Point of Entry is the seventh studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 27 February 1981 by Columbia Records.

Following the commercial success of their previous album British Steel (1980), Priest pursued a more radio-friendly direction on Point of Entry.

[8] The cover featured on the Canada, USA, Australasia, Brazil, Hong Kong and Japan markets, however, was designed by Columbia Record's John Berg, and instead depicts continuous stationery paper to simulate the line in the middle of the road with white cardboard boxes on the back.

In the booklet of the Remastered CD, the band states: Recorded on the island of Ibiza with multiple distractions, glorious sunshine, and extremely low cost alcohol, this album was regarded with mixed feelings because it was different from what people expected.

[12] In the 2007 book Metal: The Definitive Guide, author Garry Sharpe-Young wrote that the album consists of "radio-friendly fillers."

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.