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Judas Priest
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.2202
Judas Priest Album Rankings
1
I recently read one music writer's (I'll call him Joe, but it's not his real name) Top 10 list for the worst releases of 1997 on the internet.
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2
In late '70s,Sad Wings Of DestinyandSin After Sinwere heavy enough for heavy metal. However, for the most part, punk beat heavy metal in terms of attitude, speed and nihilism.
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3
Look past the teenage fantasy lyrics, the leather/bondage gear and albums likeRam It DownandTurboand you'll find an intelligent band.
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4
By 1979, Judas Priest (JP) was riding high and gaining speed. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal was barely a ripple, and still gaining momentum. Meanwhile JP was the uncontested leader of the pack.
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5
Although the double-discMetal Works '73-'93is an intoxicating listen, it isn't quite the definitive Judas Priest retrospective it could have been. Six of the band's 11 U.K.
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6
While the '80s may have been littered with many second-rate pop-metal knockoffs of little musical merit, Judas Priest, decked out in leather and studs, always stood tall above the pretenders as the ge
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7
The groundbreakingSad Wings of Destinywas the first great Judas Priest album, simultaneously taking the entire heavy metal genre to new depths of darkness and new heights of technical precision and mu
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8
Angel of Retributionis the first Judas Priest album to feature their original line-up in nearly 15 years, and accordingly, shouldn't be any good.
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9
Stained Classrepresented Judas Priest at their most menacing. Their most loud. Their most METAL. However, Judas Priest was having to reexamine their place in music in the early '80s.
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10
WithHell Bent for Leather, Judas Priest had begun the task of developing their image for increased mainstream attention, reveling in leather-and-motorcycle trappings while beginning to simplify and st
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11
Any time you have an established band, no matter what genre of music they play, chances are people will be disappointed when they go back to that group's first album, hoping to hear the same style of
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12
In one sense, releasing a live album such asUnleashed In The Eastat this particular stage of Judas Priest's career was a smart move.
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13
Imagine, just for a moment, you're a member of Judas Priest, and the year is 1984. You're coming off arguably your most successful album to date,Screaming For Vengeance.
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14
I've always said that the live album is the most difficult thing for any band to master.
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15
After a four-year break, the new lineup of Judas Priest featuring vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (who replaced the legendary Rob Halford) resurfaced on a major label in 2001 to releaseDemolition, the ban
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16
AlthoughSad Wings of Destinywasn't a huge seller, it did land Judas Priest a major-label deal with Columbia, for whom they debuted with the fearlessly experimentalSin After Sin.
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18
In 1981, the world's airwaves and arenas were ripe fruit for the boys in leather.
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19
By 1988, Judas Priest was floundering. They had tried to re-invent their sound onTurbo, an experiment which wasn't a total failure but could hardly be called a success.
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20
Turbois, quite possibly, the album that sparks the most debate among Judas Priest fans.
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21
On 2005's (almost) divine comeback album Angel of Retribution, Judas Priest fans got a modern day update of the band's genre-bending 1976 classic, Sad Wings of Destiny.
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When Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath in 1979, the way was clear for a new heavyweight champ of metal.
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47
For metal fans on a budget, Prisoners of Pain is a worthwhile summation of Judas Priest's early Columbia LPs -- most of the era's pivotal tracks are here, including "Living After Midnight," "Screamin
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