Top 5 JUDAS PRIEST (Judy P) Records

[Chip Z'Hoy]

1. Stained Class
2. Screaming for Vengeance
3. Defenders of the Faith
4. Hell Bent for Leather
5. Painkiller (Overrated? Overrate my testicles.)

[Love_Industry]

1. Stained Class
2. Screaming for Vengeance

Yes.

3. Turbo
4. British Steel
5. Sad Wings of Destiny

[sirthx2]

SFV
Unleashed in the East (it fucking counts!)
Defenders
British Steel
Hell Bent

(Turbo - although its low-points ie Parental Guidance are total cringe, the high points are awesome!)

[HueyRamone]

1. Screamy V
2. Deffy Fay
3. Britty Stee
4. Painy K
5. Stainy C

[pieceofme]

Defenders of the faith
British steel
Screaming for vengeance
Stained class
Tough call between turbo and killing machine for number 5 (depends on my mood)

Painkiller is overrated. Have it ranked 10th (also behind point of entry, sin after sin, and sad wings of destiny).

[Dyslexicheart]

British Steel was my first, so it’s my sentimental fave. I also really like The Best of Judas Priest, the Gull records comp of the first two albums that I also bought around the same time in 1980. I don’t own it anymore, but recreated it as a playlist, with the new remixed Rocka Rolla songs included. Not metal, more bluesy hard rock of course, but a bit under-rated. Reminds me of driving up and down Main Street in my small prairie town in my pickup truck with the Pioneer speakers behind the seat as a sixteen year old, trying to find out where the next bush party was. Ah, memories.

[HueyRamone]

British Steel was my first, so it’s my sentimental fave. I also really like The Best of Judas Priest, the Gull records comp of the first two albums that I also bought around the same time in 1980. I don’t own it anymore, but recreated it as a playlist, with the new remixed Rocka Rolla songs included. Not metal, more bluesy hard rock of course, but a bit under-rated. Reminds me of driving up and down Main Street in my small prairie town in my pickup truck with the Pioneer speakers behind the seat as a sixteen year old, trying to find out where the next bush party was. Ah, memories.

I had very few tapes at the time, 'cause I bought everything on LP, but one I did have was that Best of Judas Priest. So when I got a Walkman, I really wore that thing out. I still couldnt tell you how most of the Rocka Rolla songs go, but the ones on that tape i know super well. Actually, a really good grouping of songs, even if it can hardly be titled "best of judas priest"

[Kajsa]

1. Defenders
2. Screaming
3. Stained
4. Invincible
5. Turbo

[exitflagger]

Unleashed
British Steel
Stained Class
Sad Wings
Hell Bent

[Psychobolia.com]

SCREAMING
DEFENDERS
Stained
Killing Machine
Ram it Down

[Mojo]

Painkiller - My favorite metal album of all time.
Screaming for Vengeance
Defenders of the Faith
Turbo - Fuck you, I love it.

Super controversial opinion, here:
Invincible Shield - I really love this album. I don't know if it's AI or what, and I know it's scab Priest, but I love the songs. Don't know what to tell you.

[Sleek]

San Fernando Valley
Bull Shit
Person of Europe
Down on the Farm
Some Women on Diets

[Wiseacre]

I don't know the newer stuff nearly as well, so I'll stick to the older stuff (and only studio albums even though Unleashed in the East is a fave)

1. Sad Wings of Destiny
2. Stained Class
3. Screaming For Vengeance
4. Hell bent For Leather
5. Defenders of the Faith

[DemonFilth2001]

Defenders
Screaming
Turbo
British Steel
Hell Bent

[dmbrocker]

British Steel
Painkiller
Screaming For Vengeance
Turbo
Defenders of the Faith

[Love_Industry]

Super controversial opinion, here:
Invincible Shield - I really love this album. I don't know if it's AI or what, and I know it's scab Priest, but I love the songs. Don't know what to tell you.

I love it too, and Firepower as well. Not top 5, but their best two since Turbo.

[EuroJR]

1. Screaming
2. British Steel
3. Defenders
4. Killing Machine
5. Turbo

[EatNails]

1. Screaming for Vengence
2. Rocka Rolla
3. Painkiller
4. Angel of Retribution
5. Sin After Sin

[HueyRamone]

Angel

Depressed Angel or Symmetrical Angel?

[jens]

Invincible Shield - I really love this album. I don't know if it's AI or what, and I know it's scab Priest, but I love the songs. Don't know what to tell you.

Richie is a (metal) god, that's what's up.
As much as I'd like them to get KK back instead of skulletboy, Richie is the MVP in metal these days.

[Mojo]

Richie is a (metal) god, that's what's up.
As much as I'd like them to get KK back instead of skulletboy, Richie is the MVP in metal these days.

He's definitely carrying these guys, that's for sure. And Elegant Weapons is some good shit, too.

[jens]

1. Sad Wings
2. Stained Class
3. SFV
4. Painkiller
5. Sin After Sin (those first 15 seconds of Sinner define heavy metal, fantastic)

[Ozzy Stradlin]

1. Hell Bent For Leather (aka Killing Machine)
2. Stained Class
3. Screaming For Vengeance
4. Turbo
5. Sin After Sin

[mrspeedgene]

STAINED
HBFL
STEEL
SFV
FIREPOWER

[Hellsinkey]

Screaming
Defenders
British
Unleashed
Painkiller

[Love_Industry]

Screaming
Defenders
British
Unleashed
Painkiller

If live albums count, both Unleashed and Priest...Live should be in the top 5.

Priest always sounded better live. Croydon 1977, Nagoya 1978, San Antonio 1982, Dortmund 1983 and Gothenburg 1986 is the real top 5. They sounded awesome in 1988 too but had 4-5 songs off RID in the set. Johnny B Goode sucked live.

[sirthx2]

San Fernando Valley
Bull Shit
Person of Europe
Down on the Farm
Some Women on Diets

I don't know why I don't listen to Person of Europe more. I love most of the songs, the production is tight and minimalist is a great way. I've got a minty clean vinyl copy. Needs to be in the rotation.

[Love_Industry]

I don't know why I don't listen to Person of Europe more. I love most of the songs, the production is tight and minimalist is a great way. I've got a minty clean vinyl copy. Needs to be in the rotation.

Yeah, PoE is weird in that way that it has three of my absolute favorite Priest songs: DP, SA and HottH. There are some more really good songs on there, but the filler is dreadful: Don't Go, You Say Yes and On the Run. 3 of the 5 worst Priest songs before Ram It Down. (Raw Deal blows, and the very first Priest song most people heard, the first song on their first album is garbage: One for the Road)

Also, there's something that bugs me about the production. It's too dry, in particular the guitars. Guess they tried to take the metallic British Steel sound in a more rock, AC/DC or even Foreigner/Boston direction and it didn't quite work for them. So it doesn't quite make the top 5 for me even if it should based on the quality of the songs.

[sirthx2]

I don't know why I don't listen to Person of Europe more. I love most of the songs, the production is tight and minimalist is a great way. I've got a minty clean vinyl copy. Needs to be in the rotation.

Yeah, PoE is weird in that way that it has three of my absolute favorite Priest songs: DP, SA and HottH. There are some more really good songs on there, but the filler is dreadful: Don't Go, You Say Yes and On the Run. 3 of the 5 worst Priest songs before Ram It Down. (Raw Deal blows, and the very first Priest song most people heard, the first song on their first album is garbage: One for the Road)

Also, there's something that bugs me about the production. It's too dry, in particular the guitars. Guess they tried to take the metallic British Steel sound in a more rock, AC/DC or even Foreigner/Boston direction and it didn't quite work for them. So it doesn't quite make the top 5 for me even if it should based on the quality of the songs.

It's really dry, but the drums have that 'snap'. (you left out Hot Rockin', which despite a questionable chorus, has that amazing dual guitar riff & perfect KK/Glenn 'bouncy' tempo). I like that JP albums differ so much from a production perspective. Rarely the same sound twice, and all good in their own way. SFV is by far my fave where the louder it is, the better. Like a warm blanket of heaviness.

[CrankerBait]

SFV
British Steel
Hell Best For Leather
Defenders of the Faith
Painkiller