sbgmetal
Posts: 816 From: USA |
16.08.2010 - 04:42Rating: 7
Reckless is so cool
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Martin_metal
Posts: 52 From: Sweden |
20.01.2012 - 21:19Rating: 8
It´s not their best album, and it´s softer and so on.. But I think it´s cool =)
At least they could get back to "form" after this with albums who were more like classic Priest.
Like other band for example metallica who never get back to form after black album..
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My second favourite.
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tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal
Posts: 5245 From: USA |
12.04.2012 - 23:34Rating: 7
Ha, a guilty pleasure of mine. I am not a Priest fan at all but I like the guitar-synth oriented music on this album.
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RavenKing
Posts: 1941 From: Canada |
As radio-friendly as popmetal can be.
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They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink
They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end
But everybody's only looking out for themselves
And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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Ace Frawley The Spaceman
Posts: 1458 From: Australia |
11.05.2012 - 06:30Rating: 6
Catchy songs but a long way from metal and the glory days of an album like Stained Class. Too much guitar synthesizer and cheesy lyrics.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Ace Frawley on 11.05.2012 at 06:30
Too much guitar synthesizer and cheesy lyrics.
Most of Judas Priest's lyrics are cheesy as hell and totally crap to boot
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Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Ace Frawley The Spaceman
Posts: 1458 From: Australia |
11.05.2012 - 13:06Rating: 6
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.05.2012 at 08:21
Written by Ace Frawley on 11.05.2012 at 06:30
Too much guitar synthesizer and cheesy lyrics.
Most of Judas Priest's lyrics are cheesy as hell and totally crap to boot
Yeah, had another listen and most of the lyrics on Turbo are downright embarrassing. Not sure what they were thinking - probably just interested in commercial success. I think the lyrical content on earlier releases was much better.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Ace Frawley on 11.05.2012 at 13:06
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.05.2012 at 08:21
Written by Ace Frawley on 11.05.2012 at 06:30
Too much guitar synthesizer and cheesy lyrics.
Most of Judas Priest's lyrics are cheesy as hell and totally crap to boot
Yeah, had another listen and most of the lyrics on Turbo are downright embarrassing. Not sure what they were thinking - probably just interested in commercial success. I think the lyrical content on earlier releases was much better.
On their earliest releases the lyrics were oay to good but quite uqickly they went down the slippery slope, not just on Turbo they are horrenndous, also on Ram It Down and quite a few other albums, although there it is not every single song that has horrible lyrics.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Angelic Storm Melodious
Posts: 6675 From: UK |
11.05.2012 - 14:53Rating: 7
This is probably one of the very small amount of albums that could legitimately be called "glam metal". The glam and poppish bent of the album is impossible to ignore, but there's also a metallic edge to some of the songs which is certainly abscent in most other glam acts such as Poison, Bon Jovi, et al.
This is most prominent in many of the solos, and some of the riffs. Such as the intro riff in "Rock You All Around The World", a song which also contains a very metallic solo section. Overall, yes, this album is weak, and not a patch on their classics. However, songs like "Out In The Cold" (which is musically great, even though the lyrics are a bit cheesy!), "Rock You All Around The World", and "Hot For Love" are actually very good songs, and certainly more than a cut above what most other glam associated acts were producing at the time, lyrics aside. There are some utterly horrendous tracks on "Turbo" though, such as "Parental Guidance", "Private Property", and the totally ridiculous "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days". But overall, even a bad Priest album isn't terrible, and whilst this definitely was a low point in Priest's career, they still produced some good stuff even here.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Angelic Storm on 11.05.2012 at 14:53
But overall, even a bad Priest album isn't terrible, ...
I beg to differ. This one is terrible as is Nostradamus and some of their live stuff.
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Angelic Storm Melodious
Posts: 6675 From: UK |
11.05.2012 - 15:24Rating: 7
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.05.2012 at 15:17 I beg to differ. This one is terrible as is Nostradamus and some of their live stuff.
Whilst I disagree, I can quite easily see why some Priest fans would find "Turbo" a terrible album. "Nostradamus" isn't terrible, but it is a very patchy, and overlong album.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Angelic Storm on 11.05.2012 at 15:24
"Nostradamus" isn't terrible, but it is a very patchy, and overlong album.
Nostradamus is a terrible album due to its pretentiousness, being overlong extremely patchy sonsg and downright crap interludes and fillers and it boring as hell done to death subject matter.
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Angelic Storm Melodious
Posts: 6675 From: UK |
11.05.2012 - 15:49Rating: 7
^^ I see you've dropped your rating now from 5 to 3...
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Angelic Storm on 11.05.2012 at 15:49
^^ I see you've dropped your rating now from 5 to 3...
It used to be 4, but it''s more like 3.5
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Angelic Storm Melodious
Posts: 6675 From: UK |
11.05.2012 - 16:00Rating: 7
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.05.2012 at 15:53 It used to be 4, but it''s more like 3.5
What is it about the album that stops you from giving it a 1 or a 2?
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Angelic Storm on 11.05.2012 at 16:00
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.05.2012 at 15:53 It used to be 4, but it''s more like 3.5
What is it about the album that stops you from giving it a 1 or a 2?
it is not THAT bad, they can still play their instruments...
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Angelic Storm Melodious
Posts: 6675 From: UK |
11.05.2012 - 16:26Rating: 7
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.05.2012 at 16:13 it is not THAT bad, they can still play their instruments...
I have a feeling your criteria for giving an album a 1 or 2 is very similar to mine...
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RavenKing
Posts: 1941 From: Canada |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.05.2012 at 15:42
Nostradamus is a terrible album due to its pretentiousness, being overlong extremely patchy sonsg and downright crap interludes and fillers and it boring as hell done to death subject matter.
If you ask me to mention an album that exemplifies pretentiousness, the first one to come to my mind is "Nostradamus".
Overlong, over-pretentious and, in the end, an epic failure.
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They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink
They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end
But everybody's only looking out for themselves
And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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Ace Frawley The Spaceman
Posts: 1458 From: Australia |
12.05.2012 - 10:38Rating: 6
Written by Angelic Storm on 11.05.2012 at 14:53
This is probably one of the very small amount of albums that could legitimately be called "glam metal". The glam and poppish bent of the album is impossible to ignore, but there's also a metallic edge to some of the songs which is certainly abscent in most other glam acts such as Poison, Bon Jovi, et al.
This is most prominent in many of the solos, and some of the riffs. Such as the intro riff in "Rock You All Around The World", a song which also contains a very metallic solo section. Overall, yes, this album is weak, and not a patch on their classics. However, songs like "Out In The Cold" (which is musically great, even though the lyrics are a bit cheesy!), "Rock You All Around The World", and "Hot For Love" are actually very good songs, and certainly more than a cut above what most other glam associated acts were producing at the time, lyrics aside. There are some utterly horrendous tracks on "Turbo" though, such as "Parental Guidance", "Private Property", and the totally ridiculous "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days". But overall, even a bad Priest album isn't terrible, and whilst this definitely was a low point in Priest's career, they still produced some good stuff even here.
Agree with two points you make here - this is the worst Priest album but even then, the album has merit.
Personally, I think it is difficult to overstate the significance that Judas Priest has had in the metal genre. And with a career that has gone on so long, there are bound to be highs and lows. Amazingly, after a few weak albums, they came back with something as incredible as Painkiller. Shows their true greatness.
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Angelic Storm Melodious
Posts: 6675 From: UK |
12.05.2012 - 11:37Rating: 7
Written by Ace Frawley on 12.05.2012 at 10:38 Agree with two points you make here - this is the worst Priest album but even then, the album has merit.
Personally, I think it is difficult to overstate the significance that Judas Priest has had in the metal genre. And with a career that has gone on so long, there are bound to be highs and lows. Amazingly, after a few weak albums, they came back with something as incredible as Painkiller. Shows their true greatness.
Yep, it's very similar to "Point Of Entry" in that regard, which was also a weak Priest album that still had merit and some good songs. POE is a bit stronger than "Turbo" though...
I can't think of a single band who has been going for 20 years or more (and which has released several albums) where every album they've made is of a very high and similar quality. Especially a band who experimented with their sound so much over the years as Priest did. One thing Priest have never been is predictable, and that is definitely commendable in a genre like metal. Whilst I don't think "Painkiller" is Priest's best album, it was certainly a landmark album for them. Just when people thought they were a spent force, they unleashed that metal monster to the world!
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Glam or not, still awesome.
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monur
Posts: 14 From: Turkey
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22.09.2012 - 12:12Rating: 7
monur Posts: 14 From: Turkey
Written by Yaniv on 07.03.2012 at 16:56
I Think Out In The Cold is one of their Exciting songs.
I agree with you on that one, but overall the album is not good.
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tkayzer
Posts: 1 From: Turkey
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Not bad..Out In The Cold..I think the most beautiful song on the album..
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Vasil de Shumen
Posts: 336 From: Bulgaria |
24.11.2012 - 13:02Rating: 9
Written by Ace Frawley on 12.05.2012 at 10:38
this is the worst Priest album ...
I totally disagree
The worst albums are recorded after 1990.
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Vasil de Shumen
Posts: 336 From: Bulgaria |
24.11.2012 - 13:23Rating: 9
songwriting - 9
originality - 9
lyrics - 7
arrangements - 9
performance - 10
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Ace Frawley The Spaceman
Posts: 1458 From: Australia |
24.11.2012 - 23:55Rating: 6
Written by Vasil de Shumen on 24.11.2012 at 13:02
I totally disagree
The worst albums are recorded after 1990.
You might be right - I've never listened to anything they've done after 1990. Interesting that you give Turbo a rating of 9. Man, you must like it.
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Vasil de Shumen
Posts: 336 From: Bulgaria |
25.11.2012 - 00:33Rating: 9
Written by Ace Frawley on 24.11.2012 at 23:55
Written by Vasil de Shumen on 24.11.2012 at 13:02
I totally disagree
The worst albums are recorded after 1990.
You might be right - I've never listened to anything they've done after 1990. Interesting that you give Turbo a rating of 9. Man, you must like it.
Yes, I like this record.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Vasil de Shumen on 24.11.2012 at 13:02
Written by Ace Frawley on 12.05.2012 at 10:38
this is the worst Priest album ...
I totally disagree
The worst albums are recorded after 1990.
Turbo is their worst, closely followed by Nostradamus, both albums with Owens on vocals are masterpieces compared to both Turbo and Nostradamus
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Angelic Storm Melodious
Posts: 6675 From: UK |
25.11.2012 - 16:01Rating: 7
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 25.11.2012 at 10:45 Turbo is their worst, closely followed by Nostradamus, both albums with Owens on vocals are masterpieces compared to both Turbo and Nostradamus
Both of the Ripper albums are very underrated, imo. Especially "Jugulator". And I would say that both albums are better than "Turbo" and "Nostradamus".
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