JUDAS PRIEST - SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE (1982)

[RJhog (Admin)]

Judas Priest followed up Point Of Entry with Screaming For Vengeance in 1982.  The album climbed higher on the Billboard chart than any other Priest album had before, topping out at number 17. It was also the first Priest album to gain a Double Platinum certification.  The album produced two Top 40 singles, You've Got Another Thing Comin' (#4) and Electric Eye (#38).  Personally, I don't remember ever hearing Electric Eye on the radio, but that's just me.  You've Got Another Thing Comin' has probably always been my favorite Judas Priest song.  It's just excellent.  One other thing, Dave Holland was back on drums for the third strait album, and I have really enjoyed his work.  This album was back to heaviness for the band, and that's a good thing in my eye.  I definitely can't put it in the top spot or two, but we'll see here in just a minute where it lands for me.  But what about you?  What are your thoughts?

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. Unleashed In The East (Live)

7. Rocka Rolla

8. Sad Wings of Destiny

9. Point Of Entry

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)