| The Essential Judas Priest | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Judas Priest |
| Cover: | The_Essential_Judas_Priest.jpg |
| Released: | 11 April 2006 26 August 2008 (3.0 Limited Edition) |
| Recorded: | 1976–2005 |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 154:22 |
| Label: | Columbia / Sony Music |
| Prev Title: | Angel of Retribution |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Nostradamus |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
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.[1] 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.[2]
In 2015 The Essential Judas Priest was re-released with the same album art but with very different track listings.[3] Additionally, "Nostradamus," "Dragonaut," and "Redeemer of Souls" replaced "United," "Hot Rockin'," and "Out in the Cold."
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