Screaming for Vengeance [Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Judas Priest | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 29, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005K9LK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (228 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,663 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

After releasing Screaming for Vengeance in 1982, Judas Priest began a creative slide from which they've never recovered. However, if you're going to be remembered for something, it might as well be a record as heavy, incisive, and melodic as Screaming. The disc features the band's biggest hit, "You've Got Another Thing Coming," a sonic inferno that is as hook-laden as it is heavy. But the album also contains uncompromising turbo-blasts such as the title track and the steely "Electric Eye." Throughout, Rob Halford growls and sings in a voice that could at high volumes kill rodents and small dogs, and guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton unleash their arsenal of inspired and engaging riffs. Classic. The 2001 remastered reissue includes two bonus tracks--a previously unavailable studio extra called "Prisoner of Your Eyes" and a live take on "Devil's Child." --Jon Wiederhorn

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 41 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 1 star not for songs,but for sound quality. February 3, 2006

By Scotty

Format:Audio CD

why do record companies have to hard limit and increase volume on cds to make them sound louder.all your doing is destroying the sound.tinny highs,flat bass.dont get me wrong i love this album but im sick of epic and sony destroying sound.i guess they like distorsion and no dynamic range.for the album i give it 5 stars.for sound quality i give it zero.time to get back into vinyl.crisp highs and deep warm bass.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The '83 US Festival show is Judas Priest at their FINEST! September 7, 2012

By guitarwarrior

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

Yes, this 30th anniversary release of SFV is possibly just another ploy for the music companies to extract our hard earned $$$ by remixing/repackaging a CLASSIC like this 1982 Judas Priest release. But don't dismiss it so quickly. The bonus DVD is worth every penny on it's own.

All the guys, but especially Rob Halford are at the top of their game. He hits those high notes and vocal nuances with relative ease, and brings us back to those good ol' metal days. I've seen Rob Halford and the boys recently on HD-NET, and I simply can't bear to watch them now. It makes me cringe to see poor Rob struggle on vocals as his days of engaging the crowd and charismatic on-stage persona have long passed.

Fortunately, this US Festival show (presented in it's entirety, stereo PCM, 4:3 aspect ratio) brings back all the fond and impressive memories and once again reinforces why Judas Priest was one of the top metal bands in the 80's. Their performance is tight, polished yet simplistic and stripped of any fancy stage effects. Basically, it's enjoyably reduced to just 5 guys at the pinnacle of their career doing what they do best. It's hard to believe its been 30 years. Their music still holds up incredibly well. "Classics" in the truest sense. I say buy it. In it there's a fortune waiting to be had, if you let it go - You're mad!

30 of 36 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Jackhammer-Style Priest, and their Best Ever!! March 3, 2002

By Robert J. Schneider

Format:Audio CD

The first Priest song I ever heard was "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" back in 1982 when it came out. Oh, man...what an introduction to Judas Priest!! At this stage, I was going on 15, and just beginning to open my mind and my ears to heavy metal. I had previously just assumed that Judas Priest and Black Sabbath were total noise, without even hearing anything by them; such was my prejudice.

The first time I heard "YGATC," I was quite surprised at how melodic it was, at well as being heavy. It sure didn't sound like noise to me! My mind slowly started opening, and eventually, I bought the album on vinyl. Now that I have SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE (REMASTERED) on CD, I want to share how I feel about each song on it:

"The Hellion" is a nice slow electric (and instumental) buildup to the fast, smokin' "Electric Eye." Rob Halford growls the song out menacingly, his voice going thru a voice synthesizer for an 'electric' feel. "Ridin' On The Wind" is a total blazing, speed-of-light experience which gets your heart beating FAST; it's the precursor to "Freewheel Burning." Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing trade off Stratocaster leads that are sharp enough to cut through marble. One of Priest's fastest songs ever! "Bloodstone" is THE perfect follow-up to "Ridin' On The Wind." It starts with a great slow, but intricate, electric guitar intro which melds into a catchy groove...and then the bass of Ian Hill and the drums of Dave Holland kick in. It's a great mid-tempo metal tune. "(Take These) Chains" is the one slow song on this album; it's a power ballad that existed even before the term first got into use (with Dokken's "Alone Again"). Written by the talented-yet-much-maligned songwriter Bob Halligan, Jr, it has been unfairly criticized by many Priest fans as being boring and trite.... I say just the opposite: It is the perfect slow number, placed in just the right spot on the album, which provides a nice respite from the faster, heavier tracks before it and the ones to come after. "Pain and Pleasure" is a pumped-up mid-tempo song with some coy allusions to S&M. But then it's the title song, "Screaming For Vengeance" which is an ultra-blistering, ultra-screaming, ultra-muscular, ultra-speed-metal workout. It screams, shrieks, and skids right into "You've Got Another Another Thing Comin'" which is one of the greatest driving songs ever, and still one of Judas Priest's greatest tunes ever. The guitar solo is to die for. I've heard this song at least a thousand times in my life by now, and I never get sick of it. Next comes "Fever", which starts off soft (and is slower-paced in general) but it eventually turns into another great song to listen to while driving. "Devil's Child" is really cool, with a great Strat lead guitar solo and a catchy chorus ("I believe you're The Devil/I believe you're The Devil's child"). It provided a great end to this album when it was released back in '82.

But wait! Now there's more: We now get a previously unreleased song recorded in 1985 during the TURBO sessions, the seven-minute-plus epic love song "Prisoner of Your Eyes." Uncharacteristically for a Priest song, it begins with slow, swirling keyboards, and builds gradually into a rare Priest epic (that contains one hell of a beautiful extended guitar solo). Then we get a blistering live version of "Devil's Child" to finish things off.

Putting it simply, SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE is one of the 10 greatest heavy metal albums EVER made. I wish that I could give the Remastered version TEN stars! MOST RECOMMENDED Read more ›

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Judas priest album, Horrible overcompressed remaster sound quality (buy the 1990 CD release) May 1, 2009

By Maria K. Lulek

Format:Audio CD

This is a great Judas Priest record, but the sound quality of the remaster is too loud and overcompressed. The rerelease is a victim of the loudness war. Look for the 1990 CD release. The quality is much better on the original CD release (more dynamics)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good CD April 21, 2004

By Offensive Donkey

Format:Audio CD

I'm gonna give u a little rundown on this album here. Okay?

The Hellion/Electric Eye: Very good opener for a bombastic album like this. Love the Electric Eye riff.

Riding On The Wind: Very cool song. Great to drive to.

Bloodstone: Not the best song on the album. Nothing to go nuts over

(Take These) Chains: Kinda commercial, but very good nontheless.

Pain And Pleasure: Wonderful, catchy chorus amid cool riffin'.

Screaming For Vengeance: A very heavy, speedy song. Definitely a metal classic.

Youv'e Got Another Thing Comin': The most famous Priest song. A wonderful metallic groove.

Fever: The very definition of melodic metal. Cool chorus and dazzling lyrics.

Devil's Child: Kinda commercial, but exremely good.

Prisoner Of Your Eyes: Another dazzling melodic song. One of the best bonus tracks ever to be put on an album.

Overall, this is a great album. A little commericial at times, but nonetheless great. Go and buy it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Get The 30th Anniversary for the US Festival DVD! September 9, 2012

By PumpingIrony

Format:Audio CD

Screaming For Vengeance is worthy of a 30th Anniversary, even if the CD portion is just a reissue of the 2001 remaster with 3 extra previously unreleased live songs which are Riding On The Wind, You got Another Thing Coming and Screaming For Vengeance. I thought that Electric Eye was also previously unreleased but I'm pretty sure that it appears on the Metalogy boxset.

But the US Festival DVD is the reason to get this set which is just spectacular and is essential for Judas Priest fans to now own in an official release. I don't know of any other special editions Priest will have planned in the future, but I would bet that they will pass on a 30th Anniversary of Turbo in 2016 in favor of a 25th anniversary release of Painkiller in 2015.