The second of four albums I picked up during Record Store Day.
Judas Priest
Nostradamus
Epic Records - 2008
A 2 disc 23 song Judas Priest concept album about the life and times of Nostradamus? Wow that sounds freaking cool.
Until you hear the album anyway.
Four songs: "Prophecy", "Persecution," "Visions" and "Nostradamus" are really good songs. "Prophecy" would've been a freaking cool song to hear on a standard JP record.
Unfortunately for me, beyond those four songs, this album was a colossal bore. The instrumental pieces meant, I'm guessing, to establish a mood or a tone were annoying, and too often the lyric driven songs were just mind-numbingly dull. It's like they forgot, for the most part, that as a rock band, no matter what they are attempting to do, they've still gotta bring the ROCK.
I'm tempted to call this a noble failure because I like the idea of the band stretching their artistic wings this late in their career. But whatever target they were aiming for, they missed by about 137 miles.
Rating: D PLUS
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Norma Jean Fox
(11/30/1945-9/7/2010)
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