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List Price: $7.99 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 9410
Released: November 6, 2001 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Sin After Sin Track Listing:
1. Sinner
2. Diamonds And Rust
3. Starbreaker
4. Last Rose Of Summer
5. Let Us Prey/Call For The Priest
6. Raw Deal
7. Here Come The Tears
8. Dissident Aggressor
9. Race With The Devil
10. Jawbreaker (live)
Sin After Sin Reviews:
A Christian Rock Band? Hah, Seriously Man...! 
2009-09-21 - I read that some person thought that Judas Priest was a Christian band - and invited it to its Christian party or something. He/she didn't even know the album's name they had just released. Well, anyway. This was Priest's first album with major record label. The first album "Rocka Rolla" had bad sounds and songs, the second "Sad Wings of Destiny" was a great classic. This - their third album was originally released in 1977. It had a major impact on Priest's carriere. It included the songs such as "Sinner", "Diamonds and Rust", "Starbreaker", and "Dissident Aggressor" which was also covered by Slayer in the album "South of Heaven" - both versions are great but of course Priest's version is much better. The two ballads (Last Rose of Summer and Here Come the Tears) are quite good but not great as the other songs. "Raw Deal" is however the only weak link in this album. This album's sounds are great but the songs lose for the albums like "Sad Wings of Destiny" and "Stained Class".
Stars: Sinner, Starbreaker, Diamonds And Rust
Great hidden gem of 70's Priest 
2009-08-09 - Most Priest fans agree that both Sad Wings and Stained Class are up there with the greatest, but often it seems that Sin After Sin, which fell between releases is forgotten! It is a shame, as this one is equally as good as Sad Wings, and nearly as good as Stained Class.
Sinner is one hell of an opener. Flies right by and does not feel as long as it is!
Diamonds and Rust is a classic for Priest, and this studio version is no exception! One of the greatest metal covers of a non metal song ever!
Starbreaker is just another good track, fast and heavy, just the way I like it.
Last Rose of Summer is quite strange. Doesn't even sound like Judas Priest. Still though, good.
Let Us Prey leads into something pretty heavy: Call For the Priest
Raw Deal is a slower song, nothing too special, although the lyrics certaintly draw attention to it.
Here Come the Tears is a beautiful little ballad, not much more to say
Dissident Aggressor, now here's the reason I bought the album! Way ahead of its time, this song is powerful, and the opening screech is one of Halford's best. Untouchable.
Race With the Devil is pretty cool, I love the little melody in it, very catchy.
The live version of Jawbreaker is a little odd on this cd, but still good
All in all fantastic album, buy it!
Priest's major label debut still rocks 30 plus years on
2009-08-06 - Judas Priest's third album Sin After Sin was released in April of 1977.
Following the dismal sales of their now highly regarded second album Sad Wings of Destiny (released in 1976, at the time of punk rock), their labels Gull in the UK and Ovation here in the US folded and their drummer Alan Moore left. As a result, the band (lead singer Rob Halford, guitarists KK Downing and Glenn Tipton and bass player Ian Hill) was all but dead. However at the end of 1976, the band signed a deal with Columbia Records here in the US and in Canada and signed to CBS/Sony elsewhere. Plus the band went to Ramport Studios owned by The Who, got Deep Purple bass player Roger Glover to produce their third album and on top of it recruited wunderkind session drummer Simon Phillips (whom would go on to drum for the likes of Genesis guitarist/bass player Mike Rutherford, Pete Townshend (and for The Who in 1989) and Toto among others).
We begin the album with the classic metal masterpiece "Sinner" which is one of Priest's best songs about the eventual fall of mankind overseen by Death and the Devil itself. Next is their cover of "Diamonds and Rust" which they turned Joan Baez's folky original into a b*llsy hard rocker and (like what The Who did with "Summertime Blues" a few years before, they turned the original song into their own and just rocks). Next is one of Judas Priest's greatest hard rockers ever "Starbreaker". The track rocks and I can see why it was a live favorite up to 1979. The first side closed with the ballad "Last Rose of Summer" and is one of Halford's best vocals and a great piece and proved the band were not afraid to play softer pieces when required.
Side two started with the two part epic "Let Us Prey"/"Call for the Priest". The former is a prelude which sets the tone for what's to come. The latter is excellent prototype speed metal classic from which sets the tone for the Speed Metal movement that came out years later. Next is "Raw Deal" which is another great rocker. This classic with quite a few double entendres is a great example of the band's humorous fascination with S and M themes and darkly sexual themes. "Here Come the Tears" is next and a mid tempo masterpiece and one of the more emotionally devastating Metal tracks with complex lyrics and superbly orchestrated guitar solos. We close with "Dissident Agressor" which is one of the greatest thrash songs ever made. It has it all. Halford's, double bass drumming work from Phillips and the chugging fast guitars of Tipton and Downing. Classic!
Sin After Sin unfortunately didn't chart when first released but eventually went Gold here in the US due to later success. However the band won the American audiences in 1977 opening for REO Speedwagon, Foghat and Foreigner. Then they opened for Led Zeppelin at Zeppelin's final US shows in July of 1977.
The remastered CD has two bonus tracks. First is a great cover of the neat early track,"Race with the Devil". Then we also have a live version of "Jawbreaker" live from the Defenders of the Faith Tour.
This album is RECOMMENDED!
Another Priest 70's classic, but a rough transition 
2009-01-04 - I always loved "Star Breaker" and "Diamonds And Rust." The rest of the album is full of quality Priest grungy 70's, heavy hitters, but too much of it has some rough and cheesey notes by Halford, and moments that are a bit cringe-worthy.
"Star Breaker" starts out so well but ends with a repetitive chorus note by Halford that just becomes monotonous and slightly annoying, for instance. "Dissident Aggressor" is full of over-the-top singing by Halford (however impressive physically) that aren't utilized properly, and comes off as fantasy-metal cheese.
But for it's bad moments, it has some great ones, including the cover art which is some of the best ever. If you liked Stained Class, you'll surely like Sin After Sin, but SAS as a predecessor, is definitely more rough and not nearly as mature or creative as Stained Class.
This is another vinyl record I bought in the early 80's and kept in good condition, and am now listening to through my USB turntable, so I can't vouch for the CD quality, I really prefer to listen to the original "analog" recording of classic albums like this.
Underrated Priest album and one of the greatest of all time.
2008-12-08 - Unfairly neglected Metal album from the Metal Gods,a bridge between two established masterpiecs,"Sad Wings of Destiny" and "Stained Class".
It's strange how forgotten this album is,considering there is a large number of established Priest classics on this one.
The band was still using the classic gothic logo,an album before there classic logo becomes a permanent fixture.
This was when the band was still at an intellectual high,not yet simplifying there structure and still experimenting.
What they forge on this release is one of the most pivotal Metal records of the late 70s,further solidfying the importance of this band.
The tracks are as follows:
Sinner-One of the greatest Priest songs ever is an epic about the eventual fall of mankind overseen by Death and the Devil itself.
Classic apocalyptic Metal with a great solo and classic vocal work by Rob Halford.
Diamonds and Rust-Great cover of the Joan Baez original,adds an electrified sound and a metal gallop that helps make this one of the great metal ballads ever.
The band had tried this orginally on there debut,"Rocka Rolla',but the result was flat.
They highly improved on it here,there definitive cut of this song.
Starbreaker-Underused classic with a classic riff and a take charge vocal delivery by Halford,that is later repeated on future classic albums.
Have no clue how this hasn't been a live set favorite,but was utilized nicely as a bonus on the "Unleashed in the East" album from 1979.
Last Rose of Summer-Emotional ballad with heart felt sincerity from Halford,similar to "Epitah" from Sad Wings of Destiny.
I wish Metal albums were brave enough today to go in directions like that.
A beautiful piece.
Let us Prey/Call for the Priest-Awesome speed metal classic from Judas Priest that blazed away for alot of the Speed Metal that follows out of the NWOBHM a few years later.
Unfairly forgotten Priest milestone.
Raw Deal-Got to love the innuendo on this lean,mean Metal cruncher.
One of the first examples of the band's humorous fascination with S and M themes and darkly sexual themes.
Absolutely awesome!
Here Come the Tears-One of the most emotionally devastating Metal songs of all time with an absolute classic vocal performance by Rob Halford.
It's difficult not to feel this man's pain on this song,with complex lyrics and one of the most beautifully orchestrated of guitar solos.
An absolute masterpiece.
Dissident Agressor-The most influential song from the album and the heaviest song the band ever makes,this may very well mark the first Thrash song ever.
Halford screams with blood-curdingly certainity under the pounding fast guitars of Tipton and Downing.
One of the greatest metal songs ever made.
So far ahead of it's time,that when Slayer covers it ten years later,the sound is virtually unchanged.
The Cd includes two bonus tracks,the neat early track,"Race with the Devil" a somewhat Sabbath like cover of the Gun song.
The other track is,confusingly,"Jawbreaker" live from the DEfenders of the Faith album.
It's a shame they couldn't find a track from this album,and this bonus live,while good,sticks out like a sore thumb.
Overall,though this is a metal essential,and easily one of the top 100 Metal albums ever made,showcasing a band at it's peak.
It also is one of my Top Five favorite albums.
A must own.
