Favorite Judas Priest records

[Damocles74]

I inherited my older brothers Hero Hero vinyl..I never looked back.

[Naxzul]

I've been listening to a shitload of Defenders of the Faith lately. Fucking sick album!

[Doommantia]

Stained Class
Sad Wings
Sin after Sin

After those three, don't think much of the rest. A few good tunes here and there but that's about it.

[vinyldinosaurus]

Depends on my mood really. I love all the 70s stuff and most of the 80s. If I had to pick a couple I'd go with Hell Bent For Leather and Point Of Entry.

[core9]

Unleashed In The East
Screaming For Vengeance

[gritty_fingers]

Wow. There is a lot of love for Sad Wings of Destiny. That's cool. I would have picked that one as my favorite and Stained Class as a close second.

[gnombient]

Stained Class and Sin After Sin are my favorites, with Painkiller a distant third.  Unleashed in the East is great for the live version of "Victim of Changes."

[jibberish]

painkiller #1

then the older stuff like point of entry, stained class, but not rocka rolla, sad wings is pretty good

[Allenswrench]

Rocka Rolla by about 30 miles.

Mostly because it's got their best tune, Cheater. And because it was before they got full on Spinal Tap.

and Rocka Rolla:

[StonedToLive]

British Steel and Painkiller. The first is the manifesto of '80 heavy music, the second is the manifesto of '90 heavy music.

[themusketking]

1. Defenders Of the Faith
2. Screamin For Vengeance
3. Painkiller
4. British Steel

etc. etc. I fucking love Judas Priest.

[The Gentlemen Bastards]

Defenders of the Faith might be one of the most perfect album sides in metal. As a whole, it starts to slip after "Love Bites." But, those first four tracks are so good, it doesn't matter.

Stained Class is extremely underrated, imho.

[BastardCthulhu]

Love Defenders...I listen to that one most of all, and I've heard Painkiller so many times I can't stand it anymore.  But, those are my faves.

[Harry Manback]

Defenders always seems to hit the spot for me

[Dr. Skeeter]

Stained Class is so fucking good though.....

[Muffin Man]

This new Firebreather is kicking massive boo-tay.

[jmucke]

I still remember when the clerk of my favorite record-store played Stained Class back in 78 and I bought it straight off the turntable (he only had one copy) after a couple of songs. That was one of the defining moments of my teenage years - at least music-wise. So my vote goes to that album.

[Lumpy]

Listened to "Live: Unleashed in the East" again recently. A few songs seem like filler now, but a couple remain favorites (the live version of "The Ripper" is one of my all-time favorite JP tracks, if not the #1 favorite).

I was surprised to notice a kind of obvious studio edit during "Victim of Changes" and it's weird that I've never noticed it before, because it really jumped out this last time.

[JLKOWAL]

NOSTRADAMUS is the only JP disc I do not own and I have no interest in doing so. As for the ones I prefer the most:

SAD WINGS, BRITISH STEEL, SCREAMING!!!

All of their albums have some strong songs and of course some filler.