Label: Legacy
Reissued 2017, Originally released 1978
Stained Class is the fourth album by British heavy metal group JUDAS PRIEST, originally released in February 1978. It is the first of three albums to feature drummer Les Binks. It gained notoriety for its dark lyrics and themes, as well as 1990 civil action trial where the band was accused of backmasking that led to the suicide attempts of two teenagers. Stained Class was ranked as the greatest JUDAS PRIEST album on Stereogum.com, and was described by Steve Huey on Allmusic.com as “JUDAS PREISTS’s greatest achievement.”
Track listing:
- Exciter (Album Version)
- White Heat, Red Hot
- Better By You, Better Than Me (Album Version)
- Stained Class
- Invader
- Saints in Hell
- Savage
- Beyond the Realms of Death
- Heroes End