Not a fan of best-ofs and compilations with no previously unreleased material, but since this was a nice clean copy in an undamaged fatboy double CD case, I had to get it. Not surprisingly, Priest has been quite scarce in my bargain bin hunting over the years.
I realize they had no choice because of the rights issues with the Gull Records material, but the lack of anything from the first two albums ("Victim of Changes" is the Unleashed in the East version) is a huge strike against this. Initially I was a little surprised at the inclusion of "Sinner," although since they skipped cover songs, it's the obvious choice to represent Sin After Sin together with "Dissident Aggressor." In fact, the only inclusion I couldn't really understand is "Wild Night, Hot & Crazy Days;" "Locked In" seems like a more logical choice in any respect. Anyway, personal biases aside, a very solid retrospective of (as the liner notes unashamedly put it) "the world's greatest true Heavy Metal band of all time."
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