track was released.

The inspirational verse for this album is [[2 Timothy 2]]:3-4.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}