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British Steel was their big commercial breakthrough. The previous albums weren't as popular as it. That's why it's the most famous album up to 1980.
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It seems to be their most famous album period even though Screaming for Vengence sold more and had the biggest commercial hit.
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For me, the first four albums rank this way:
Sad Wings of Destiny > Stained Class > Sin After Sin > Rocka Rolla
Rocka Rolla is cool and has a lot of good ideas on it but it lacks the identity that Judas Priest forged for themselves on later albums.
Hell Bent for Leather (or Killing Machine outside of the US) is a good album but it unfortunately cost the band Les Binks because he didn't like the change of musical direction. Dave Holland wasn't nearly as good. British Steel has some extremely cool songs on it and is a better version of the style they moved towards on that album.
Sad Wings of Destiny > Stained Class > Sin After Sin > Rocka Rolla
Rocka Rolla is cool and has a lot of good ideas on it but it lacks the identity that Judas Priest forged for themselves on later albums.
Hell Bent for Leather (or Killing Machine outside of the US) is a good album but it unfortunately cost the band Les Binks because he didn't like the change of musical direction. Dave Holland wasn't nearly as good. British Steel has some extremely cool songs on it and is a better version of the style they moved towards on that album.
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I heard they had freedom issues when making Rocka Rolla like Cavier was supposed to be a 12 minute epic that got cut down to a 2 minute instrumental.
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edit: well, 'weak' is a bit much. it's not quite fully realised is all, i still like it a lot.
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Its a better song but what i meant is Rocka Rolla sounds like the kinda song that shouldve been a radio staple and something you hear every now and then on commercials and in movies.
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I only meant weak by the standards the band set with later albums but yeah i think it couldve been a classic had it reached its potential or they had gotten their way.
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If the "Winter Suite" wasn't boring (except Cheater, that's technically considered part of it right) and was up to par with the rest of the album, it would be only a hair behind Sad Wings. Run of the Mill and Never Satisfied are easily up there with the best from SWOD.
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OK, just finished listening to Warning of Danger. It's actually pretty good. Guess I got that one wrong too. Oddly enough, Termination was the song I enjoyed second-most this time, although I think the Butthole Surfers spoof might be responsible for that. The overall songwriting is more involved than the first album, but I still think the intensity level is a lot lower. Especially with songs like Ruby Eyes and Don't Fear the Night that would have been fine on the first album but just sound bland here. Instrumental is obvious filler too. Just a bit of a weak early-middle on the album I guess. Title track was the stand-out for me, that can also hurt an album when it's all downhill from there. Still, I'm up-rating it from a 1.5 to a 2.5, and will give another listen in maybe 6 months and if I'm not already burned out again I'll probably bump it to a 3.
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Yeah, it had a lot of potential but it fails to realize most of the ideas. The "Winter Retreat" segment does have some of the most uncharacteristic Halford vocals ever and it weirded me out when I first heard it.
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I had it on tape as a kid. The whole second side (starting with "Run of the Mill") used to trip me the fuck out. The whole album is fucking killer.
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While I don't really agree with your rating I can get behind this, the title track is the best on the album, and while Warning of Danger holds my interest throughout most of the album (the instrumentals are a waste) it is way too common to put on an album which starts out great and promising and then halfway though you find yourself switching to something else because they suddenly just sounds bland and uninteresting. Bands should learn to spread out their hits more (or write more hits).
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How can anyone listen to the lead work on "Dying to Meet You" and say that! What about "One for the Road"? Its catchy as fuck.
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On the whole yeah if you include all related sub-genres that aren't prog metal. imo some of the classic prog rock bands, especially Camel and Genesis, are pretty fuckin bland though.
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