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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic
i think i had a lapsus, i meant the late 90's (when they did the maggot, the bootlicker, etc.), which aren't their top game and i think they did it on purpose to get rid of the pressure and expectations (not to mention label interest).
i too love houdini and stoner witch.
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I won't say those albums are their very best work, but they still blow out of the water 90% of every rock album that came out the same year. The cover of "Green Manalishi" on The Maggot successfully one ups the Priest version. And if you look up the purchaser ratings on Amazon you'll find those record getting 4.5 stars average from people that actually bought them. Which is admitedly way less people than bought Houdini or probably even Eggnog. Still if making three very good albums in one year rather than just one excellent album is a crime, it's one light misdimeanor.
To be fair, those records are all better in my estimation than Rather Ripped, and I even
like RR.