Most underated Judas Priest Disc

Ram It Down ?

"Ram It Down" is easily the most under-appreciated and underrated album by Judas Priest.


My favorite Judas Priest album, however, is "Painkiller"

Rocka Rolla is the most underrated, with Point Of Entry close behind.

Point of Entry. It gets a little filler-y towards the end, but some of the songs (Turnin' Circles, Desert Plains, and Solar Angels especially) are their very best.

INVADERS wrote:

i think jugulator is....
it's one of the best priest albums, it blew my socks off when i first heard it......

it's one of my personal favorites from the band

Same

Chairman_Smith wrote:

INVADERS wrote:

i think jugulator is....
it's one of the best priest albums, it blew my socks off when i first heard it......

it's one of my personal favorites from the band

Same

I'll also echo this, I heard the Bullet Train promo ahead of time and ran right out and got the album. Never mattered to me Rob isn't on it, very explosive record. It's too bad the follow up was naff though.

It's weird but i kind of lost interest in Priest the last two years.

I would say that both Point Of Entry and Rocka Rolla are majorly underrated. I love both albums and are two of my faves from them. So many great songs on each of them.

Nostradamus has also become underrated since most people seem to not like it, but I also dig it very much.

I was listening to Hero, Hero yesterday and that album sounds so great. It's basically a remixed compilation of Rocka Roll and Sad Wings, but it works so well.

ultmetal wrote:

I was listening to Hero, Hero yesterday and that album sounds so great. It's basically a remixed compilation of Rocka Roll and Sad Wings, but it works so well.

Remixed? I thought it was just a best of between the first two albums?



I had that album for some time, but let go of it as it seemed unnecessary in my collection.

I can't see how Turbo could be up there. That's one of their biggest selling albums.

Lurideath wrote:

I can't see how Turbo could be up there. That's one of their biggest selling albums.

It sold well commercially. But in hindsight, many fans diss on this one.

I voted for Turbo because it is oft maligned but really doesnt deserve it.

I'd go with Turbo, for some reason I tend to enjoy most so-called "sellout" albums, they just really appeal to me and Reckless is one of my all time faovrite Priest songs, too bad it didn't end up in Top Gun like it was orignally planned. I don't think Priest changed they're sound to attract more fans, as they were already immensely popular before Turbo. I tihnk they just wanted to try something different, in fact one interesting bit of trivia, Turbo and Ram It Down were originally supposed to both be rleeased as a double album called Twin Turbos, but of course CBS records didn't see that as being very profitable so that idea didn't happen. I also found Jugulator and Demolition underrated.

exact33 wrote:

I voted for Turbo because it is oft maligned but really doesnt deserve it.

I went with "Turbo" in the end too.

Both it and "Ram It Down" are so severly overlooked, it's sad.

I voted for "Point Of Entry", the first Priest album I actually purchased back in 1981. Although I had heard tracks from British Steel penetrating the walls of my big brothers room prior to buying this record, "Point Of Entry" was my introduction to the band that would eventually become one of my top two favorite bands of all time.

Btw, POE is not my favorite Judas Priest album, but it's one of those albums that always seems to get average or below average reviews, but I think it's really quite good.

I agree MB. I also think Angel of Retribution is underrated but it wasnt a choice..

ultmetal wrote:

My favorites are Stained Class, Sad Wings, Screaming for Vengeance, Hell Bent for Leather, etc.



However, underrated, I'd say Rocka Rolla.

i AGREE WITH SCOTT. Even I don't dare to listen to this album

I voted Sad Wings.

I never hear anyone talk about that album.

ultmetal wrote:

My favorites are Stained Class, Sad Wings, Screaming for Vengeance, Hell Bent for Leather, etc.

my faves are...
1.) Sin After Sin
2.) Stained Class
3.) Rocka Rolla
4.) Sad Wings of Destiny
5.) Hell Bent for Leather

Went with Rocka Rolla. Might be my favorite JPoverall.

My fave Judas Priest albums in order:

1. Painkiller
2. Ram It Down
3. Sad Wings of Destiny
4. Rocka Rolla
5. Turbo

Metallic Blaze wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I voted for Turbo because it is oft maligned but really doesnt deserve it.

I went with "Turbo" in the end too.

Both it and "Ram It Down" are so severly overlooked, it's sad.

Ram It Down deserves most of the crap it gets, that albums like a patchwork quilt gone wrong.

"Ram It Down" rules. Easily my second favorite from the band.

But I've heard others before with similar opinions as your own.

I never did understand that. One of the best cover songs in history is on that album too.

Different strokes ...

If I could go back and change my vote, I would change it to 'Rocka Rolla'', even thou my original choice 'Defenders of the Faith' is underrated (if it is possible for a platinum album to be underrated) due to the fact that is sandwiched between 'Screaming' and 'Turbo', 'Rocka Rolla' is basically dismissed even by the band themselves.