WTF?? albums.

[binnie]

How about Sabbath's "Technical Ecstacy"? Very different from their usual sound when it came out. Really no real doom and gloom. No downtuned songs. Bill Ward singing a song....

very good album though, IMO.

I reviewed that one. Very interesting record, if a notch down from their best.

[binnie]

I hate the mix on Defenders Of The Faith. I have ranted about it on other occasions here, lol. The songs were heavy, but the mix did not reflect it. You can barely hear the drums. And they sound like shit.

Priest....a synth-pop band, lol.

I'd have to agree with this. When you REALLY listen to DOTF, you realise that the songs are better than the records that preceded it. I'm more of a '70s Priest fan than an '80s Priest fan, but DOTF was the strongest '80s record in terms of tunes, imo.

[binnie]

Is that the one with the Billie Jean cover on it? That's all I heard. Didn't think it was going to be a Euphoria Afternoon.

No, that was 'Carry On' (2007), which also featured the James Bond tune he did. Not a bad record, but nowhere near 'Euphoria Morning' (easily a top 5 record for me).

The Timbaland record was called 'Scream' (review page 1 on the Album Reviews thread). Grunge does hip hop - you do the maths.

[binnie]

I would add 'Risk' by Megadeth to the list.

If your name is Megadeth, you cannot do mainstream rock!

[Seshmeister]

Turbo is when I gave up on Judas Priest. Even Defenders of the Faith was somewhat of a disappointment after Screaming For Vengeance, but Turbo made them just another synth pop band.

I think that's a bit of an exaggeration, adding some guitar synths to heavy metal doesn't make it pop.

I remember a lot of fans being annoyed at the time but even recently Turbo Lover was still in their set list.

[Mr. Vengeance]

I think that's a bit of an exaggeration, adding some guitar synths to heavy metal doesn't make it pop.

I remember a lot of fans being annoyed at the time but even recently Turbo Lover was still in their set list.

It is. Fans still cheer wildly when the opening starts. It's much heavier live than the album version.

[Mr. Vengeance]

See, I find Ram it Down by Priest to be lighter than Turbo. RID was IMO the 2nd worst Priest album- the worst being that steaming pile of dogshit, Nostradamus.

[Mr. Vengeance]

I would add 'Risk' by Megadeth to the list.

If your name is Megadeth, you cannot do mainstream rock!

That's a good choice.