JUDAS PRIEST - REDEEMER OF SOULS (2014)

[RJhog (Admin)]

Well, we've reached current day in the Priest catalog.  We started back on February 15th and we've spent just over a month covering a total of twenty albums.  I feel pretty good about it.  I finally got to listen to the entire JP catalog, and I found that I certainly like their early stuff.  So it's been fun, but let's get this over with, as anything can grow stale after a while.  Redeemer of Souls was released in 2014 and quickly landed at the number 6 album position the week of release.  The title track was the only single released, and of course it did not chart.  The album also has not received a certification from the RIAA to this point.  But none of that really matters. What matters is that it's pretty much a return to form for the band.  I think, on the whole, it's a good album, but the album really shines through the last six tracks.  These are terrific songs.  The band also included a nice bonus disc with five additional tracks.  These songs are decent, but not essential.  Still, it's a cool little extra for your money.  So there you have it, the catalog is finished.  Are you tired of Judas Priest yet?

Album Ranking List:

1. British Steel

2. Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather

3. Stained Class

4. Sin After Sin

5. Screaming For Vengeance

6. Angel Of Retribution

7. Unleashed In The East (Live)

8. Priest...Live! 

9. Rocka Rolla

10. Sad Wings of Destiny

11. Redeemer of Souls

12. Point Of Entry

13. Defenders Of The Faith

14. Nostradamus

15. Turbo

16. Painkiller

17. Ram It Down

18. A Touch Of Evil (Live)

19. Demolition

20. Jugulator

RJ's Ultimate Judas Priest Playlist (at least one but no more than two from each album):

1. Run Of The Mill

2. The Tyrant

3. Diamonds & Rust

4. Last Rose Of Summer

5. Let Us Prey/Call For The Priest

6. Dissident Aggressor

7. Better By You, Better Than Me

8. Invader

9. Savage

10. Beyond The Realms Of Death

11. Heroes End

12. Fire Burns Below (Did Not Appear On The Original Album)

13. Delivering The Goods

14. Evening Star

15. Hell Bent For Leather

16. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)

17. Killing Machine

18. Before The Dawn

19. Victim Of Changes (Live)

20. Rapid Fire

21. Breaking The Law

22. Grinder

23. You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise

24. Living After Midnight

25. Heading Out To The Highway

26. Don't Go

27. Desert Plains

28. Electric Eye

29. (Take These) Chains

30. You've Got Another Thing Comin'

31. Fever

32. Prisoner Of Your Eyes (Did Not appear on original album Screaming For Vengeance)

33. Rock Hard, Ride Free

34. Love Bites

35. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

36. Night Comes Down

37. Turbo Lover

38. Reckless

39. Out In The Cold (Live)

40. Freewheel Burning (Live)

41. Blood Red Skies

42. A Touch Of Evil

43. Blood Stained

44. Subterfuge

45. Revolution

46. Worth Fighting For

47. Angel

48. Revelations

49. Eat Me Alive

50. Cold Blooded

51. Metalizer

52. Crossfire

53. Secrets of the Dead

54. Battle Cry

55. Beginning of the End

[Scott]

My final album rankings as of 3/18/16... (Subject to change)

1. British Steel
2. Stained Glass
3. Hell Bent For Leather/Killng Machine
4. Point of Entry
5. Screaming For Vengeance
6. Sad Wings of Destiny
7. Redeemer of Souls
8. Defenders of the Faith
9. Sin After Sin
10. Painkiller
11. Rocka Rolla
12. Nostradamus
13. Angel of Retribution
14. Turbo
15. Ram It Down

Not ranked:  No Live albums and no Tim "Ripper" Owens releases

[RJhog (Admin)]

Looks reasonable to me.