1980/81 prog albums

verslibre wrote: Atavachron wrote: verslibre wrote: Angel Witch – Angel Witch (1980) Van Halen – Fair Warning (1981) two great ones, do you have the AngelWitch remasters? Just the Sanctuary edition.  Raven  Rock until You Drop Nice! I need to hear more by these guys. I have Raw Tracks.

They were a rough bunch, very raw sound, not progressive like the Witch or Maiden.  But a great band of bros.

Really? Well, here is the listing for the ratings of the first several JP albums from the rate your music website:

Rockarolla -3.11

Sad Wings of Destiny -3.92

Sin After Sin -3.73

Stained Class – 3.90

Killing Machine -3.68

British Steel -3.73

Point of Entry – 3.12

Screaming for Vengeance – 3.91

Defenders of the Faith -3.90

And from metal music archives:

Rocka Rolla – 3.57

Sad Wings of Destiny – 4.47

Sin After Sin – 3.90

Stained Class - 4.10

Killing Machine – 3.86

British Steel – 3.96

Point of Entry – 2.97

Screaming For Vengeance -4.16

Defenders of the Faith -4.02

As you can see "Point of Entry" is one of their lower rated and regarded albums. I know some people like it but the consensus shows it's not one of their better ones. British Steel is rated higher. So I guess BS has use for others and not you and so much for PoE being highly regarded. ;) 

Yeah, but it's a different story when some people list every album from this time period regardless of whether it is prog or not. I don't feel like I should have to explain that this is a poll for prog bands but unfortunately I felt the need to edit the title to reflect that. Just being on a prog forum(ie not non prog) on a prog site isn't good enough I guess. 

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Yeah, I could have listed the Police, the Cure, U2 and others but there's only one problem with that. Who can figure out what it would be? Hint. What is the name of this forum not to mention website? :P

 

I can help you with one band. File U2 under "crapola"! 

No, just disagreeing with you about what is considered popular for JP. British Steel had two of their biggest hits in "living after midnight" and "breaking the law" as well as "united" which is a very good song. As I pointed out it's rated higher than PoE on those two sites. PoE AGAIN is not considered one of their better albums from that time period. How many other sites do I have to pull up. You don't get it. It's rated and ranked lower than BS despite what you said on BOTH sites! Not at the very bottom but towards the bottom here: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/judas-priest-albums-ranked/ Toward the middle of the pack here. https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-judas-priest-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best Number 24 on this list. Ok, on this list it's ranked 9 which isn't too bad but look what number one is. :P https://metalnation.com/ranking-judas-priest-first-to-worst-the-studio-albums/

But it's cool though. Relayer is probably my favorite Yes album even though it's usually ranked fourth or fifth by fans.

I can see your house from here was 79. Camel didn't release an album in 80. Nude was in 81 though so I could have included that but it slipped through the cracks.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: One of the best and most important bands from the past 35 years or so.

 

Where album sales are concerned, sure. 

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I edited my above post to add more lists of Judas Priest albums. Check them out(especially if you want to continue arguing). :)

 

I guess that's where you became confused. I was never "arguing." 

Then you aren't doing it right.