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Ranking Judas Priest Albums
7 years ago
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“When you shall say, "As others do, so will I. I renounce, I am sorry for it, my early visions; I must eat the good of the land, and let learning and romantic expectations go, until a more convenient season." — then dies the man in you;” - Ralph W. Emerson
I've been listening to a lotta Priest lately, so why not? I love all the albums, but I personally feel some are more enjoyable to listen to than others, the best being absolute masterpieces all throughout and the worst being only pretty decent with some gems. This is my personal list, I know it might differ quite a bit from more "expert" takes. I'm not going past Painkiller, though, since I don't consider Nostradamus especially to even be in the same boat really, and haven't listened to the non-Halford ones.
1. Sin After Sin or Stained Class (I can't choose between these two, they're just too amazing)
2. Defenders of the Faith or Painkiller ("Living Bad Dreams" on Painkiller is really meh, but everything else is amazing, still neither I feel is consistently amazing enough to be #1 though)
3. Killing Machine (it has so many gems, and the parts that aren't aren't too meh and they're spaced out to allow the best songs to take over)
4. Sad Wings of Destiny (It tended to feel a little unbalanced and kinda dull in some parts)
5. Turbo (overall it's pretty consistently good, though its best parts are a less good than British Steel or Screaming for Vengeance)
6. Screaming For Vengeance (a few amazing gems, with a lotta meh)
7. British Steel (personally the best parts are some of the best JP has done, but the mehs tend to be so meh...)
8. Point of Entry (it's all really decent and consistent on this one tbh, almost too much though)
9. Ram It Down (a few highlights but it was kinda meh)
10. Rocka Rolla (here it was really unfocused and had only two really good parts
1. Sin After Sin or Stained Class (I can't choose between these two, they're just too amazing)
2. Defenders of the Faith or Painkiller ("Living Bad Dreams" on Painkiller is really meh, but everything else is amazing, still neither I feel is consistently amazing enough to be #1 though)
3. Killing Machine (it has so many gems, and the parts that aren't aren't too meh and they're spaced out to allow the best songs to take over)
4. Sad Wings of Destiny (It tended to feel a little unbalanced and kinda dull in some parts)
5. Turbo (overall it's pretty consistently good, though its best parts are a less good than British Steel or Screaming for Vengeance)
6. Screaming For Vengeance (a few amazing gems, with a lotta meh)
7. British Steel (personally the best parts are some of the best JP has done, but the mehs tend to be so meh...)
8. Point of Entry (it's all really decent and consistent on this one tbh, almost too much though)
9. Ram It Down (a few highlights but it was kinda meh)
10. Rocka Rolla (here it was really unfocused and had only two really good parts
