Editing Point of Entry (section)

==Critical reception==
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|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=AllMusic review|website=[[AllMusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/point-of-entry-mw0000650340|access-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605065836/http://www.allmusic.com/album/point-of-entry-mw0000650340|archive-date=5 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857125958 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA3-PA2005-IA45|language=en}}</ref>
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In 2005, ''Point of Entry'' was ranked number 352 in ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=69}}</ref> In the 2007 book ''Metal: The Definitive Guide'', author Garry Sharpe-Young wrote that the album consists of "radio-friendly fillers." Moreover, Sharpe-Young called the original British artwork "bland" and subsequent American alternative artwork "an even worse compromise."<ref>{{cite book |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNrV3iQ_qrIC&pg=PA37|title=Metal: The Definitive Guide |pages=37–38|publisher=Jawbone Press |isbn=9781906002015 }}</ref>

Opinions about the album from within the band were mixed. Bassist Ian Hill explained, "It came across… people think it's just a commercial album. And it's not, there are some good songs in there. And I think it's overlooked.".<ref>{{cite web |author=Olivier |title=JUDAS PRIEST |url=https://www.rockpages.gr/en/interviews/item/9338-judas-priest |website=Rock Pages |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> In a Louder article, it is noted that "Halford admits to being "dismayed" by the reaction it received." In the same Louder article, K.K. Downing takes on a more mixed perspective, "People don't understand how pressurised we were by the label, either to do covers or make hits", he says. "With that album, we gave them what they wanted."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ling |first1=Dave |title=Judas Priest: "For years we had to hide the fact that we were skint" |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/judas-priest-for-years-we-had-to-hide-the-fact-that-we-were-skint |website=Louder |date=22 August 2007 |publisher=Classic Rock |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> He cites the album as the worst he made with the band, "But then again there are some great songs on that one. That's so, so hard to answer."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/kk-downing-soundtrack-of-my-life|author=Ling, Dave|title=K.K Downing: The Soundtrack of my Life|website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Louder]]|date=18 December 2023}}</ref>