Im a Turbo Lover!

skullsmasher wrote:

I have all of Priest's albums and like them all. I would say Ram It Down is their weakest but I still like it. I freakin' love Point of Entry, to each his own I guess.

Point Of Entry is a C-L-A-S-S-I-C, never have understood why that album has such a mediocre reputation. Turning Circles, Desert Plains, Solar Angels, You Say Yes, Heading Out To The Highway, all classic Priest tracks. Even the slightly goofy tracks Don't Go and Hot Rockin' are alot of fun.

Okay, here's how I see it...

Every Priest album from Sad Wings Of Destiny thru Screaming For Vengeance is peerless.

The rest of the catalog is a little more spotty, but there are good tracks on all of the Halford albums (I hate Ripper).

detuned wrote:

Okay, here's how I see it...

Every Priest album from Sad Wings Of Destiny thru Screaming For Vengeance is peerless.

The rest of the catalog is a little more spotty, but there are good tracks on all of the Halford albums (I hate Ripper).

Ditto. Especially the Ripper part. Not that he's a bad vocalist but enough with the Halford-wannabe impressions.

Along with Defenders of the Faith Turbo is my favorite from Priest. Saw them live on this tour back in 86 the night before the documentary Heavy Metal parking Lot was filmed.

detuned wrote:

Okay, here's how I see it...

Every Priest album from Sad Wings Of Destiny thru Screaming For Vengeance is peerless.
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Right on but:

that other guy wrote:

The rest of the catalog is a little more spotty, but there are good tracks on all of the Halford albums (I hate Ripper)

how could you not like the ripper?!?

I think it would be possible to respond to my quote without changing my user name to "jerkface".

Okay, sfincter?

That would be "sphincter".

tohostudios wrote:

That would be "sphincter".

blame the board's profanity filter...that wasn't what I typed.

I was just listening to Point of Entry last week in the jeep. Deset Plains, Turning Circles and Heading Out To The Highway are stellar, but there's a whole lot of filler tracks on that album, IMO. I would put it about on a level with Turbo (but remember, I like Turbo).

Strongest five albums IMO are:

(no order)
Painkiller
Angel of Retribution
Screaming
Sad Wings
Hellbent for Leather

detuned wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

That would be "sphincter".

blame the board's profanity filter...that wasn't what I typed.

I like every Judas Priest the sole expection being Demiliton, not blaming Ripper, just terrible songs.

its "KILLING MACHINE" not "HELL BENT FOR LEATHER"

AfraidofSunrise wrote:

its "KILLING MACHINE" not "HELL BENT FOR LEATHER"

I think the UK release was called Killing Machine, but here in the US, the albums was released as Hellbent for Leather.

The cd has a different track order than my old cassette as well.

Wow!! I am glad to see this post created such a spark of good responses. It seems there are lots of JP fans out there.

I am expecting a couple more JP albums here soon. I think next week my Hellbent For Leather album will be in, and then 2 weeks later I will have Point of Entry and British Steel.

I dont have Demolition, but have heard such bad things about it, I will wait till I can find it used and cheap. After that it is the 70's era. I will be finished after that, but what is great is all these albums I have to look forward to....KEY!

Any suggestions on the 70's would be great although I have noticed a few mentioned in this thread already.

My favorites from the 70's are Sin After Sin and Stained Class...but I might be in the minority on that one.

Unleashed In The East should be in EVERY rock collection.

My Favorites also are "Sin After Sin" and "Stained Class", but if I had to pick a favorite it would be "Stained Class". Though, "Jawbreaker" is a live cut off of the "Sin After Sin" album, so both are must haves.

stained class and sad wings are easily priests finest moments from the 70s

Sad Wings and Sin After Sin are my 70s faves

mez wrote:

I dont have Demolition, but have heard such bad things about it, I will wait till I can find it used and cheap.

Got a trade list? I'd part with my copy if you're interested.

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Any suggestions on the 70's would be great although I have noticed a few mentioned in this thread already.

Sad Wings of Destiny is a must have.

Unfortunately I dont have a trade list. I pretty much got rid of all I didn't want.

I still have a ton of CD's and something like over 900, and dont have time to go back to some anymore with that many. I dont know how Ult can manage to do it!! But I am glad he does

I am going to add Sad to my November list, seems like that is getting some good press here!

Also someone told me Demolition has lots of swearing, dropping the F Bomb and whatnot, which surprised me. Is that true, just need to know in advance so I dont play it when my kids are around.

detuned wrote:

I think it would be possible to respond to my quote without changing my user name to "jerkface".

Okay, sfincter?

sorry, couldn't help myself, I love the ripper.

Mez, there's a couple songs with swearing, not too much. I like the Ripper albums, I just view them as being different as classic Priest and find them to be enjoyable.

Unleashed In The East should be in EVERY rock collection.[/quote]

Agreed - it's a good start to 70's priest - a good mix of songs off those albums

IMO you can't go wrong with any 70's Judas Priest expect for maybe "Rocka Rolla' which isn't bad but the Priest are still in their formative stages.

If pressed I would suggest Sad Wings of Destiny or the live classic Unleased in the East.

I love both Turbo and Ram It Down. I also agree that Point of Entry is waaayy underrated. Desert Plains is one of my favorite Priest songs of all time. Peace.