JUDAS PRIEST - THE ESSENTIAL JUDAS PRIEST (AUDIO CD) [2CD SET]

AUSTRALIAN IMPORT

Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed
Sony's The Essential Judas Priest collection is the perfect middle ground for those who found 2004's four-disc Metalogy box a bit too daunting. Each and every one of the 34 tracks is indispensable, chronicling the group's rise from Queen-worshipping debutantes to revolutionary metal gods. It's often the case that when career retrospectives take a non-linear approach to their sequencing, the resulting play list becomes a mess of clashing recording techniques and jarring style changes, but Priest has always held true to its vision, experimenting early on with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in ways that seamlessly bridged the gap between their Gull and Columbia years. From the opening avatar scream of 2005's comeback single "Judas Rising" to the introductory guitar swells of Screaming for Vengeance's "The Hellion/Electric Eye" -- no live cuts or Tim "Ripper" Owens-era tracks were included -- this is one compilation that's worthy of its moniker.

Disc: 1
1. Judas Rising
2. Breaking The Law
3. Hell Bent For Leather
4. Diamonds And Rust
5. Victim of Changes
6. Love Bites
7. Heading Out To The Highway
8. Ram It Down
9. Beyond The Realms Of Death
10. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
11. Jawbreaker
12. A Touch Of Evil
13. Delivering The Goods
14. United
15. Turbo Lover
16. Painkiller
17. Metal Gods
DISC 2
1. The Hellion
2. Electric Eye
3. Living After Midnight
4. Freewheel Burning
5. Exciter
6. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)
7. Blood Red Skies
8. Night Crawler
9. Sinner
10. Hot Rockin'
11. The Sentinel
12. Before The Dawn
13. Hell Patrol
14. The Ripper
15. Screaming For Vengeance
16. Out In The Cold
17. Revolution