I actually think Angel Of Retribution is better than Defenders Of The Faith. If I took the 5 heaviest tracks and matched them up I always like Retributions tracks better.
Judas Rising over Freewheel Burning,Deal With The Devil over Jawbreaker,Demonizer over The Sentinel,Wheels Of Fire over Love Bites,Hellrider over Heavy Duty.
And I like Eulegy over Night Comes Down and Worth Fighting For over Rock Hard Ride Free. I just think Angel Of Retribution is better than Defenders,but don't get me 
wrong,I still love Defenders Of the Faith too. Theres only one track on each album I don't like: Night Comes Down and Lochness,but even with Lochness...AOR still rules!

		Skybreaker wrote:
		I hope the next Priest studio cd is much better than Nostradamus and Angel of Retribution. AOR was ok but I think the cd in general though falls short of greatness like other Priest cd's of he past. Judas Rising and Hellrider are classics and then there is a huge gap between those and  the rest of the songs. In my opinion the great Priest cd's are, Defenders, Painkiller, SFV, British Steel, HBFL and Unleashed (best live cd) in no particular order. AOR and Nostradamus falls way short of these and I hope the next cd will put them at the top of the metal heap again.

   I hope the next Priest studio cd is much better than Nostradamus and Angel of Retribution. AOR was ok but I think the cd in general though falls short of greatness like other Priest cd's of he past. Judas Rising and Hellrider are classics and then there is a huge gap between those and  the rest of the songs. In my opinion the great Priest cd's are, Defenders, Painkiller, SFV, British Steel, HBFL and Unleashed (best live cd) in no particular order. AOR and Nostradamus falls way short of these and I hope the next cd will put them at the top of the metal heap again.