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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 05/18/2001
Following the underwritten, erratic
Point of Entry,
Screaming for Vengeance returned
Judas Priest to the top of the
metal heap, boasting a much more consistent set of songs, highlighted by the monumental
"You've Got Another Thing Comin'." Some of the bluesier elements of
Point of Entry are still here, but the heavier moments tend to dominate the album's flavor (particularly the title track); plus, there are arena-ready headbanging anthems like
"Electric Eye," "Bloodstone," and, of course,
"You've Got Another Thing Comin'," the latter two proof that the band really knew how to work a mid-tempo
rock groove. Although the sound is commercial,
Screaming for Vengeance doesn't feel like it's pandering as
Point of Entry sometimes did; it's a catchy, accessible
metal record in the best sense of the description, and it rivals
British Steel as
Priest's best album of the '80s. [The 2001
Columbia/
Legacy reissue adds two bonus tracks:
"Prisoner of Your Eyes" and a live version of
"Devil's Child."]
~Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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