Best Judas Priest Album Ever??

[The Ozzman]

Delivering the Goods is fucking ace

 

[Hatebreeder]

Only listened to Painkiller and the Living After Midnight compilation, but I generally like what I've heard.

 

[Lord Kur]

Stained Class
Sad Wings Of Destiny
Sin After Sin
Rocka Rolla
Hell Bent For Leather
Defenders Of The Faith
British Steel
Painkiller
Screaming For Vengeance

i agree almost exactly with the order. the only difference is i would have sad wings ahead of stained class and maybe screaming for vengeance ahead of painkiller.

 

[King Richard]

Stained Class is their best.

And anyone who says Painkiller is hands down their best is a fucking asshole and isn't a real Priest fan. Painkiller is a fucking turd.

edit: Well this is the one topic Nec and I agree one. His ranking is ace!

 

[anti nowhere punk]

The only priest albums I enjoy are turbo, ram it down and painkiller, with ram it and pain being the two equal best for me!

 

[byrne]

Sad Wings of Destiny
Stained Class

 

[ramses]

Sin After Sin
Stained Class
Defenders of the Faith
Painkiller
Sad Wings of Destiny
Jugulator

 

[The Ozzman]

Whoever said Defenders is the best of Priest's 80s material:

I agree. I listened to that album last night and it is a fucking solid album. Jawbreaker fucking rules

 

[Krilons Resa]

Sad Wings of Destiny

 

[Lord Kur]

ram it down had some ok tunes. the album is seriously 90% filler but the filler is pretty good, i guess.

 

[IWP]

Painkiller and Stained Class for me.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Stained Class, obviously.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

Painkiller and Stained Class for me.

Haha, I'm a little surprised that you of all people would pick two non-80's albums.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Sin After Sin, but the two before it are extremely close. After those nothing they've done compares.

 

[ramses]

Sin After Sin, but the two before it are extremely close. After those nothing they've done compares.

Rocka Rolla is a strong first album. Just 2 suspicious tracks on it, to me. Their best ballad of all is on that album...Run Of The Mill.

 

[Killbot]

Ah, this classic topic.

Screaming For Vengeance for me.

 

[AchrisK]

Stained Class
Sin After Sin

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

Sin After Sin is a great album, but it loses points in my eyes for one reason:

Last Rose of Summer. I mean, what the fuck?

 

[ramses]

Just a ballad, man! Their first 3 albums, and a little of the 4th (Stained Class) were very influenced by prog rock. Ian's bass style was waaaay better on the first 4 albums.

 

[IWP]

Haha, I'm a little surprised that you of all people would pick two non-80's albums.

Well, technically Painkiller isn't an 80s album. It missed the 80s by months. It sounds like 80s Priest though. Ironically, Turbo is my 3rd favorite Priest album despite how different it sounds from their other albums.