(Rated this album with 8 out of 10) Reviewed by
Jesse Pellegrini
from Columbus, OH
This particular album isn't typical of later Priest albums, but was more my cup of tea than the later albums of the '80s. I think Rock a Rolla is a terrific track and it's a shame that Priest doesn't play this song in concert anymore. The reason I think this album is like Black Sabbath's first album is because Black Sabbath's first album has one single on it (Black Sabbath) and the rest of the songs are typically representative of the Blues wave that was coming out of England at the time. Same thing here. Except it is much more enjoyable than Black Sabbath's first release. Winter is kind of cool, although the sounds in the song sound like Rob or maybe other members of the band were trying to get a car started during a -80 degree windchill and snowstorm. I kind of like Run of the Mill, although it is arguably too long. Cavier and Meths was interesting, but too short and underdeveloped. All in all, this album was a direction the band chose not to elaborate on, but I guess we can listen to it and dream what might have been...
