(Rated this album with 10 out of 10) Reviewed by
dragonboots
from PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Many bands release so called "best of" or "greatest hits" only for you to find that the artists last album didn't sell too well and its full of the same songs to try and give it a second push! No such thing here. This CD has had a great deal of thought and attention placed into its choice of trax, because simply this CD made me "want" to go out and buy the whole bands collection. Now I will be the first to admit (be honest) that a lot of the Priest's albums can contain one or two clangers song wise, and thats why this CD is so essential as a starting point...because simply these really are the best songs the band has to offer at this point! And the fact that its a double CD and there is not one filler track gives an indication of how great a band they truely are! My recommendation is to use this CD as a starting point to the uninitiated to find out which eras songs you like best, and then collect the whole lot in that order. I had a great deal of fun building this band's collection for myself this way! Song wise my preferences would be the "Painkiller" era and the "British Steel" and (awesome) "Stained Class" CDs contributions. Probably the best "best of" since Kiss's Double Platinum. Oh PS please come back to the fold Rob we all miss you...you are the only Metal God whose tonsils should grace songs under this bands great name!
