Post by spacel0rd on Jul 2, 2008 8:38:53 GMT -5
I made a single CD out of the new Priest, and I gotta tell you...its a lot better when u cut the "fat" away from it.
I found this write-up by someone on amazon.com. It sums it up pretty well:
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PRIEST ALBUM IN THERE SOMEWHERE!, June 28, 2008
By J. Anderson "jonanders25" (Blighty) - See all my reviews
Anyone having difficulty getting into JP's latest lengthy & rather weighty opus should give the following a go. Instead of trawling through the 100 mins plus, double album - just select the following track listing on to a CDR or ipod playlist etc, and hear a much leaner, faster & more familiar metallic 80 min (single disc) version.
1. Dawn Of Creation
2. Prophecy
3. Awakening
4. Revelations
5. Sands Of Time
6. Pestilence & Plague
7. Death
8. Peace
9. Conquest
10. Persecution
11. Alone
12. Shadows In The Flame
13. Visions
14. Calm Before The Storm
15. Nostradamus
16. Future Of Mankind
Believe me, it works! Now, I know a lot of people are making a bit of a song & dance about this, but to be honest, I've found the whole bloated, over keyboard (guitar synth) washed affair quite dull (in places). I can see why they've done what they have etc, but to my mind, sometimes concept albums don't always pick the best songs per say, they just pick the best song that fits into the idea of the album. Therefore, cut the fat, I say.
The Four Horsemen
War
Lost Love
Solitude
Exiled
Hope
New Beginnings
These songs are all surplus to requirements, either rhythmn guitar challanged, mid-paced, or dreary ballad plodders.
Once you've got into the best bits, you can always go back to the full "Director's Cut" version - Exiled & War aren't that bad (not sure I'll ever be able to accept New Beginnings though).
There's a very good Judas Priest album in here, and I think I might just have found it.
The songs I picked for my single CD are not the EXACT same as this guy's...but I get what he's saying
I found this write-up by someone on amazon.com. It sums it up pretty well:
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PRIEST ALBUM IN THERE SOMEWHERE!, June 28, 2008
By J. Anderson "jonanders25" (Blighty) - See all my reviews
Anyone having difficulty getting into JP's latest lengthy & rather weighty opus should give the following a go. Instead of trawling through the 100 mins plus, double album - just select the following track listing on to a CDR or ipod playlist etc, and hear a much leaner, faster & more familiar metallic 80 min (single disc) version.
1. Dawn Of Creation
2. Prophecy
3. Awakening
4. Revelations
5. Sands Of Time
6. Pestilence & Plague
7. Death
8. Peace
9. Conquest
10. Persecution
11. Alone
12. Shadows In The Flame
13. Visions
14. Calm Before The Storm
15. Nostradamus
16. Future Of Mankind
Believe me, it works! Now, I know a lot of people are making a bit of a song & dance about this, but to be honest, I've found the whole bloated, over keyboard (guitar synth) washed affair quite dull (in places). I can see why they've done what they have etc, but to my mind, sometimes concept albums don't always pick the best songs per say, they just pick the best song that fits into the idea of the album. Therefore, cut the fat, I say.
The Four Horsemen
War
Lost Love
Solitude
Exiled
Hope
New Beginnings
These songs are all surplus to requirements, either rhythmn guitar challanged, mid-paced, or dreary ballad plodders.
Once you've got into the best bits, you can always go back to the full "Director's Cut" version - Exiled & War aren't that bad (not sure I'll ever be able to accept New Beginnings though).
There's a very good Judas Priest album in here, and I think I might just have found it.
The songs I picked for my single CD are not the EXACT same as this guy's...but I get what he's saying