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ABSOLUTE PRIEST

wally gator | USA | 04/17/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is an album you should go out and buy. Plain and simple. Do not burn this one, buy it. Don't download the album from Apple to put into your Ipod... go buy the CD, it is crucial that you do it this way. Heres the lowdown...

In 1974 JUDAS PRIEST released their first album Rocka Rolla on an indie label, and it was sooo bad that the label made them wait two years before allowing them to record a follow up.

In 1976 they returned with this SAD WINGS OF DESTINY... an album that is soooo good that it instantly put them on a major label and grounded them for legendary status' to come.

SAD WINGS is an album that is a must own, for a lot of reasons, but mainly it is the way that this album is put together. It is hard to get it just right, and the way most of the tracks fit together with one another is absolutely crucial.. I'll get back to this, first off here are the tracks...

VICTIM OF CHANGES is two tracks in one, Whiskey Woman was a pre-Halford Priest song that is mixed up with a pre-Priest Rob Halford song to make one of the most epic of tracks.. VICTIM...

THE RIPPER.. simply amazing, one of the most important metal songs of all time.

DREAMER DECEIVER/DECEIVER.. two seperate tracks that should only be listened to as one (think of it in the way you would FLOYDS Brain Damage/Eclipse... one song)

The first songs here originally made up side two of the album, this was changed sometime in the early eighties, due to the fact that these are probably the more "powerful" songs... don't worry about this...

PRELUDE/TYRANT... so think of this as the beggining. Again two tracks that should be one, these should not be seperated in any way shape or form. This stuff is rockin', with a very cool, somewhat mysterious chorus... bad ass!

GENOCIDE.. a straight up old school rocker, very cool...

Those songs are all masterpieces, and this album IS an absolute masterpiece... EPITAPH comes in at the end, and is probably the most bashed of Priest songs. Can't dissagree, the song is a total suck fest... BUT without it, SAD WINGS just wouldn't be the same (I guess you just have to KNOW the album to understand) right back into ISLAND OF DOMINATION, which itself is a little awkward at points, but finishes on a nice, heavy, Priest style, that will definatley satisfy any metal fix.

Any Priest fan who is not familiar with SAD WINGS, really does not know what JUDAS PRIEST really is all about, and I gotsta say, that burning this album, or downloading it is a waste of time... You want this. You want to play it really loud, and in it's entirety, the way it was meant to be heard (ok, so side 1 and side two have been reversed, this way is fine too, just don't {F} with the mix any more.) SAD WINGS is one of MY all time albums... PRIEST single handedly closed out prog-metal with a bang, and at the same time planted the seeds for thrash metal... so yeah PRIEST is a pretty big deal in metal music... don't ever forget about SAD WINGS.

P.S> there are a few different releases of this, check it out, other than some different artwork on the covers thy're all the same, figure out which one best suits your wallet more than anything... Enjoy this one."