Judas Priest's Reviews
The Best Of Judas Priest: Living After Midnight (Average Rating: 7.34 out of 10)
A good place to start if you're interested in Priest (Rated this album with 8 out of 10)
Reviewed by
tkdmateo
from Manhattan, Kansas United States
This is the first cd I ever bought bearing the legendary metal name "Judas Priest". It gave me a real insight on just how great and different-sounding the band could be. First, listen to all of the tracks, then determine which era suits you best, and finally collect those albums. However, since then I've been purchasing every album (because the band is THAT good!!)The collection takes about 1 to 2 tracks from each album, starting with 'Hell Bent For Leather' and proceeding all the way to the last Halford album 'Painkiller'. I took off one star because now I realize that this collection isn't as complete as 'Metal Works '77-'93'. But for the beginner, this offers some (hence the word "some") of the greatest classics such as 'Green Manalishi', 'Hot Rockin', 'Electric Eye', 'You've Got Another Thing Comin', 'Freewheel Burning', etc. Oh, and one thing I need to point out: Don't listen to the "Iron Maiden-crazy-reviewer" who says that this sounds like soft, light 70's rock. I'm also a big fan of those metal legends, too, but let's be honest here. The track 'Metal Meltdown' is HEAVIER than anything I've ever heard from Iron Maiden. Just Listen to 'Turbo Lover' and tell me that it doesn't sound 80's. You can't. Some of the songs do have that 70's rock sound to them, but listen to the two tracks from the '84 era. It was an example of some of the greatest metal in existence. The albums I recommend the most are: 'Sad Wings Of Destiny'(1976), Stained Class'(1978), 'Hell Bent For Leather'(1979), 'Unleashed In The East'(1979), 'British Steel'(1980), 'Screaming For Vengeance'(1982), 'Defenders Of The Faith'(1984), 'Ram It Down'(1988), and 'Painkiller'(1990). You can't go wrong with any of these!
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