Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance

After releasing Screaming for Vengeance in 1982, Judas Priest began a creative slide from which they've never recovered. However, if you're going to be remembered for something, it might as well be a record as heavy, incisive, and melodic as Screaming. The disc features the band's biggest hit, "You've Got Another Thing Coming," a sonic inferno that is as hook-laden as it is heavy. But the album also contains uncompromising turbo-blasts such as the title track and the steely "Electric Eye." Throughout, Rob Halford growls and sings in a voice that could at high volumes kill rodents and small dogs, and guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton unleash their arsenal of inspired and engaging riffs. Classic. The 2001 remastered reissue includes two bonus tracks--a previously unavailable studio extra called "Prisoner of Your Eyes" and a live take on "Devil's Child." --Jon Wiederhorn Amazon.com

Plays like a best of Priest album

I'll keep this short and sweet, this album is the best of Judas Preist peroid. Can I also mention this is possibly and of course argubly the best heavy metal album of all time. This should be mentioned in the same breathe as any Ozzy and Sabbath album, any Maiden album, and Master of Puppets as well. Legendary band at their best..... September 29, 2008

one of their best ones

screaming is what reign in blood was for slayer every song is great an all in all great album notches above the two basic sounding what I consider pop metal radio freindly songs they are still good albums I'm talking about point of entry (1981) and british Steel (1980)this album screams heavy metal every song has a great guitar riff and great guitar solos k.k. dowing and glenn tipton are the original two guitar shredders in heavy metal techanicaly not as good as dave murry and adrian smith from iron maiden but they can shred especially on screaming for vengeance this and ram it down and painkiller are in my opinion the're heavist they ever did but my all time classic is sad wings of destiny and great album cover ever did by judas priest I have it on my den wall on vinyl along with the great other metal bands of all time.pick this gem up if you have a good sound system in your car crank it up and cruz August 5, 2008

Arguably Judas Priest's best 1980s album still holds up 25 plus years on

In June of 1982, English hard rockers Judas Priest released their ninth album entitled Screaming for Vengeance.
Following the somewhat disappointing response to 1981's Top 40 charting Point of Entry (which featured the US rock radio smash "Heading Out to the Highway"), lead singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and KK Downing, bass player Ian Hill and drummer Dave Holland went back to Ibiza, Spain with producer Tom Allom (whom had produced their previous two studio offerings, 1980's British Steel and 1981's Point of Entry and co-produced 1979's Unleashed in the East) and record the album that would put Priest in the Metal God shrine for keeps.
We open with the classic intro "The Hellion" which segued into one of Priest's best rockers "Electric Eye" (which had one of Rob Halford's best lead vocal performances ever as he sings in a lower octave then going to snarl). Next is the speed rocker "Riding On the Wind" which Rob sings the whole song in a high pitch scream and it just kicks serious arse. Next is another great rocker "Bloodstone" which rocks. We follow with the great rocker "Take These Chains" (which was the only track not penned by Halford/Tipton/Downing whom penned the rest of the tracks on this classic album). The first side ended with the "United" of the album "Pain and Pleasure" which is a great song.
The album's second half begins with the album's hard rocking title track(with Rob's classic falsetto screaming vocal which would make Linkin Park's lead singer runaway after being assaulted in a fight). Next is classic rock radio staple "You've Got Another Thing Coming" which is the band's most famous song and rightfully so as the music and lyrics just rock as does Tipton's famous guitar solo. Next is the track "Fever" which is another great number. We close with the killer rocker "Devil's Child" which has another great vocal performance from Halford and arguably KK Downing's best guitar solo.
Screaming For Vengeance would prove to be Judas Priest's first US Top 20 album (at a time of drek like Air Supply and Toni Basil and Duran Duran heisting the US music scene) and was also Priest's first Platinum album (eventually selling two million copies here in the US alone).
In 2001, the CD was re-released in digitally remastered form with the bonus tracks "Prisoner of Your Eyes" (which was written during the Turbo sessions but not used) and the live version of "Devil's Child" (which came from the Live Vengeance DVD which was first released as the Judas Priest Live 1982 VHS).
Highly recommended! June 22, 2008

SCREAMING INDEED!

simply put, this is one disc that needs to be in any metal collection. This captures JP in all their glory and is one of their finest releases. Period!
www.electriceyes.us December 30, 2007

Totally awesome!.

I'll try and keep this short since most of the reviewers here already summed up this album and how great it is. Screaming For Vengeance returned Judas Priest to the top of the metal heap boasting a more consistent set of song including the huge hit song You've got another thing coming which is brilliant and probably one of my favorite Priest songs of all time and the headbanging classic Electric eye and Devil's child. This is definetely a classic 80's metal album although not as perfect as British Steel the album still manages to rock out loud, if you don't have this album then what are you waiting for? GET THIS NOW!. December 23, 2007

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