Saturday, June 20, 2009

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)

Judas Priest - Sin after Sin review by Pritham Dsouza


Lineup:
  • Rob Halford
  • Glenn Tipton
  • K.K. Downing
  • Ian Hill
  • Simon Phillips
Track Listing:
  1. Sinner
  2. Diamonds And Rust
  3. Starbreaker
  4. Last Rose of Summer
  5. Let Us Prey/Call For The Priest
  6. Raw Deal
  7. Here Come The Tears
  8. Dissident Aggressor
If 1978' Stained class is their best effort till date, then their second best is 1977's Sin after Sin. One album had all the styles that makes it a unique gem. rock, metal, ballads this album had it all.
generally, the entire mood of the album is realised on the opening track, and here we have Sinner, which is well over 6 minutes long & that was a gamble that actually paid off. its like 2 awesome tracks in one. Joan Baez cover Diamonds and Rust is performed in a fantastic style, with Robs vocals sounding very soulful and convincing. Starbreaker is another catchy song where u can hear Rob clapping when the chorus is on! really surprising that this song was not given the credit it deserved.
Last Rose Of Summer and Here come the tears are 2 ballads here. Rob sounds like a heart broken ghost who screems his guts out looking for love on the latter, while the former surprsingly didnt become a radio hit.

Dissident Agressor is the heaviest song they played and it should come as no surprise that a decade later it was covered by the angriest band of all time Slayer

an interesting aspect here is they moved on from the relatively unknown record label Gull to heavy weights CBS, and this was a very impressive debut on a major record label.

Sin After Sin is forever

my rating
10/10


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