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New to Judas Priest: which albums should I check out first?

What are the best Priest albums for someone who's new to to ...
comical effete forum
  06/07/12
British Steel, obviously.
Charcoal frum home hunting ground
  06/07/12
Isn't that one a lot older than the others? How do I know it...
comical effete forum
  06/07/12
You don't. You gotta understand what really put them on the ...
Charcoal frum home hunting ground
  06/07/12
Screaming for vengeance, Painkiller. Then maybe a greatest h...
twisted lascivious alpha
  06/07/12
What about Nostradamus?
comical effete forum
  06/07/12
Some liked it. Some didn't. It has modern production and fl...
twisted lascivious alpha
  06/07/12
Ram It Down is hugely underrated. Title track, Hard As Iron,...
deranged vivacious center trump supporter
  01/09/25
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excitant church sound barrier
  01/09/25
lmao
big maniacal public bath
  01/09/25
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nyuug
  04/09/26
Lord Halford's peak performance "Fucking Your Ass! (for...
Electric lay ratface
  01/09/25
I'd go with Sad Wings of Destiny, Screaming for Vengeance, B...
excitant church sound barrier
  01/09/25
Another way to go would be the Metal Works compilation, whic...
excitant church sound barrier
  01/09/25
OP here. Thanks for the recs
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  04/10/26


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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:01 PM
Author: comical effete forum

What are the best Priest albums for someone who's new to to this band and isn't yet familiar with their repetoire?

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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:18 PM
Author: Charcoal frum home hunting ground

British Steel, obviously.

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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:23 PM
Author: comical effete forum

Isn't that one a lot older than the others? How do I know it will prepare me appreciate their later work with Tim "Ripper" Owens?

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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:34 PM
Author: Charcoal frum home hunting ground

You don't. You gotta understand what really put them on the scene before you understand the rest.

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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:24 PM
Author: twisted lascivious alpha

Screaming for vengeance, Painkiller. Then maybe a greatest hits.

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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:27 PM
Author: comical effete forum

What about Nostradamus?

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Date: June 7th, 2012 12:32 PM
Author: twisted lascivious alpha

Some liked it. Some didn't. It has modern production and flair, but it isn't classic.

Theres a lot of cheesy stuff to avoidin Priest's catalog.

Turbo and Ram it Down are to be avoided at all costs.

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Date: January 9th, 2025 1:07 AM
Author: deranged vivacious center trump supporter

Ram It Down is hugely underrated. Title track, Hard As Iron, Heavy Metal, Blood Red Skies are all great.

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Date: January 9th, 2025 7:15 AM
Author: excitant church sound barrier



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Date: January 9th, 2025 12:45 AM
Author: big maniacal public bath

lmao

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Date: April 9th, 2026 10:04 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: January 9th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Electric lay ratface

Lord Halford's peak performance "Fucking Your Ass! (for stool samples)"

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Date: January 9th, 2025 7:31 AM
Author: excitant church sound barrier

I'd go with Sad Wings of Destiny, Screaming for Vengeance, British Steel, Defenders of the Faith, Painkiller

After that then I'd say Stained Class, Sin After Sin, Ram It Down, Hellbent for Leather

None of their stuff is particularly 'bad'--even Turbo has at least one all time classic on it, and there's some decent stuff from the two Ripper albums

Anything from Angel of Retribution on (when they reunited) is okay but much more power-metally. I think it's still pretty good. Certainly I find their most recent material better than Iron Maiden's.



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Date: January 9th, 2025 7:33 AM
Author: excitant church sound barrier

Another way to go would be the Metal Works compilation, which is a solid greatest hits/best of collection. It's a good cherrypicking of tracks from the period between Sad Wings of Destiny through Painkiller, so it doesn't have their very earliest stuff (Rocka Rolla--although that's not much of a loss) and it doesn't have anything post Painkiller (again, not a huge loss--that stuff isn't core Judas Priest)

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Date: April 10th, 2026 9:11 PM
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OP here. Thanks for the recs

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