The Essential Judas Priest

The Essential Judas Priest is a 2006 two-disc compilation album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest. It contains 34 songs from throughout their career right up to their then-most recent album Angel of Retribution, but excludes the Tim "Ripper" Owens era and material from their debut album Rocka Rolla. It was re-released in 2008 as a limited-edition 3-disc package. It was re-released again in 2010 as a Blu-spec CD. This version has a slightly different track list on the first disc; "Nostradamus" from the 2008 album of that name replaces "Victim of Changes" as the fifth track.

In 2015 The Essential Judas Priest was re-released with the same album art but with very different track listings. Additionally, "Nostradamus", "Dragonaut", and "Redeemer of Souls" replaced "United", "Hot Rockin'", and "Out in the Cold".

Track listing (2006/2008 original/re-release)

Personnel

• Rob Halford – vocals
• Glenn Tipton – guitars
• K.K. Downing – guitars
• Ian Hill – bass guitars
• Scott Travis – drums (1, 12, 16 disc 1; 8, 13, 17 disc 2)

Other personnel

• Dave Holland – drums (2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17 disc 1; 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16 disc 2)
• Les Binks – drums (3, 9, 13 disc 1; 5, 6, 12 disc 2)
• Simon Phillips – drums (4 disc 1; 9 disc 2)
• Alan Moore – drums (5 disc 1; 14 disc 2)
• Don Airey (session musician) – keyboards (12 disc 1)

Charts

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