Screaming For Vengeance (studio album)
by Judas Priest

Screaming For Vengeance by Judas Priest
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 1,129th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 380 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1982 (17th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (175th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,129th)

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Judas Priest bestography

Screaming For Vengeance is ranked 2nd best out of 31 albums by Judas Priest on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Judas Priest is British Steel which is ranked number 968 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,799.

Judas Priest album bestography « Higher ranked (968th)
British Steel
This album (1,129th)
Screaming For Vengeance
Lower ranked (1,239th) »
Painkiller

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 380 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.

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85/100
From 09/15/2022 17:25
I really like this album, sometimes I prefer British Steel and the main reason is consistency, while some tracks like Riding On The Wind, Electric Eye, You've Got Another Thing Comin are great and are top tier metal songs, there are some stinkers here (Fever, Pain & Pleasure, Take These Chains). This is still one of the most solid heavy metal records ever. I also really love the artwork here.
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75/100
From 04/09/2022 16:36
I had never realised this album only came out only two years after British Steel, an album that sits firmly in the NWOBHM classic albums camp as does this one. Bloodstone, You’ve Got Another Thing Coming and Take These Chains are the highlights in my opinion. Some superb guitar work which makes the album for me.
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90/100
From 09/06/2021 16:34
Not one bad song, great album. JP at its best. Bloodstone is a gem.
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From 03/25/2021 01:09
My top pick from JP.
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65/100
From 12/07/2020 16:24
A solid album, essential for heavy metal fans.
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85/100
From 09/12/2020 00:18
Good Priest album. Not there best but up there. Reason being, the standout tracks are killer (Electric Eye, Riding on the Wind, & title track), however there are a few to many that are average if not bordering on filler (Bloodstone, Pain & Pleasure, Take these Chains) to make this top the list as personal favorite.
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90/100
From 07/14/2019 16:21
Another great one from Priest. Includes some classic tracks but also some overlooked - more melodic - gems, like "Fever" or "Bloodstone".
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70/100
From 06/01/2019 14:41
It's on the whole very enjoyable. Classic face-melting shred-metal. They really have a knack for great riffs on this. Electric Eye, Riding on the Wind and You've Got Another Thing Coming (Which I still know all the words to since it was on Guitar Hero 2 for PS2 back in the day) are highlights. My other take-away form this is that I have a hard time to relate to the lyrics. There is so much drama. Like "Screaming For Vengeance!", who really does that in real life? You plot revenge yes. But screaming for vengeance seems like something Mel Gibson does in Braveheart. I realize that it's probably a metaphor.
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From 07/24/2018 00:44
While not all songs are hits, when screaming for vengeance finds its mark strong riffs and soaring vocals illuminate.
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From 07/09/2018 12:52
One of the best Priest records. The Hellion/Electric Eye are clear highlights for me, fantastic riffs and vocals. Many other classics too: Screaming For Vengeance, Riding On The Wind, You've Got Another Thing Coming...
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