How cool is it to have your contemporaries pick their favorite tunes, for a greatest hits package? Well, pretty damn cool lads! Judas Priest just received this royal treatment for the latest greatest hits package called The Chosen Few. The Chosen Few is your standard greatest hits package, but the bonus is that the liner notes were written by the artists that picked the songs for the CD. Very cool to see the comments from Klaus Meine (Scorpions) and Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) regarding their favorite tracks from the Priest.
The CD packs in all of the Priest classice that you would expect from a great hits package. From Diamonds in Rust to Painkiller, they're all there. The only negative, is that I thought there might be the inclusion of a few more obscure tracks on the CD, since they were picked by their fellow metal heads. All in all a solid package. Another best of, by one of the greatest heavy metal bands ever.
Bottom Line: A standard greatest hits package with an interesting twist. I really dug the liner notes on this one, because it was a new twist on this sort of package. The only that would have made this better, would have been the inclusion of some new material.
-Ragman is wanting a new Priest record, but he is also fearful of what he might get.