Stained Class/Ram It Down in Bloomington, MN

This two-fer from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends includes two of the band's more disparate release. 1978's
Stained Class
was a benchmark album for the genre, offering up
Priest
classics like "Exciter," "Beyond the Realms of Death," and the caustic title cut, while 1988's
Ram It Down
, despite the blisteringly good title track and the equally masterful "Hard as Iron," is considered one of their weaker outings. ~ James Christopher Monger