Nice episode. I also ranked their albums and I'm a sucker for those late 70's albums. Definitely their best era. The drumming was a bit dumbed down on certain 80s records so. Cheers!
Firepower honestly in S-tier for me vying for #1 spot with Screaming for Vengeance. I was absolutely blown away that Priest could put out an album of this quality 48 years into their career. Fucking amazing. 🤘🏼🤯
Right! Firepower holds up with their other classics and honestly atm that'd the Priest album I listen to the most even tho my favorite album is Hell Bent
52:31 yeah... what the hell is he talking about??? There’s maybe 2 weak songs out of 8. Invaders is the worst. Gangland is not great but it has its moments. The rest is great! Children of the Damned, The Prisoner, 22 Acacia Avenue, Run to the Hills, Number of the Beast, and Hallowed be thy Name are all classics.
Recently I find myself listening to Redeemer of Souls more so than Firepower. Firepower was alright but it didn't have any songs that stood out, but as soon as any song from Redeemer comes on I know what album it is. Best song on there is Metalizer!
1- Screaming for Vengeance 2- Defenders of the Faith 3- Painkiller 4- Nostradamus 5- Sad Wings of Destiny 6- Killing Machine 7- Stained Class 8- British Steel 9- Turbo 10- Ram it Down 11- Sin After Sin 12- Firepower 13- Jugulator 14- Angel of Retribution 15- Point of Entry 16- Demolition 17- Rocka Rolla 18- Redeemer of Souls
Tell Daniel he is wrong about Number of the Beast , there are quite a few classic bangers on that Album, I actually prefer Killers and Piece of Mind but Cmon man Number of the Beast is a classic, Children of the Damned,22 acacia ave, Number of the Beast ,Hallowed be thy name and Run to the Hills put That album on S tier if you do a Maiden list
Gangland really brings it down, Run To The Hills & Hallowed is way overrated imo, Invaders is ok, the rest are bangers. It's a great album but definitely not their best and overrated. It doesn't even make it into my top five.
Great to see the Priest catalogue dissected with such detail. As a life long fan it was tough but entertaining to watch. Easy for me: Tier S: Stained Class, Killing Machine, British Steel, Point Of Entry, Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders Of The Faith, Turbo, Ram It Down, Painkiller Tier A: Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Sin After Sin Tier B: Angel Of Retribution, Firepower Tier C: Jugulator, Demolition, Redeemer Of Souls Why: Nostradamus As an aside the '86 live concert video from the Turbo tour is the greatest live show ever recorded IMO. I watched it so many times when I got it on VHS I wore the tape out and had to buy another, still watch it regularly to this day. \m/
S tier: 1. Painkiller 2. Stained Class 3. Defenders of The Faith 4. Sad Wings of Destiny A tier: 5. Firepower 6. Screaming for Vengeance 7. Hell Bent for Leather 8. Sin After Sin 9. British Steel B tier: 10. Angel of Retribution 11. Redeemer of Souls C tier: 12. Rocka Rolla 13. Point of Entry 14. Nostradamus 15. Ram It Down 16. Jugulator 17. Turbo Y tier: 18. Demolition
I’m a Painkiller JP fan the best IMO and I’d take Point of Entry over Turbo any day. There are only three songs from Turbo I can still listen to - Turbo Lover, Out in the Cold, Reckless while POE has Heading, Hot Rock’n, Desert Plains, Solar Angels, Troubleshooter, On the Run. Groove metal at its best.
My tier list for Priest and Admittedly I was never a huge JP fan: S: SfV, Firepower, Sad Wings A: Defenders, Turbo, Painkiller, British Steal, Hell Bent, B: Stained Class, Sin After Sin, Angel C: Rocka, Redeemer, Ram it, Point or Entry, Jugulator Why?: Nostradamus, Demolition
I 100% agree with some of these early Priest/Queen comparisons. Priest in my humble opinion didn’t become a full blown “metal band” until “British Steel”
Sad Wings of Destiny, Firepower, Killing Machine, Turbo, Angel of Retribution, Redeemer of Souls, Ram it down and Point of Entry deserved to be at S tier as well.
sad wings and stained class were the 2 best 70's Priest , Screaming and Defenders back to back same way with wings and class were the 2 best in the 80's and hands down Pain Killer rounds out my top 5 with a 90's Priest
Angel of Retribution is awesome. Love the ballads too. Ram It Down is underrated. I think "Love You To Death" and the cover of "Johnny B. Goode" let it down though. I prefer Firepower over Stained Class and Sin After Sin.
Turbo should be last. The use of guitar synths was a big time departure of their heaviness. The album was too poppy. "Private Property"? What about "Eat Me Alive", mates? "Parential Guidance"? C'mon, gimme some "Rapid Fire", guys! I believe the follow up album, Ram It Down, was superior!
Pain Killer and Screaming for Vengeance is a tie for the number 1 spot , I guess if I had to pick one it would have to be Screaming for Vengeance for the absolute perfect Judas Priest album 👑
Best to worst S- British Steel, Angel of Retribution, painkiller, A- Defenders of the Faith, Hell Bent for Leather, Firepower, Stained Class, Juggulator B-Screaming for Vengence,Reedemer of souls, Sin after Sin, Sad Wings of Destiny, C -Point of Entry, Turbo, Ram it Down, Rock n rolla Why- Demolition, Nostradamus
Real philosophy being debated here. Stained Class is my favorite and seeing them not touch it in my city on the 50 year tour was weird. I'm expecting Hero's End but no Exciter? Come on.
I want to see you guys do a Helloween album ranking. It would probably piss me off because I adore that band and I'm really defensive of many of those albums 😂
43:00 You're not describing France, you're describing Hellfest, one festival in France. Also, there's no annual "strike day". Your colleagues were most likely pulling your leg. :P
I feel like the Redeemer of souls should have been higher, I thought that was a pretty solid album. Also I feel the that Jugulator and Demolition were both pretty solid albums, I feel like they get a lot of hate for no reason, I personally though that Priest sounded heavier and angrier on those albums than anything else they have done.
S tier: Stained Class, Painkiller, Killing Machine, Screaming For Vengeance, Firepower A tier: Defenders of The Faith, Sin After Sin, British Steel B tier: Sad Wings Of Destiny, Ram It Down, Point Of Entry, Angel Of Retribution, Jugulator C tier: Turbo, Rocka Rolla, Redeemer Of Souls FYou: Nostradamus, Demolition
Agreed with a lot of the list except In my opinion Sad Wings is top S and British Steel is A and below Killing Machine easily also you guys have not heard Jugulator or Demolition enough or possibly at all if you’re ranking them that low they are easily B and C. With B tier being in order of Turbo Jugulator and Ram it Down and Demolition being in C with the order being Rock n Rolla Point and Demolition put some RESPECT on Tim’s name he’s a fantastic singer and KK’s priest is also AWESOME and Angel is last in A. The only Why tier in my opinion is Nostradamus.
S-Stained Class, Screaming for Vengeance, Firepower A-Sad Wings of Destiny, Hell Bent for Leather, Painkiller B-Sin After Sin, British Steel, Defenders of The Faith C-Point Of Entry, Jugulator, Angel Of Retribution, Redeemer Of Souls Y-Rocka Rolla, Turbo, Ram it Down, Demolition, Nostradamus
Unpopular opinion, British Steel and Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather are filled with fillters I think, and Point of Entry. Screaming for Vengeance is the first album since Stained Class in my opinion that actually is pretty good, but Defenders is better I think (except for the titular song and maybe 1 or two others).
Ive never been a big fan of Judas Priest but at least now I fully understand why when it comes to.... Maybe 10ish years ago or so I randomly heard the song Painkiller, and was like "this is Judas Priest? I've been missing out" bought the Painkiller album and loved it. But when I tried to dig a lil deeper trying out maybe 2 or 3 random priest albums I didn't like em at all. And I was confused why I loved Painkiller so much but couldn't get into any of their other albums. So thank you for saying that they were like a whole nother band and nothing else sounds like that album. As a newish/outsider to Judas Priest it explains a lot. Painkiller still f**kin ROCK!!!
I think the Ripper albums didn't sell not because it was with another singer, the band just couldn't (or didn't want to) write for shit. Jugulator though, about 60% of that album is pretty great, Demolition is almost worthless. They wasted Ripper's talent, with him, they could've done anything, even a Painkiller 2 (but heavier).
I have to correct Daniel on one thing. First of all, Martin will agree with you on Number of the Beast being overrated. He says so in his "Collector's guide to the 80s" book. He also thinks Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son are inferior to the reunion era albums (an opinion I violently disagree with).
I actually think Somewhere and Seventh are probably two of the greatest Iron Maiden albums of all time. Apparently, people don't care or like lyrics about the "occult", and time and other things...or care about lyrics at all.
Turbo isn't great, but it's a solid album of them experimenting with the new modern sound that was popular. Better than Ram it Down, or anything without Halford.
When u start listing how they looked as part of the reason you dismiss an album IMMEDIATELY DESTROYS your credibility to me. Sorry but that's my opinion. That's like me saying your a crappy reviewer bcuz you got the wrong band t-shirt on hahaha. Am I wrong hahaha. I don't think so
Rocka Rolla, Point of Entry and Defenders of the Faith are B albums. Sin After Sin is an A. Turbo is a C album. Painkiller has always been felt half-baked to me, I like all their albums before it more, so it is also a C album.
