Vraille Darkfang said:You need to really read the monster blocks before you just throw CR X Monster vs Party Level X (Which very few books do a good job of).
Indeed. My favorite example of that is the Zhul abyssal; at 126 hp, AC 26, regeneration, spell turning, poison, fear aura, improved invisibility 3/day, blasphemy 3/day, and 4 melee attacks per round...and he's CR 9.

