Turbo is underrated as hell. Reckless and Out In The Cold are top tier Priest tracks IMO.

Stained Class defined Judas Priest and set the world on notice that things were changing.

I’ve been loving Priest since 79. Saw them open for Kiss.

I enjoyed the hell out of your ranking, well done!!! I would like you to do a ranking of Motörhead, Mercyful Fate or Accept.

Judas Priest was my first favourite metal band and Screaming for Vengeance is one of my all time favs. I enjoyed listening to your remarks about each album and the songs. Great video!

I'm the same age as you and I'm good with these rankings. I'm always surprised when Vengeance is not the unanimous #1. It's nice to see 'Point of Entry' get a good rank as this album always seems to get dumped on in these videos. I'd rank 'Painkiller' much lower and 'Turbo' a bit higher, but otherwise ---- bang on.

I dig your editing man. Sad Wings is my favorite record of all time. Cool watch.

ENJOYED your PRIEST ranking ,my go to PREIST is POINT OF ENTRY #1 never get tired of it, every track is fantastic, #2 S.F.V. #3 FIREPOWER ,ITS not a studio release but I never get enough of UNLEASED IN THE EAST ,BY THE WAY ,NOTICED THE OVERKILL SHIRT...

Hi from New Zealand..just found your channel..I think you are doing a great job..I went to Australia in December 2001 and saw them on demolition tour..good show but no Halford..my favorite album will always be defenders..1st album I ever got in 86 when I was 16..love all there music..keep up great work..cheers

Also The first FIGHT album was GREAT and then the 2 HALFORD albums were also GREAT.

Great show!!! On the remastered POINT OF ENTRY.. There is a live version of Desert Plains. Absolutely awesome!!! Thanks Mike!!

Good video. I appreciate the insight into some of the albums that I either haven't heard or don't know as well. I would put Firepower much higher though. If they had removed the four or five songs on that album that are merely good, they could have had an album of about eight or ten perfect songs. The first six songs on that album are among the greatest that Priest ever recorded.

Speaking as a humble Geordie bloke who first saw The Metal Gods in 1980 at Newcastle City Hall in the UK, (15 AT THE TIME!) I find it kind of depends on the time/album that got you into the band. For me it was Killing Machine as an impressionable 15 year old, it knocked me for six! 'Delivering The Goods', 'Burnin' Up' and the classic ballad Before The Dawn (get a load of that solo man!) I quickly purchased Stained Class next, followed by Sad Wings of Destiny, an out and out Priest classic, and Sin After Sin. 'Let Us Prey/Call For The Priest' being one of my faves and criminally underrated in my opinion. I disagree with your comment about the slower songs, I mean take 'Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver' what a vocal performance by Halford. So, yeah, those aforementioned albums would make my top 5, and that's not disregarding the likes of British Steel or Screaming for Vengeance.

I’m not too familiar with priest! Of all the metal I listened to, I just never gave priest the time of day. Although I love the Painkiller album haha but you’ve inspired me to rank them! Great video with lots of information! Cheers from New Zealand! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

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

Jeziz. ....I'm at 9 into 8..... I'm geaking out. I will have you know though. I'm gonna check out the other #9. Can't wait to finish this and see your #1 album. Good job. You got a sub.

Nice list! I would have made some minor adjustments of course but no doubt what #1 and 2 are! I'm 54 and was lucky enough to see Priest on the Screaming for Vengeance tour in '82 with Iron Maiden Number of the Beast tour opening up in Chicago. Holy crap, man, those were the days. The place was filled with cannabis and pyrotechnics smoke and fire dept showed up for some reason too - it was a mad house! So awesome.

"Run of the Mill" is one of their greatest songs, in my opinion.

I really enjoy how you don't totally bash the lesser records on your list, since that would've been picking easy points. But instead lifting up what's positive and mention songs yuu actually enjoy on those. That's a great attitude IMHO.I also love your insight comments on producers, drummers, song credits etc. Well, the thing with all the drummers is almost a joke today lol. I'm probably the only person in the world who fully enjoy Rocka Rolla (Even KK Downing himself mentioned in his biography how he and the rest of the band were unsatisfied with the production and the songs of their first record). The first two songs are lackluster, but Cheater and (one of my absolute favourite of Priest) Never Satisfied are favorurite songs I still enjoy today. The lyrics of Never Satisfied are still so damn good and timeless. Living After Midnight might feel quite like a pop-song for the metal gods, but it's fun as hell playing on the guitar, and way easier to learn than many other Priest songs. Defenders Of The Faith have some great songs, but I personally can't stop hearing the drums, which today sound like synthetic drum machines in my ears. Sorry lol. I still remember being 15 yo heading for the record store and (after listening with headphones like we did back then) buying Screaming For Vengeance. And of course it was on the record player 24/7 after that. Hence me not being surprised with your first choice. I actually expected that. Such a great classic. I hadn't heard new stuff from Priest for like decades, and was suprised by Firepower. A great return to form by Rob IMHO. Anyhows, great video, and keep up the good work.

Great video...

Screaming for Vengeance has the perfect blend of heaviness and accessibility.

6:45 There’s no “spoken word” stuff on Nostradamus, the links between the songs are instrumentals.

unpopular opinion..... Nostradamus was the second best album next to sad wings

I like your ranking. Your video looks great, what kind of camera are you using?

29:50 LOL, yeah Rob doing that bit in concert is always a hoot !

18 - Demolition 💣 17 - Nostradamus 🔮 16 - Rocka Rolla 🥤 15 - Ram it Down 👊🏼 14 - Turbo 🚀 13 - Point of Entry 🛣 12 - Jugulator 🤖 11 - Redeemer of Souls 👻 10 - Angel of Retribution 👼🏻 09 - Firepower 🔥 08 - Sin After Sin 🏛 07 - Killing Machine 🪓 06 - British Steel 🪒 05 - Sad Wings of Destiny 😢 04 - Defenders of the Faith 🐯 03 - Stained Class ✒ 02 - Sreaming for Vengeance 🦅 01 - Painkiller 💊

Totally agree with you on Screaming for vengeance

Martin Popoff, a very nice guy, great presenter, super knowledgeable and I disagree with his his opinions more often than anyone else I’ve heard talk about classic metal. But tons of respect to him.

good vídeo bro. JUDAS IS GREAT! my top 10. 1. defenders, 2 screaming 3. painkiller 4. stained class 5. British steel. 6. Sin after sin 7. Sad wings of destiny 8. turbo 9. firepower 10 ram it down. hugs! and METAL FOREVER!

Black Oak covered Race with the Devil on their RACE WITH THE DEVIL lp. Worth a listen. I enjoyed this particular ranking video, THANKS.

I agree with you about Nostradamus. For me, the stronger songs are Pestilence & Plague, Death, Alone and Nostradamus. I have it on CD so all I have to is skip over a track that I don't like. Not to difficult to do. 1. Painkiller (1990) 2. Stained Class (1978) 3. Defenders of The Faith (1984) 4. Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) 5. Firepower (2018) 6. Screaming for Vengeance (1982) 7. Hell Bent for Leather (1978/1979) 8. Sin After Sin (1977) 9. British Steel (1980) 10. Angel of Retribution (2005) 11. Redeemer of Souls (2014) 12. Rocka Rolla (1974) 13. Point of Entry (1981) 14. Nostradamus (2008) 15. Ram It Down (1988) 16. Jugulator (1997) 17. Turbo (1986) 18. Demolition (2001)

Screaming for vengeance was my intro. I was 10 in 1984. Got to see them finally few years back with deep purple. Love your insight.

No Life Till Defenders of the Faith. Raw, Metallic, Speedy and dirty album. Love it

The way to listen to Rocka Rolla is by listening to Hero Hero. The songs are remixed and it works. I know they didn't get money for this but I think they own it now.

This is a solid rating! The lowest 8 albums are the same as mine 😄 Where would you put Invincible Shield?

Stained class and painkiller are my faves

I hope you do an 18th century opera ranking list, or just some classical music ranking of some kind.

Yes, screaming for vengeance..my favorite also. How about a nazareth discography ranking?

I agree that Screaming for vengeance is better overall but the A-side on Defenders is the pinnacle of heavy metal for me! Damn I love those tracks….

On a whole I prefer 70,s Priest and their ballads.

1981 Point of Entry when it came out I picked it up, the day I got my drivers license. Heading out to the Highway got spun a lot, that intro and build up, at that time, yeah. British Steel had the most rockers on one LP of their entire catalog, was my last purchase. Never latched onto any of the hair metal bs in the 80's, too many acting like bitches wrecked it for me. So I rolled some punk and then early Mettalica turned on from a bootleg cassette by a friend. Was happy when Seattle broke the industry.

See ya got that Steel Panther in there. When you introduced me to that I was like Hell Yeah.

I’m all in for your ranking. I think you got the bottom 4 and top 3 exactly where I would put them too. All the in between is subject to preference. I’m a big fan of Redeemer of Souls and might switch that ranking with Angel of Retribution which underwhelms me but otherwise I’m on board. Agree that Firepower might be higher up, it has some great songs but you got it up there pretty high!

NOSTRADAMUS IS AWESOME STAINED CLASS!!!

defenders of the faith is the best album ever created. Even a weak closing track isn't enough invalidate the 8 tracks that preceeded it.

1. Painkiller 2. Defenders of the Faith 3. Screaming for Vengeance - thats TOP 3 and there is not much place to discuss. Painkiller is just perfection, as you said, there is no bad song, all are just insane. Defenders of the Faith with my favourite song The Sentinel, uff there is everything what you want from music. I don't agree with some of your opinons. Cathedral Spires isn't tough to listen, probably the best song on Jugulator album. Ok, I understand you don't like ballads but they are actually great in terms of musicality.

The 30th anniversary Defenders of the Faith on iTunes includes an additional double live album-live in Long Beach 1984- and I think the sound quality on it is far better than on the Priest… Live album from that same era. And without all the Turbo songs.

for me..top album is Stained Class, followed by Sin After Sin, followed by , Killing Machine Sad Wings, Vengeance, British Steel........ a lot of the other albums have some good tracks, but the speed metal thing got in the way

If you won’t do an Abba review can you maybe do one for Erasure?

Hey man are you still with us? Great review, how about new priest album, give us your thoughts if uou can 👍

The Green Manalishi live from the Boston Tea Party in 1970 has one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded; proto-metal classic; Priest just sped the song up a bit

1 Painkiller 2 Screaming for Vengeance 3 Defenders of the Faith 4 Angel of Retribution 5 Jugulator 6 Killing Machine 7 Turbo 8 Redemer of Souls 9 British Steel 10 Firepower 11 Stain Class 12 Demolition 13 Ram it Down 14 Sin After Sin 15 Point of Entry 16 Sad Wings 17 Nostradamus 18 Rocka Rolla

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Having never owned the Ripper Owens albums, and don't plan to, Ram it Down is the album I hate the most. I like the title track and Blood Red Skies and that's it. The lyrics are Judas Priest at their most cheesiest. I disliked Rocka Rolla originally, but the more I listen to it the more it climbs for me. I love 70s tones and production, so it gets points from me for that.

1. Stained Class (1978) 2. Sin After Sin (1977) 3. Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) 4. Painkiller (1990) 5. Defenders of the Faith (1984) 6. Screaming for Vengeance (1983) 7. Invincible Shield (2024) 8. Killing Machine (1979) 9. Firepower (2018) 10. Redeemer of Souls (2014) 11. Rocka Rolla (1974) 12. Point of Entry (1981) 13. Angel of Retribution (2005) 14. Jugulator (1997) 15. British Steel (1980) 16. Turbo (1986) 17. Ram it Down (1988) 18. Demolition (2001) 19. Nostradamus (2008)

Like I said I was 9 or 10 and was infatuated with vengeance.

Just me: Worst 'RockaRolla' except for 'Run of the Mill' cut. Honorable Mention WORST 'Turbo Lover' except for title cut. Best: 'Screaming for Vengeance' , Honorable Mention Best: Painkiller. Can not agree LESS regarding Nostradamus. It's a Masterpiece.

I was with you into you picked redeemer of souls worse than point of entry and turbo ?

Yezzzzzzzzzx...The best!

Great ranking but Turbo would be in my Top 5.

“Greatest album in the history of the universe”… hliarious😂. It is my #1 but I don’t know if I would go that far😳

Great presentation and vibe. Top 3 in no order, it changes frequent: Painkiller, Defenders, Killing Machine Others in top 9, same, it changes: Ram it, Sad wings, SAS, Firepower, Stained Class, SFV Nr 10: British Steel overrated but allowed nr 10 on my list. Next 5: AoR, Turbo, Nostradamus, POE, Rocka Rolla Then the rest. Most overrated? SfV & British steel Most underrated? Nostr & Ram it

I got as far as your #17 ranking before I stopped watching. You did say many fans would disagree with that & you're exactly right - so much so in fact that the rest of your rankings lost all possible credibility to me right there!

demolition is great!

I'll take Jugulator over Nostradumbass and Ram It Down

Sin After Sin - DEFINITELY higher

Defenders came out in 84, not 82.

Breaking the law does not stand up to any song off of stained glass.

Do you agree that the chord progression at the end of Rapid Fire sounds similar to the chord progression on Steeler?

Sorry dude, NOSTRADAMUS IS AWESOME. TURBO is Childish..

For me it's: 1) British Steel 2) Killing Machine 3) Defenders of the Faith 4) Stained Class 5) Sin after Sin 6) Point of Entry IMHO, the albums after British Steel had a tendency to be "overproduced" and too polished, why I didn't really like "Screaming..." that much. Also think Halford's "Resurrection" was arguably better than any Priest album.

Ya hellrider is way worse than don't go ?

Nostradamus is not only the worst Priest album but the worst album of all time. Prove me wrong! 😁 (Defenders, Screaming, Steel for me.) Since the reunion, the only one that is worth a piss is Angel of Retribution with the classic lineup (ok, Firepower doesn't totally suck but it's not Priest 'cause no KK or Glen and the production and writing is horrible on Redeemer).

Nostradamus better than Jugulator? God keeps your sight now you are deaf

Screaming for vengeance number 1!? Nah Its not very heavy

Wow, this is so corny 🙄 and so original with the skulls and the fake wall..judas Priest..has been reviewed so much on KZfaq..u must be the 100th person..