Metallica [Import]

Metallica [Import]

Track Listings

1. Enter Sandman

2. Sad But True

3. Holier Than Thou

4. The Unforgiven

5. Wherever I May Roam

6. Dont Tread On Me

7. Through The Never

8. Nothing Else Matters

9. Of Wolf And Man

10. The God That Failed

11. My Friend Of Misery

12. The Struggle Within

13. So What (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese exclusive reissue of 1991 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Features 13 tracks including 1 bonus track, 'So What'. CBS. 2003.

Tracks:

Enter Sandman
Sad But True
Holier Than Thou
The Unforgiven
Wherever I May Roam
Don't Tread On Me
Through The Never
Nothing Else Matters
Of Wolf And Man
God That Failed
My Friend Of Misery
Struggle Within

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Called "the Black Album" by many (due to its monochrome cover), Metallica marks the group's entrance into the mainstream, with shorter songs, simpler song structures, and slower tempos overall. That said, this is an excellent album, featuring some of the best songwriting Metallica has ever done. "Enter Sandman," "Wherever I May Roam," and "God That Failed," despite being slower and more groove-oriented than the band's earlier work, feature the same heavy riffs and heavier rhythms that have always been a feature of Metallica's music. The band goes introspective with "Unforgiven," and proves that they can write a ballad with "Nothing Else Matters," which succeeds better than one might expect. Overall, this is a high-energy album despite its laid-back approach, and is in many ways superior to the previous . . . And Justice for All, which was weakened by overly complicated song structures and mediocre production. -- Genevieve Williams

Album Description

Japanese edition of their multi-platinum 1991 smash album that spent four consecutive weeks at #1, with the bonus track 'So What'. 13 tracks, also featuring the top 40 hits 'Enter Sandman', 'The Unforgiven' & 'Nothing Else Matters'. A Sony Records release.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

Metallica's 'Black Album' A Rush of Experience..........2007-07-30

Metallica is one of those bands that people love to love more than hate, and the band does have its share of haters. It began moreso with this, METALLICA, also referred to by numerous as "the black album". Many people felt that Metallica was going mainstream and selling out with this record, but more than ever it also gained acceptance by mainstream critics and more than three quarters of the fans embraced this album as a mixture of raw aggression and mainstream rock energy. Metallica carved a huge niche on the rock and metal scene with this album, selling well over ten million copies of this album to this day. And there are so many reasons why it was a huge success for the band.

"Enter Sandman" experiments with the band's thrashy sound by adding some groove-oriented textures into the mix, creating a menacing crunch song with some interesting lyrics sung as only Hetfield could. One thing you'll notice right away is how hard Lars' drums hit all over this album, and it creates an monolithic feeling on each track. Hetfield's and Kirk Hammett's guitars crunch, seethe, and dominate all over this album, and you can hear Newsted's intense, throbbing bass all over this album, and he also contributes background vocals which sound excellent. The band can hammer home hard with some headbanger worthy cuts ("Sad But True", "Wherever I May Roam", "Holier Than Thou") and throw some sparse gentle acoustic moments into their volatile mixture ("The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters"). "Nothing Else Matters" is a beautifully crafted ballad written by the band that works incredibly well for a group so used to thrashing out like the headbanger gods they were and still, to some degree, are today. "The Unforgiven" is a supreme metal song, a monster of a song during the verses and huge chorus. This album successfully mixes the guitar thrash of their earlier work with some interesting melodic moments and more grooves and gives the album a diverse feel and near-masterpiece tone. "Where I May Roam" even invites a sitar intro into it's mix before it crashes into a full-on thrash metal machine for close to seven minutes. Over the course of the album's 62 minutes and dozen tracks, Metallica prove beyond a shadow of a doubt why they are one of metal's finest craftsmen.

Many fans felt that Metallica sold out when it came to ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL and METALLICA, but in reality Metallica were growing into an even more powerful band, and the sales really say it all. The "black album" generated new fans, strong sales, critical success, and the band's continuing evolution in the metal scene. With a volatile mixture of brawn, guitar thrash, hard-hitting rhythms, and Hetfield's gentle and menacing vocal performance, the "black album" stands as one of the best metal records in the history of music.

Nothing that hasn't been said a million times, but let me reiterate...........2007-07-19

This is a great Metallica ablum. No, it's not thrashy, so those in search of speed need to back up to Blackened or Damage, Inc, etc. But what it is is rib-cracking heavy, rich in melody, and solid vocals/lyrics.

It's also the last time to date (now July 19, 2007) that Metallica has been so consistently good. Load is "good" and made persistently better by each subsequent disappointing release. Yet in the shadow of this record, Load is still underachieving. The Black Album is a firm member of the classics group.

And while it is more accessible to Joe Listener than say Kill Em All, it's not going down a road they've not traveled before. Cries of "SELLOUT" and "COMMERICAL CRAP" are so vastly overstated it's quite frankly puke-inducing. Metallica has been melodic and acoustic-tinged since Ride The Lightning and that's no different here. The Unforgiven gets heavy in the midst of its melody, not unlike Fade TO Black. The lone oddball is the consistently soft Nothing Else Matters, which, while not Metallica typical, is gorgeous and rich. So lay off...! :D

Others like Sandman, Sad But True, Holier Than Thou, Of Wolf And Man, Wherever I May Road, and the Newsted-friendly My Friend Of Misery are great...!

This is a solid album, and, quite frankly, my favorite. I love that it's both accessible, but not poppy.

Let's be honest, too. Some fans RESENT this record because it became so bloody HUGE...and everyone owned it. Had this record sold 900,000 units, not gotten on MTV, they'd not toured with GNR...and this had begun and ended as a quiet affair, this album would be adored as the band's forgotten gem. Even with the same track listing.

It's not only Metallica's best due to its diversity, it's one of the top 10 metal records of all time.

A Five Star Experience.......2007-07-09

There is certainly much debate amongst Metallica fans, especially the original fans, as to the greatness of this CD. Though it may not be as raw as the earlier CDs, it is one heck of a great rock and roll album. The CD is full of one great song after another. My personal favorite is Wherever I may Roam. Had this been Metallica's only CD/Album, they would have been considered a success. One of the greatest live bands of all time show there skills on this excellent 5 star CD.

metallica rules.......2007-07-06

There is no question WHY this CD was on the billboard charts for so long. Some say they sold out when they made this CD but, you have to appreciate Metallica for constantly changing. This is a killer CD.

Highly entertaining.......2007-06-13

Wow! What a great CD this is by my favorite heavy metal band. This is by far their best after 1988's ...And Justice For All, 1986's Master Of Puppets, and 1984's Ride The Lightning.

Enter Sandman: What an intro and by far my favorite Metallica song ever after 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' and one of my favorite songs of ALL TIME! Excellent.

Sad But True: Great song but not a favorite.

Holier Than Though: Brilliant.

The Unforgiven: The best Metallica ballad rocker after 'Fade to Black'.

Wherever I May Roam: This is one great song and one of their best songs ever!! James sings excellent in this song!!

Don't Tread On Me: Brilliant and LAUGHABLE.

Through the Never: This album's second best to Enter Sandman.

Nothing Else Matters: Possibly the weakest song on this album and still pretty good. This is a ballad that I have never cried during it.

Of Wolf and Man: Pretty good lyrics and music!

The God That Failed: Been a fan to this song for a while. This song has excellent singing and lyrics.

My Friend of Misery: One of the album's best. Certainly the longest on tha album about 7 excellent minutes of great music.

Struggle Within: One of the best closers in metal.

Please get this CD. This CD is definately what every rock fan should own. Get this with RTL, MOP, and ...AJFA which are great albums too. Metallica rocks.

Average customer rating:

another masterpiece.
A True Thrashterpiece
My Review for --- Master of Puppets by Metallica (1986)
One of the Greatest Old School Metal CDs!
It's #1 for a reason...

Master of Puppets
Metallica
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002H33
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Battery
Master Of Puppets
The Thing That Should Not Be
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Disposable Heroes
Leper Messiah
Orion (Instrumental)
Damage, Inc.

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One of the defining albums of thrash metal, Master of Puppets is arguably Metallica's best album (as well as their last with bassist Cliff Burton). Focusing on the concept of power and abuses thereof, this is a collection of complex, intelligent music, played at about a hundred miles an hour. Not that these are short songs; this eight-song album clocks in at over an hour, which makes it all the more impressive that not one moment on this recording is boring. In tackling various approaches to their subject, Metallica is insightful lyrically as well as musically: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is from the point of view of an institutionalized inmate and "Disposable Heroes" is the perspective of a soldier. If all you've heard of Metallica is what's been on the radio recently, check this one out. You're in for a surprise. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

another masterpiece........2007-07-15

This album is one of the best in all of heavy metal. The importance of this album is astronomical.

This album starts off with Battery. Slow acoustic chords are played here for a minute or so before the heaviness starts. On the last album there was a rising note and then the heavy crash but here they just slam it out and from that moment its all madness. This song is extremely fast and I think the ending is probably my favorite part.

The title track here is a masterpiece. This is 8 minutes of incredible music with great time signature changes and a nice acoustic interlude in the middle. This is one of their best.

The Thing that Should not Be starts with two quiet notes that sound like madness and insanity. When the drums and guitars kick in it's very heavy. This is the heaviest song ever. Welcome Home is a nice ballad type song in the vein of Fade to Black. The ending for this is a great piece of writing and they have used this structure for ending many of their other songs at live shows.

Disposable Heroes is another 8 minute masterpiece. The lyrics are well written and the music is flawless. It's a bit overlong I think but that's part of its charm. I thought I would never hear this live but they did play it at a 1994 show I was at. It was incredible and a highlight of the entire show.

Leper Messiah is a great song that really holds the same beliefs as I do. I generally think religion is a superstition of sorts that should really be left in some medieval dust bin where it truly belongs. This song is a perfect representation of why that's true.

Orion is the last great Cliff Burton instrumental and was unfortunately his swan song. His writing and ability were both in top form here and i think every day what further things he could have done for music (and heavy metal) if he had lived.

Damage, Inc also starts with a bass solo of sorts that merge into probably one of the fastest songs they've done. The lyrics to this are great writing and it surprises me they were able to play this fast.

So all in all this is a masterpiece. There are no bad songs here. There is not a weak song here. This is great all the way through and this is the best 55 minutes in metal's history. So buy this if you do not have it already. This is something every fan of rock and roll should hear.

A True Thrashterpiece.......2007-07-04

This is one of Metallica best albums ever, I remember buying this album when I was 12 back in '86, I was hooked on Metallica ever since then. The title track is a true classic, but the instrumental "Orion" has been and always will be my favorite song on the album. Great guitar work and melodies make this album pure gold. I hope the next Metallica album can recapture the old school sound, buy this album I highly recommend it!!!

My Review for --- Master of Puppets by Metallica (1986).......2007-06-28

On March 3rd 1986, Master of Puppets was released and it became Metallica's 3rd, best, and the last with the bassist Cliff Burton before his death in September 1986. This is probably James Hetfield's best vocals on this LP. Kirk Hammett may have been played better lead guitar on Metallica's other albums but he still does an excellent job on this LP, man that guy can play guitar. He is just as good as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and David Gilmour. This is a thrash metal classic and this has Battery, Master of Puppets, and my favorite instrumental Orion. Orion was the first instrumental song I have ever heard by any band and is better than The Call of Ktulu and though that was great too. Lars Ulrich does his best drumming on Orion. The title song has a great beautiful ballad style in the fourth minute of the song is what they would call it Maestro down in Mexico and South America. The LP starts out with Battery with a slow Spanish style acoustic guitar intro which was better than Fight Fire with Fire. This is also known as better than their previous record Ride the Lightning which was really great too. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is a great ballad too, and though Fade to Black was a lot better. The Thing That Should Not Be is probably the slowest song on the LP and For Whom the Bell Tolls was a lot much better. Even though there is a F word on this LP it is still really awesome and is probably my favorite heavy metal record of the 80's.

One of the Greatest Old School Metal CDs!.......2007-06-24

I recently got into Metallica the past few weeks (their old stuff anyway). Ride the Lightning was the first CD I got. After being blown away by it, I didn't possibly think it could get better. I had always heard that MOP was their greatest moment, so I was Excited to recieve it. I thought RTL was going to be my favorite, but wow I was wrong. This is now one of my favorite metal CDs ever. There isn't one dull moment on this CD.

Battery 10/10: This track starts out slow, but then the metal punches you in the stomach and your left breathless. Wow, one hell of an album opener (kind of similar to RTL's Fight Fire With Fire). This song deals with aggression.
Master of Puppets 10/10: This is my personal favorite on the album. This song has the catchiest chorus and a slow, yet beautiful balled section in the middle. This song deals with drug addiction.
The Thing That Should Not Be 8/10: A lot of people bash this song. It is the weakest song on the album, but compared on its own, it's a metal masterpiece.
Welcome Home 9/10: This is the album's balled (still pretty heavy though). It deals with a mental patiant's struggle in an institution. The lyrics shine hear.
Disposable Heroes 10/10: This song is very underrated. This is one of the highlights on the album, imo. It deals with soldiers' strain in battle. The lyrics are perfect, and the chorus is catchy and heavy.
Leper Messiah 9/10: Another underrated song. Some say it's the weak point (but some like me disagree, I still say The Thing That Should Not Be is) on the album. It deals with priests collection contributions to earn a higher seat.
Orion 10/10: Wow. This is probably Metallica's best instrumental. The Call of the Ktulu was great, but often repetetive. Not this one. This one is interesting the first half, and then changes style and continues to sound even more interesting as it goes along. I'm not sure what it's about, but can guess that it's about outer space.
Damage Inc. 9.5/10: Great. Probably Metallica's best album closure. One hell of a closure. After the long and beautiful Orion, people are in a trance of a pretty melody in the first minute. But then the song takes off without expectancy and is over and done before you realize what just happened. The song is pretty much about what the title says.

Overall, terrific album without any filler. I'll be getting AJFA later next week.

It's #1 for a reason..........2007-06-10

Alright, I bought this album last month, with no Metallica music on my iPod except for 'Whiskey in the Jar' from Garage inc. It was only fiteen bucks, so I grabbed it. I popped it in and immediatly switched to Master of Puppets, the title track. After that, this has been in my CD player quite a bit(along with Led Zeppelin:Early Days and Latter Days and Black Rain). This is a great album. There should be no doubt in your mind whether to pickk it up or not. A recurring theme in the tracks are control and manipulation, but they're diverse enough so that it's more than one song. The liner notes have the lyrics inside, so you can sing along(good luck, these suckers are fast...) And now, time for a breakdown of the songs:

Battery: Great. Starts out pretty mellow, but gets heavier and proceeds to beat you into submission.

Master of Puppets: Great. Starts out heavy, then gets kinda' funky in the middle, and just when you think it's over, it punches you in the face and keeps marching.

The Thing The Should Not Be: Crap. This should be called The Song the Should Not Be.

Welcome Home(Sanitarium): Great. Pretty mellow, but like the mental patients it's about, it rises, stronger and stronger.

Leper Messiah: Great.

Orion: Great, and instrumental.

Damage Inc.: Alright.

I think that'sit, but if it isn't, I'll edit this review. Also, this album was number one in the 500 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of all time, so it must be doing something right. :)

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A gem!
great second album..a masterpiece
Some of their best work (pre-sellout)
Ride the Lightning with Metallica
Great

Ride the Lightning
Metallica
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ASIN: B000002H2H
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Fight Fire With Fire
Ride The Lightning
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Fade To Black
Trapped Under Ice
Escape
Creeping Death
The Call Of Ktulu

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Don't let that classical-guitar-ish opening to "Fight Fire with Fire" fool you--Ride the Lightning packs a heavy-metal wallop. While not as ambitious as the subsequent Master of Puppets, this early Metallica album is indubitably one of their best. Thematically, it explores death and dying from myriad points of view: nuclear war ("Fight Fire with Fire"), electric-chair execution (the title track), and drowning ("Trapped Under Ice"). Interestingly, the best track on this album is probably "Fade to Black," a slower, more introspective song about suicide. There's also "Creeping Death," which remains a concert favorite. An excellent mix of rapid-fire guitar riffs, rip-roaring solos, and singer James Hetfield's trademark growl, this is thrash metal at its finest. Very highly recommended. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

A gem!.......2007-07-21

This album is, hands down, one of the best albums ever produced IMHO. Every song has its story and even though they are all different they are all powerful. I fail to see, hear, or feel any weakness in this album; it is a complete work of art. The only other albums that come close to this one are Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Beatle's Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; the comparison of this album to these two speaks for itself. A real gem.

great second album..a masterpiece.......2007-07-15

This album has been one of my favorites for years. I became a fan of Metallica back in late 1989. I had always heard of them and knew of them as heavy metal. I was always up for hearing something heavy and this album surely delivers.

Fight Fire With Fire starts out like a nice classical piece with what sounds like three guitars. It's a sweet melody that fades away into a nice rising note that crashes into the riff. This song is fast and heavy and really distills war into its first line: Do unto others as they've done to you/ But what the hell is this world coming to? It ends with furious riffing and a giant explosion sound effect. And even before that fades away Ride the Lightning starts up. This is a great song with a fairly simple structure that the next few albums would make more difficult to play but more fun to listen to.

For Whom the Bell Tolls, while not a hit, is still played by many rock stations and has become a live staple. It's a great song with one of the best riffs ever written. Fade to Black starts out nice and slow and has a nice heavy chorus. This is the beginning of their progression from the standard thrash that was so prevalent on their first album. It's too bad for all the fans who think they sold out with the black album when on this album they were doing the exact same thing!! It's just that on later albums they took it a step further.

Trapped Under Ice is a nice short 4 minute thrasher that never really lets up. It's a bit of weak song compared to the rest, but a good song for head banging. Escape is probably the worst song they ever did (and the St Anger album) and the writing is a bit amateurish here. I didn't know at first why I didn't like this but i guess its the backing vocals that make it sound like a pop song. UGH!

To make up for this bad song the very next song, Creeping Death, is my very favorite track. This is pretty much about the killing of the first born as told in Exodus 22 I believe. This is a nice high energy song that's all the more powerful when played live. A note here, the best live version of this is from Tushino Airfield in Russia from September 1991. It's available on the Sad But True CD single I believe.

The Call of Ktulu is a great Cliff Burton instrumental that starts nice and quiet and builds to a big heavy song. I always liked this thing and the ending is always sweet and a great way to finish off this amazing album.

So this is 5 stars. Without question!

Some of their best work (pre-sellout).......2007-07-10

I do own this album. I bought it on CD and cassette back when they were released. And to this day, this is one of their best albums. It's just too bad that they they all had to turn into a bunch of a-holes and sign on to be monkey boys for the RIAA, suing children and P2P networks.

Ride the Lightning with Metallica.......2007-07-09

For sheer metal mayhem, there are fewer CDs available that are better than this one. Ride the Lightning features some of the finest Metallica material they produced. From Creeping Death to For Whom the Bell Tolls, this is a CD not to be missed. A five star metal masterpiece.

Great.......2007-07-06

This CD is classic Metallica ALL the CD's shine for a million different reasons. Each one is different and each one is great.

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Tops
The Last Great Metallica Album
a masterpiece
Not Much To Say...Simply Masterful
...And Rock For All

...And Justice For All
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ASIN: B000002H6C
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Blackened
...And Justice For All
Eye Of The Beholder
One
The Shortest Straw
Harvester Of Sorrow
The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
To Live Is To Die
Dyers Eve

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This record has so much good material that it's a shame the production is so shoddy. Songwise, this is probably Metallica's most sophisticated album, exploring the theme of justice and perversions thereof with a vengeance. "One" is one of their best songs ever, building from a slow, edgy beginning into effortless overdrive. The title track is excellent and never boring, despite clocking in at more than nine minutes. It's the epic of the album, but all of the songs are long, displaying impressive chops and songwriting. Metallica took a commercial turn after ...And Justice for All, and it's interesting to speculate on what would have happened to their music had they continued in the direction suggested by this album. --Genevieve Williams

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Having already established themselves as the streetwise saviors of heavy metal's oft-tainted legacy in the '80s, Metallica rebounded from the accidental death of original bassist Cliff Burton to produce their most thematically challenging, musically accomplished album to date. Despite James Hetfield's dank, extended portraits of a world collapsing from corruption and decadence--themes that virtually guaranteed it little radio or television exposure--the album was nonetheless a muscular commercial success. Even "One," its complex, seven-and-a-half-minute adaptation of Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun," managed to scale the singles charts. Other highlights include "Blackened," "Eye of the Beholder," and the sweeping "To Live Is to Die," tracks that underscore a sense of musical ambition that's often downright prog-centric, yet never merely self-indulgent. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Tops.......2007-07-30

I had to review this album. As a fan of many different kinds of music this remains one of my all-time favorites. I completely disagree with some reviewers saying it's poorly produced. To me it sounds terrific. With this album, I believe Metallica took a huge step forward musically and lyrically. There is soooo much to this release. At times the guitars are loud and crunching, at other speedy and thrashing. All the while the vocals and drumming compliment everything that is happening. A masterpiece and classic album in music history. One of the greatest bands of all time at their very best. Best track just has to be the closer "Dyer's Eve".

The Last Great Metallica Album.......2007-07-16

No band has held such a highly regarded position in the canon of rock history and then completely fallen from grace like Metallica. Metallica is arguably the most hated rock band of all time and it's all there fault. They raised the bar incredibly high with four undisputed metal masterpieces in a row to start their career, but then decided to quit blowing our minds with complex operatic metal and turn accessible. Not to mention Napster, but I don't want to pile on.

...And Justice for All is one of the most contentious of all Metallica albums among fans. Some fans feel that ...And Justice for All is a logical progression of the bands early sound, starting with the full on thrash of Kill Em All, the complex and darker music on Ride the Lightning, the even more complex and darker music on Master of Puppets, and finally the mind blowing complexity of ...And Justice for All. Others feel that it's the start of the bands long decline to the most hated band in the world. Still others feel that it's a self consciously difficult album that the band put out to prove that they can still make mind blowing music like Master of Puppets after the backbone of their band Cliff Burton passed away. I tend to think it's the first of these three explanations.

...And Justice for All is above all a difficult record. It's long, complicated, pessimistic, and it sounds like the band is playing in a cave. ...And Justice for All is a monolith of a record. The title track is the perfect example of just how complex the arrangements on this album are. The song spans close to 10 minutes with unique and complex riffs, solos, and various other guitar pyrotechnics. The song is famously difficult to play live, and the band kept it out of its live repertoire for 18 years. The song begins with a clean guitar lick. It lulls the listener in to a sense of calm before it hits with the fireworks. The song careens from there with at least four separate guitar solos. It's exhausting to say the least.

Most of the songs feature complex riffs and solos, usually several per song. The two best songs on the album are probably the two simplest songs (I use the term subjectively, a simple Metallica song incredibly complex for almost any other band), One and Harvester of Sorrow. These songs are still highly arranged and complicated, but they have a straight ahead melody that really sticks in your head.

Despite it's reputation as an incredibly heavy album, ...And Justice for All sounds like it was recorded in a cave. Everything sounds dry on it. The guitars are heavy for sure, but they sound lifeless. The drums don't have any power behind them, they click more than thud. And there is little to no bass guitar at all on the album. This was the first album Jason Newsted played on and the band was notoriously hard on him. Maybe mixing him out completely was a way to show that they didn't really want him. When you listen to this next to Master of Puppets, it's painfully evident just how wimpy this album sounds.

But putting the complaints about the production aside, ...And Justice for All is a classic metal album and the last truly great Metallica album. Most interviews with the band say that this album was the tipping point for them. They felt that the songs were too demanding and complex for listeners and too hard to play live. After this they stripped everything away and made radio friendly rock. But it's hard not admire what they created on this album. It's not that it's an incredibly enjoyable listen, but I marvel at the technical virtuosity and the bombastic monolithic sound. It's like reading a Thomas Pynchon novel, it's almost too complex for its own good, but I still marvel at its creation, wondering how they pulled something like this off. I still think it's a bit of an over reach though. The band was trying for something symphonic and they end up getting close, but not quite making a transcendent record. Still, the tap solo on One always makes me smile.

a masterpiece.......2007-07-15

This album is yet another. This is the last of their trilogy of metal albums: Ride the Lightning was about war and death, Master of Puppets was about control and the loss of it and this album is about money and justice.

And what better way to start off an album about the loss of justice than with a song about an injustice to everyone: the death of the earth.

Blackened is a great piece of writing and great for the opening track. This features many of the one word phrases in lieu of actual lyric lines. Powerful words like opposition, contradiction, termination and expiration are spat out with venom.

The title track here is a long intricate (almost too much so) song. The many variations and parts keep the song interesting but what ultimately saves this is the lyrics which are very well written. Eye Of the Beholder is another great song filled with many interesting questions that i fond very relevant today.

One is also a great song and the writing here reaches a maturity and a apex the previous albums did not have. This song was a great video that did something very unique and even though many claimed they sold out even further, the video was still very different and was a good idea.

The Shortest Straw and Harvester of Sorrow are excellent songs with great riffs. These are the two most simple songs in terms of structure. The Frayed Ends of Sanity on the other hand is almost like the title track with its many parts and progressive styled riffs and time signature changes.

To Live is to Die is a bit of a weak song. Its very interesting of course but is a bit overlong and repetitious. It is Cliff's last writing credit but its too bad their are spoken softly and its hard to hear it clearly above the music. Dyers Eve is another fast thrasher that is one of the last of its kind they'll ever play on record. They never really thrashed like this since then and I don't expect they ever shall again. This is not sad, but this song was pretty much the end of an era.

Another note. This album really doesn't have alot of bass guitar. The lead guitar is loud and the drums are right up front and in your face. Some of tracks here sound a bit empty and I only wish they'd ask a bass player (Rob or even Jason) to lay down some tracks for this. But that's a pipe dream no doubt. They have some of these tracks with added bass online, but they don't sound authentic and the bass is too much out of key and played off time. Anyway.....

I would give this 5 stars, but the absence of bass in frustrating. These were 9 great songs that were not as great as they could (and should) have been. So this gets only 4 stars for this reason only. But this is still a masterpiece but for this one flaw.

Not Much To Say...Simply Masterful.......2007-07-13

Dang, too bad I can't give this a million stars!

I don't have as much that I can say about this album compared to other people. What I can say, though, is that this is the greatest album Metallica has ever recorded. But don't get me wrong, I loved Puppets as much as anyone else. Justice was just better, and I'll even say by quite a bit. When I listen to the album, I try to forget about the bad recording quality that it present on it, and I just listen to the MUSIC. When I do this, the true musicians that Hetfield and Ulrich were really jumps out at me. Two best songs on the album are, and I had to really think about this, The Frayed Ends of Sanity, and ...And Justice For All. I'm not a die-hard, Kill-'Em-All-and-that's-all-I-like Metallica fan, but people, I know my music, I know my Metallica, AND IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!!

...And Rock For All.......2007-07-08

...And Justice For All by Metallica is what Metal is supposed to sound like. Excellent!!!

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Very Underrated Album
Essential Metallica
great first album
Excellent Debut
Classic Thrash

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ASIN: B000002H5E
Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

Hit The Lights
The Four Horsemen
Motorbreath
Jump In The Fire
(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth
Whiplash
Phantom Lord
No Remorse
Seek And Destroy
Metal Militia

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While not as timeless as Ride the Lightning or Master Puppets, Metallica's debut album--originally released in 1983--is still a fine piece of thrash metal, and as good a marker as any for the debut of the genre. Fusing the rapid-fire attack of bands like Motorhead with a guitar style reminiscent of such British heavy metal bands as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, Metallica essentially created a new kind of metal. Several of the songs from this 1983 album have since become classics, including "Seek & Destroy", "The Four Horsemen", and "Jump in the Fire". The songwriting isn't as sophisticated as on Metallica's later releases; still, it's a great listen, and essential for any heavy metal fan. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Very Underrated Album.......2007-06-15

Though not quite as great as RTL or MOP, Kill 'Em All is still a thrash masterpiece. Maybe the vocals aren't as fresh, or the lyrics as mature, but this album will amaze you. Highlights include "The Four Horsemen," "Motorbreath," the amazing "Pulling Teeth," and "Seek and Destroy."

Essential Metallica.......2007-05-24

If you like Thrash Metal, you need this album. No metal collection is complete without Metallica, and this is a great representation of the band's core vibe before they changed their sound. When I first got this album over a decade ago, I put it aside and liked other Metallica albums much better, like Ride the Lightning,...And Justice For All, Master of Puppets, and the black album. KEA was a little too rough around the edges for me then. But I have seen the light. This album is back in the rotation for me. If you like Heavy Metal, especially if you like Thrash, give this album a try. If you like Metallica, this album is an essential part of your collection.

great first album.......2007-05-19

This is a great metal/thrash CD.

I see alot of responses here about Blitzkrieg and Am I Evil? being deleted from the original album. This is not the case folks!

First off, both of these songs were recorded in 1984 (nearly a year after their first album). They were originally recorded during their second album in the spring of 1984 and included as B-sides on the Creeping Death 12" single.

They only added the two tracks to the first album as BONUS tracks, not as originals. Besides, the songs are available in remastered form (and have been for nearly a decade now) on the Garage, Inc. CD.

OK, is everyone up to speed on this??

Anyway, Kill 'Em All is a great album. There was hardly any band that played faster or more aggressively at this time (1983).
Hit The Lights is a great opener. It almost goes against the grain for a few seconds. I knew this was thrash when i put it in and expected to be assaulted by guitar riffs and drums in the first 5 seconds but instead heard silence! But this song comes up slow and build up before clubbing you over the head. Wait for it....LOL!

The Four Horsemen is great. It has a galloping hoof beat guitar (hence the title) and sounds great. This song has the best lyrics on the entire album. Motorbreath is a nice short, quick thrash that is played very well.
Jump in the Fire is a bit of a weak song to me, but has some great riffing. Pulling Teeth is basically a bass solo. It's interesting musically and has a good mix of notes and distortion.

Whiplash is pure speed and any of live versions I have heard make this sound like it should be on some children's record as a hymn.
Phantom Lord and No Remorse are cut from the same cloth basically and two of the better songs here. Seek and Destroy is great here, but once again this was made to be played LIVE. Metal Militia is a great closer and ends to the beat of marching boots. How appropriate!

All in all this a great album. Some of the lyrics are amateurish and the vocals can get a bit annoying, but this is a first album and only hints at the greatness they would later achieve. You just have to listen for it a bit more here.

Five stars without question.

Excellent Debut.......2007-04-13

When you listen to this cd you think, what went wrong with this band? The cd shows you where this band could have went if they didnt go main stream. Slayer is my faviorte band in metal, but if Metallica kept making music like this, then I might have a different opinion.

Classic Thrash.......2007-03-08

I'm 38 and a professional. In my youth, I was as wild and wooly as anyone else, but I never got into Metallica as a younger adolescent. It was not until Metallica made Load, Reload, and Garage that I ever bought Metallica CDs. Beastie Boys, Led Zeppelin, Run DMC, Crystal Method, Paul Van Dyk, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy . . . and of course, classical symphonic music (Chopin, Brahms, Tchaichovsky, etc.) are what I would consider my core music (obviously depending on mood). At the urging of an online friend I recently purchased all four of Metallica's first four CDs, and I do not regret it. It is certainly not something I'll listen to every day, nor even every week. But it is classic, it is powerful, it is iconic. When you are in the mood to head bang, nothing else satisfied! :)

Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Metallica

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Metallica...

Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Metallica
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ASIN: B000GY72JM
Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

One
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Enter Sandman
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The Unforgiven
Master Of Puppets
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
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It's a funny thing with Rockabye Baby's Lullaby Renditions of Metallica--the disc is both all about the music and it's not. Consider it: on the one hand, here is a righteous, fully recognizable assortment of vintage Metallica tunes, including "Master of Puppets," "Enter Sandman," and "Nothing Else Matters." On the other, what's to stop a suburban massage parlor from passing it off as another generic, therapeutically new-age soundtrack to release tension by? Not a lot. The point being that this is a strangely versatile disc, but one no Metallica-loving new parent should be without. Starting, appropriately enough, at "One," producer and performer Michael Armstrong reduces Kirk Hammett's once rib-crushing riffs to xylophone and toy piano; "Fade to Black" becomes powder-puff pink, "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" becomes more like "(Band-Aid) Kissing a Boo-Boo." Somewhat miraculously, what once was suitable listening for leather-wearers only becomes music to fasten Pampers by. Enjoyably. Upping the gift-appeal factor is Metallica's inarguably cool liner notes: scissors, string, tape, and a hole punch turns them into a heavy-metal mobile to hang over baby's bed. --Tammy La Gorce

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Rockabye Baby! transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies. The soothing sounds of the glockenspiel, vibraphone, melltoron and other instruments will lull your baby into a sweet slumber.

On this album, they'll enjoy Metallica's biggest anthems without the pesky earplugs you didn't bother to wear growing up. We've turned down the volume from an eleven to a two, and made the bed ourselves. Say your prayers little one. Tonight the sandman will be gently rocking you to sleep with these essential masterpieces of rock `n' roll.

Customer Reviews:

We love this disc!.......2007-04-29

My husband got this CD for our 6 month old son, and I can say that it is a CD the entire family enjoys. It has helped on many nights to get baby to bed...and I can't wait to get more CD's from this series.

Wont be the last Rockabye Baby CD I buy..........2007-04-10

Not sure if my son cares that this isnt twinkle twinkle little star, but I know I sure do. We have the crib in our room for a while and keep this CD going through the night. Highly recommend this for those of you who like something different. Looking at Nirvana or Nine Inch Nails next. Awesome!

A Must Have For Any Metallica Fan.......2007-01-09

If you have kids or not, this Lullaby CD is cool. Many of Metallica's great hits are put into lullaby form, which sounds truely amazing. I bought this even though I don't have kids yet, because knowing my luck, the CD probably would not have been in production any longer by the time I had kids. Plus, I play it when I go to bed, it is very relaxing. Let's just say Sandman comes faster when this CD is played.

Interesting twist on my old favorites.......2007-01-05

My husband and I both enjoyed listening to Metallica in our younger years, so we bought this for our almost four year old son (who loves music). He listens to it as he's falling asleep nearly every night. He's very into being a "big boy" these days, so he likes that he's not listening to "baby" songs anymore. And, we enjoy listening to the songs as well. It's a nice change from the traditional lullaby.

Metallica..........2007-01-05

...doesn't get any better than this!!! I'm 50-years old and don't mind a few Metallica songs anyway - but this is so much sweeter. Gave as a baby gift and it was liked by the parents. Unique gift...

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Goose Bumps!
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ASIN: B00002Z88D
Release Date: 1999-11-23

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The Call Of The Ktulu
Master Of Puppets
Of Wolf And Man
The Thing That Should Not Be
Fuel
The Memory Remains
No Leaf Clover
Hero Of The Day
Devil's Dance
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One
Enter Sandman
Battery

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At a point in their career when most bands would rest their laurels upon a greatest-hits package or live album, Metallica has done both, but with a decidedly loopy twist. They've recorded a double-live greatest-hits package with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra "sitting in." Rock history and cutout bins are littered with previous attempts at a rock-symphonic fusion, from Emerson, Lake & Palmer to Deep Purple to the Moody Blues and the Siegel-Schwall Blues Band. But while previous efforts at mixing the low-brow with the high-brow have mostly ended up browbeating the intended audience, S&M plays like a precarious joy ride. Set against the shrewd efforts of a team of orchestrators and arrangers (who employ enough taste to keep proceedings from sounding like one long "Live and Let Die" outtake), Metallica plays for their lives, undercutting their general somber tone by ratcheting up their musicianship several notches. The most underrated player here is SFO guest conductor and soundtrack vet Michael Kamen, whose attention to detail and nuance--and intuitive grasp of the Metallica canon--keeps this unlikely meeting of the minds focused and on track. -Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Goose Bumps!.......2007-07-27

I was really unsure of this album. The thought of Metallica playing with an orchestra didn't really appeal to me. I thought it would be awful. Since I am a die hard fan and a collector I decided I would rent the dvd before I purchased the cd just to see if I liked it. I was blown away!
This is one of the best things I have listened to in ages!
The orchestra does not take away from the music. Instead it adds power.
I guess I shouldn't have doubted that anything Metallica touches turns to gold. This is a crowning achievement.

Amazing.......2007-06-25

Many people don't care for this album because it doesn't sound like it was made in a garage. Those people who fell in love with the Metallica of the 80s know what they used to sound like, and many of them never forgave the band for evolving. S&M is incredible, it is meant to be heard and felt. No one can deny the power that Metallica wields, but add the emotion and power of an orchestra, and it turns into something else. In my opinion both the band and the orchestra turned it up a notch for this recording.

A towering achievement.......2007-04-11

This album transforms all of the Metallica classics into works of art while at the same time introducing new cuts into the mix. The addition of a full orchestra to heavy metal hits is remarkable and elevates Metallica to a place that no other metal band has ever been before. This is truly one of the best rock albums to come out in a long time. All of the greatest hits are played to perfection and the recording is top-quality. Songs that were released by Metallica in the 80s and early 90s have new life. A must-have for all heavy metal rockers!

incredible! keep the orchestra!!.......2007-02-20

Why in the world would anyone say to get rid of the orchestra in this album?! This is a definite keeper. I have owned this album for over six years now and it is still up there as one of my all-time favourites, especially in regards to metallica! it really is incredible! It sounds much better with the orchestra because they add an element that can't be compared to anything else. I like all of the songs better with the SFO. Wonderfully produced, sounds great and hard to beat! One of the most solid and respected albums in my collection. I love it!

Get rid of that orchestra!!.......2007-02-03

The orchestra was completely out of place in this album; they are just not capable of truly fitting in with heavy metal. Nothing against orchestra; I played in one in high school. (Hey, it was an easy A!) but it's oil and water.. orchestras and heavy metal just don't mix. There were a few good songs on here; I must say Master of Puppets on this album sounds really good. If I had to buy it again, I wouldn't pay for the whole album, I'd pick and choose the better songs on itunes.

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Some great covers by a great band
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Garage Inc.
A glimmer of hope...

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ASIN: B00000FCBC
Release Date: 1998-11-24

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It's Electric - (originally recorded by Diamond Head)
Sabbra Cadabra - (originally recorded by Black Sabbath)
Turn The Page - (originally recorded by Bob Seger)
Die Die My Darling - (originally recorded by the Misfits)
Loverman - (originally recorded by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
Mercyful Fate - featuring Evil, Curse of the Pharaohs, Satan's
Astronomy - (originally recorded by Blue Oyster Cult)
Whiskey In The Jar - (originally recorded by Thin Lizzy)
Tuesday's Gone - (originally recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd)
The More I See - (originally recorded by Discharge)

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Helpless - (originally recorded by Diamond Head
The Small Hours - (originally recorded by Holocaust)
The Wait - (originally recorded by Killing Joke)
Last Caress/Green Helll - (originally recorded by The Misfits)
Am I Evil? - (originally recorded by Diamond Head)
Blitzkrieg - (originally recorded by Blitzkrieg)
Breadfan - (originally recorded by Budgie)
The Prince - (originally recorded by Diamond Head)
Stone Cold Crazy - (originally recorded by Queen)
So What - (originally recorded by the Anti-Nowhere League)
Killing Time - (originally recorded by Sweet Savage)
Overkill - (originally recorded by Motorhead)
Damage Case - (originally recorded by Motorhead)
Stone Dead Forever - (originally recorded by Motorhead)
Too Late Too Late - (originally recorded by Motorhead)
Crash Course in Brain Surgery (originally recorded by Budgie)

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This double-disc, all-covers release could come to represent a vital turning point for Metallica. While disc 2 is a straightforward collection of every cover the group have recorded in its 16-year history, disc 1 comprises 11 new selections drawn from the oeuvres of such exciting and diverse artists as U.K. punks Discharge and nefarious Australian Nick Cave. The heavier songs, such as the Mercyful Fate medley, Black Sabbath's "Sabbra Cadabra," and the Misfits' "Die Die My Darling," prove that nobody delivers a crunching riff better than these metal veterans. But it is vocalist-guitarist James Hetfields's confident approach toward the likes of Cave's "Loverman" and Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" that delivers the most electricity; here his raw, heartfelt vocals are largely untouched. Given that the recharged group spent only three weeks in the studio recording these tracks, it appears that these guys have remembered the value of studio spontaneity over laborious pontificating. Hopefully, that mindset will resurface in future projects. --Steffan Chirazi

Customer Reviews:

Some great covers by a great band.......2007-08-02

Say what you will about the current Metallica. Sell-outs or not, they knew how to rock in this album. Garage Inc. consists of two discs, all covers of some good, fun songs.

Garage Inc. Disc 1

Free Speech For the Dumb: It's not a terrible song, but nothing great in my opinion... 7/10
It's Electric: It can be a bit repetitive at times, but the lyrics and guitar are fun. 8/10
Sabbra Cadabra: Another good song. 8/10
Turn the Page: One of my favorites. Hetfield suddenly turns from this devilish man into a singer with a great voice... it shows off his range, and the music is good. 10/10
Die Die My Darling: Again, a bit repetitive, but it's a good listen. 8/10
Loverman: Nothing special, but not bad. 7/10
Mercyful Fate: It's a good song, but it lasts way too long. 7/10
Astronomy: Good song, a bit long but it's still good. 8/10
Whiskey In the Jar: A fun tune, the lyrics are also good. 10/10
Tuesday's Gone: Another very good song, what brings it down is the length. It could easily work as a 6 minute song. 9/10
The More I See: It's alright. 8/10

Sorry for the somewhat short reviews on that disc, I haven't listened to it as much as... Garage Inc. Disc 2

Helpless: A fast paced song, it lasts a while but it's still good and a nice intro to the CD. 8/10
The Small Hours: In sharp contrast to Helpless, this song is quite slow. The guitar and bass is very heavy, and Hetfield's voice is much darker. It can get a bit repetitive, but I personally enjoy it. 8.5/10
Crash Course in Brain Surgery: A quick song, with good guitar and singing. 8/10
Last Caress/Green Hell: Last Caress is one of my favorites on the whole set, simply because of its over-the-top lyrics... I won't spoil it for you. Green Hell, well, the guitar is very fast but it's hard to understand Hetfield and it's frankly boring. As both songs, it gets an 8/10, but rated alone, Caress gets a 9 while Green Hell gets a 7.
Am I Evil: A long song, but it changes in speed throughout the song. Interesting lyrics, and pretty nice singing. The guitar is solid. 8/10
Blitzkrieg: Good guitar, good singing, a fun song. 8/10
Breadfan: It gets repetitive, but the music is good. 7/10
The Prince: Somewhat similar to the above songs. 8/10
Stone Cold Crazy: These next songs are probably the best on this disc. This is a cover of a Queen song. It's very high-paced, with good lyrics and music. A very fun song. 10/10
So What: It's not terrible or anything, and the lyrics are funny the first few times, but after a while it stops surprising you and you sit there wondering "So you're swearing. So what?". 8/10
Killing Time: It's a catchy tune, with good singing and tempo. One of my favorites. 9/10
Overkill: It's a bit hard to hear Hetfield in this one as well, but the music is very close to Motorhead's... Lemmy would be proud. 9/10
Damage Case: Starting off with a thrash and clash sound, heading into a somewhat repetitive (in the good way) sound with good singing. 9/10
Stone Dead Forever: The singing is good, the music is good, it's not too long like Breadfan. The 'sweet long lizard' line makes me smile for some reason. 9/10
Too Late Too Late: It's short but sweet. The singing is rapid-fire (not as much as Green Hell's) and the guitar is good. 9/10

Now, one might wonder why a set with mostly 9s and 8s gets 5 stars. It's because the CDs are very approachable to anyone who's into harder rock, while still having a Metallica touch to it. Most of the songs can be heard over and over again, and the quality of the covers is great. If you've got the cash, I highly recommend it whether you're a Metallica fan or someone just looking into harder rock.

The Last Great Metallica Album?.......2007-07-23

In 1998, after the combined commercial success and critical (or fanatical) failure of "Load"/"Reload," Metallica once again took the dive and made another bizarre career move: Recording a covers album. Two discs: The first, of "new" covers. The second, a collection of covers the band had recorded and released sporadically through the years, compiled on one disc. Although it may not have taken the men of Metallica much time or effort to churn out "Garage Inc.," it all sounds so natural and rocks harder than much of the "Load"/"Reload" material, and anything else they have recorded since.

Firs things first: The first disc. Disc one is home to not only the two memorable Metallica singles of the time, "Turn The Page" and "Whiskey In The Jar," but also a few well-known tunes ("Tuesday's Gone," "Sabbara Cadabra") and quite a few obscurities. If you've never heard Blue Oyster Cult's "Astronomy" or any of the four Mercyful Fate tracks that they pack into the medley of the same name, you'd almost think Metallica had recharged their batteries and come up with their best material since The Black Album. Since most of the album is about applying the Metallica trademark to songs that were great already, it's only a bonus that they do some experimenting along the way. Ever wondered what Metallica would sound like if they went industrial? Take a listen to Discharge's "Free Speech For The Dumb." Likewise, their take on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" isn't so much a cover tune as it is a full fledged jam session with members of Primus, Faith No More, Corrosion Of Conformity and Alice In Chains. Most rewarding, however, is the fact that Metallica have transformed so many of these songs so well, that when you hear the originals again, you'll yearn for the Metallica version instead.

The second disc, a little more obscure than the first, is still home to some solid material. Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy" is perhaps the cream of the crop, as it's interesting to hear James Hetfield's take on a Freddie Mercury track. The Misfits' "Last Caress" gets some beefing up, and the set closes with four, count 'em, four delicious Motorhead covers. Although the material on disc two isn't always up to the quality or the noteability of the first, it's a great gift to the fans and compliments the first disc quite well. "Garage Inc." is simply an album that has an inifinite shelf-life. Metallica will always rock, and their best material will always sound good and transcend whatever genre is popular at the moment. And the fact that they turned a cover album into such a noteworthy piece of music speaks volumes about their talent. It's just too bad they haven't applied that know-how to some of their more recent material. Until they prove otherwise, "Garage Inc." is their last great album.

So what.......2007-04-18

There is very few artist that can cover songs and make them just as good or better then the orignals. Metallica falls in between. I thought there playing on the cd could have been better. What is with Lars in the booklet looking like Bam from Viva La Bam anyways? Did Bam steal the look from Lars? I love Motorhead and I thought the covers for those songs were terriable. So What is probably my faviorte track on this whole collection.

Garage Inc........2007-04-12

Metallica-Garage Inc. *****

So Metallica decided to record an album of covers to pay homage to some of thier idols, and once again their fans had the nerve to say they sold out....again. This is what the tenth time they sold out supposedly. Everyone wants to make an album of covers becuase you start out playing music to learn to play songs you love, and somebody made you want to play those songs. Metallicas roots being in classic hard rock, early metal, punk, and the new wave of British heavy metal you would think thats what they would cover, and they do but also throw other genres in for good measure like R&B, and Southern Rock. Discharge, Diamond Head, Black Sabbath, Bob Seger, The Misfits, The Bad Seeds, Mercyful Fate, Blue Oyster Cult, Thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Holocaust, Killing Joke, Budgie, Blitzkrieg, Queen, Anti-nowhere League, Sweet Savage, and Motorhead are all covered on this album. I just wish they would have covered an Aerosmith song since all the members of Metallica say they are one of their greatest influences.

Disc one contains new recordings the band had made for the album in 1998. Disc two contains their Garage Days Re-revisited from 1987. It also contains Garage Days revisited from 1984. B-sides from 1988-1991. And finally the Motorheadache from 1995.

Songs like 'Its Electric' form Diamond Head and 'Die, Die My Darling' from Misfits are done so good at times I do think they may be better then the original. The bands cover of Thin Lizzy's 'Whiskey In The Jar' completly owns the original. Easily the best version of the song, and actually the band scored a minor hit with the song as well. The odd cover of 'Tuesdays Gone' by Lynyrd Skynyrd while out of place is none the less a great cover that the band pulls of flawlessly. With John Popper of Blues Travaler on harmonica the song is a sure win. Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Bands 'Turn The Page' is done wonderfuly. The use of guitar instead of saxophone was a nice touch and original, but the bands video adaptation of it being about a stripper is aweful, the song is about a struggling musician trying to make it in the early 1970s. 'Breadfan' totally owns the original and is NOW a metallica classic. The band won a grammy for their cover of Queens 'Stone Cold Crazy.' They did it better then Queen did with the exception of the vocals for obvious reasons. All the Motorhead covers are done well. It is clear that they all use to play a lot of Motorhead. 'Last Caress/Green Hell' are both killer Misfits songs originaly but Metallica seem to even manage to make them better.

None of the authanticity is taken away from the songs when the band covers them. They do them all justice and I am sure that all the originators of the songs would be proud to have a band of Metallicas stature cover their material. This was the last great thing we heard from Metallica before they started to get full of themselves. I will never say Metallica sold out because they didnt. But they are very full of their own opnions and as long as they are making music they care about I will continue to support them beucase I am at heart a true Metallica fan.

A glimmer of hope..........2007-02-03

This was released in the middle of the Load-ReLoad period, and it proved to me that Metallica can still be great if they want to. It may be all covers, but it still rocks. At least they are still capable of remembering what "heavy metal" is, and where they came from. Of course, they followed this up with S&M which pretty much sucked (except "Puppets" sounds really good on that album) then St. Anger, which was the bottom. If Rick Rubin can re-awaken the metal monster in the band, then we may be in for more original music like this.

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Re-'Load' Not Quite As Charming Second Time Around...
The Downfall of a Die Hard
metallica still has it
One Star Because it is the lowest available
Keith Coady is half right

Reload
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ASIN: B000002HRE
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

Fuel
The Memory Remains
Devil's Dance
The Unforgiven ll
Better Than You
Slither
Carpe Diem Baby
Bad Seed
Where The Wild Things Are
Prince Charming
Low Man's Lyric
Attitude
Fixxxer

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For many heavy metal fans, Metallica epitomizes the genre, especially for those listeners who remember the band's fast-and-furious 1983 debut, Kill 'Em All. As a result, their continued foray into a more stripped-down, laid-back sound with this album has met a mixed response. However, there's enough innovation and just plain strange stuff on this album to make it worth a listen. The creepy "The Memory Remains" is perfectly accentuated by Marianne Faithfull's backing vocals, and "Where the Wild Things Are" features the multilayered vocals and guitars that Metallica is famous for, albeit at about half their usual speed. The opening ("Fuel") and closing ("Fixxxer") tracks are especially strong, and intermixed with some slower, country-inflected tunes are the obnoxious rockers that made Metallica the long-running success they are. --Genevieve Williams

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Re-'Load' Not Quite As Charming Second Time Around..........2007-07-30

Metallica's LOAD surprised many by selling huge numbers and still winning many fans over despite Metallica's new image and new sound. Hell, it even won me over and I love Metallica's earlier efforts. RELOAD can, quite presumably, be seen as the mere sequel to load thanks to some of its sound being similar to the sonics found on LOAD, but it still works for the most part thanks to many memorable songs and Metallica's continuing evolution.

Most notably, Metallica continues to charge hard with the opening slam-bang of "Fuel", one of the highlights of RELOAD, thanks to it furious riffing and hard-hitting rhythms. Indeed, here singer/guitarist James Hetfield along with guitarist Kirk Hammett, bassist Jason Newsted, and drummer Lars Ulrich have created a song that should win most of the retained fans over. "The Memory Remains" follows in traditional suit, albeit with some strange odd breaks and Marianne Faithfull's "la-la-la's" sprinkling the second half of the song to breathe a new life into Metallica. Elsewhere, the band does again rock hard with "Better Than You"; goes again for country with the seven and a half minute "Low Man's Lyric, which features a hurdy-gurdy; they spit venom with the stomping "Attitude"; and they close the album with the majestic and towering "Fixxxer", which clocks in over eight minutes long. However, there is a little filler this time on this album, as is with "Prince Charming", a decent rocker that does nothing to break new ground; "Bad Seed", which plods despite showing some teeth and menace; and "Carpe Diem Baby", which still shows glimmers of promise. RELOAD takes some serious risks that, for the most part, pay off. However, it does come with the price of slight filler and a few throw-away tracks, that while still good, simply don't add enough to an otherwise satisfying record.

So while RELOAD still showed that there were many Metallica fans sticking around (it still sold an impressive 435,000 copies its first week of release), it also took some risks in losing some fans. Metallica will still remain by and large one of the best metal bands around. RELOAD is another addition to that all-important catalog of one of metal's finest bands. It may not win over new fans or win back old fans, but it still burns slow and sounds good after all these years.

The Downfall of a Die Hard.......2007-07-25

In the truest sense of the word, "die hard" to me has always meant that no matter what other people will say or what skewed perspectives they may hold, one does not waiver and continues with his or her own path.

I guess I'm a die hard Metallica fan.

The first album I heard from them back in 6th grade was obviously the self titled. Even then it was beyond my comprehension how heavy music could be. Years later it was Justice, then Kill Em All et al until I had their entire collection. Needless to say, every single album impressed and continues to impress me.

Yes, I even mean Load, Reload and (gasp!) ST. ANGER.

*ducks to avoid gunfire, arrows, Molotov cocktails and hatemail*

YEAH, I SAID IT! St. Anger was more of the same in the sense that it was completely different from Load/Reload, which after so many albums of change seemed only natural and logical. The only two albums that sound somewhat similar are Lightning and Master, and the differences are undeniable.

Some of the self-proclaimed "old school" fans will say Metallica really jumped the shark on St. Anger, because it sounds like they tried too hard to be tough or something. I don't think they tried to do anything but rock some good music, man -- and although my opinion counts for naught, I say it's good music.

I guess I'm just cursed to put up with the perpetual onslaught of "Awww, dude, you're a f**, everything after Justice SUCKS!" from an alleged legion of "true" and "dedicated" metal fans. Nevermind that I'm a death/grind/doom/power metalhead, I'm a sellout because I like a metal band that decided to do blues rock (and then changed it up again... who wants to hear the same album year after year, anyway?)

But I can dig on the good old fashioned hard blues jams, rock n' roll fury and swagger from tracks like "Devil's Dance," "Better Than You" and "Bad Seed," or the moodier and darker pinings of "Where the Wild Things Are." And that is what makes this album (along with Load since they're basically the same musical divergence from previous material) yet another solid collection of music -- from start to finish -- from a band whose trademark it has been to do so.

For those who've not experienced it and those who have but immediately discarded it, I cannot urge you enough to listen to Load et al not with a discographical bias, but with patience and understanding. If you must, imagine it's not Metallica at all and ask yourself: if you'd never heard of this band before and just heard this music on the radio, would you like it or not?

metallica still has it.......2007-07-23

fact: metallica does not sound like they used to...but guess what? that is a trademark of a great musician. the ability to evolve. if every album had the excact same tempos, beat changes, riffs, etc then all of their albums would sound the same; so who the f u ck would want to listen to album after album of the same material? unlike their predecessors, load and re-load does contain about half filler material which sux. initially they were supposed to be released as a two disc set. what should have happened is take the first 5-6 songs off of load and the first 5-6 off of re-load and made one killer album and scrapped the rest of the garbage songs (i.e. low man's lyric and mama said). if any other no-name band would have debuted this album or load everybody would be going nuts talking about how hard they rock.

One Star Because it is the lowest available.......2007-05-27

I don't think Metallica should use the prefix "Metal" in their name anymore. This is more like "Grungtalica" or worse "Post-Grungetalica" or the more popular title "Alternica." This title is not even metal, with the exception of the only good song "Fuel." If you want to get a good metal/thrash album, get Metallica's first four albums. If you really want something from the "nineties," get Countdown to Extinction by Megadeth or get the Pantera albums. Even the Iron maiden albums with Blaze Bayle are ten times better than this garbage. Just do yourself a favor and do NOT get this album. If you really want Fuel, buy it on I-tunes or download it or something, just don't buy this album.

Keith Coady is half right.......2007-04-17

This album was a complete letdown. Load was an excellent hard rocking cd and I had faith that this band didnt all together suck after the black album....well this album wasnt that great. I dont like the orignal Unforgiven, so why would I like part 2? The rest of the album did have weird stuff, it didnt pan out but at least they tried it. Ill give it an anther spin to see how it goes.

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Metallica Bears 'Load' With Results That May Vary...4.5 stars...
a band under any other name---
sell out? not really
Corrosion of Metallica?
Excellent!!

Load
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ASIN: B000002HMH
Release Date: 1996-06-04

Tracks:

Ain't My Bitch
2 X 4
The House Jack Built
Until It Sleeps
King Nothing
Hero Of The Day
Bleeding Me
Cure
Poor Twisted Me
Wasting My Hate
Mama Said
Thorn Within
Ronnie
The Outlaw Torn

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With Load, Metallica takes a dramatic left turn with their music, continuing in the direction suggested by Metallica, their previous album. The songs on Load have groove; they're slower, with far fewer of the lightning-fast riffs that have been Metallica's trademark since their inception. While songs like "Ain't My Bitch" and "Wasting My Hate" are up-tempo and full of the vitriol one would expect from the quintessential heavy metal band, "2 X 4" is hard rock with a blues beat, "Hero of the Day" sounds positively mainstream, and "Mama Said" is an actual, honest-to-god ballad. While some diehard fans may find this mix unappealing, there's plenty to like about this album, including its laid-back, rhythmic orientation, and James Hetfield's characteristic growl tempered by his growing maturity as a vocalist. -- Genevieve Williams

Album Description

The band's 1996 album coupled with the four track CD single'Live In London', featuring 'Bleeding Me', 'Damage Inc' andcovers of Queen's 'Stone Cold Crazy' & Killing Joke's 'TheWait'. 18 tracks total. The single is a slimline jewel case;'Load' is in a stand

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Metallica Bears 'Load' With Results That May Vary...4.5 stars..........2007-07-30

Every now and then, a band shells out a heavy dose of majesty album after album before they hit a brick wall that will either crash down in front of them or might remain intact. Undoubtedly, Metallica might have sensed that fans would either embrace or turn away from a change of sound and even craft, as the band expanded its sonics and metal attack with slower tempos, hints of "alternative", and even some (hold your breath) country twang on LOAD, easily the band's most interesting and varied work. It's no KILL 'EM ALL; it's nowhere near MASTER OF PUPPETS; heck, it's not even METALLICA Pt. 2. And as it stands, it shouldn't need to be a part two of that breakthrough album. LOAD did without a doubt rattle some fans nerves, even creating serious doubt in some as to whether Metallica had truly lost their minds making this record. Rolling Stone even featured a cover with all four of them brandishing brand new short haircuts, creating a false sense that they had somehow gone "alternative" and wanted to fit into some kind of trend. LOAD represents a shift in terms of style and musical tastes for Metallica, and while they lost fans in the process, undoubtedly many stuck around and embraced the sound as it sold a whopping 680,000 copies in its first week of release.

LOAD's sound is presented in thundering form on the record's first track, "Ain't My Bitch", a churning riff-driven monster that features Hetfield's new trademark growl, Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett's chunky riffing, Jason Newsted's roiling basss, and Lars Ulrich's hammering drums. It presents the band in a different time, a more crunchy and polished rock sheen than previous releases only barely hinted at, if at all. The first single off the album, the melodic and atmospheric "Until It Sleeps", is one of the few surprises on LOAD, as it features a crooning Hetfield pleading "so tell me why you've chosen me/don't want your grip/don't want your greed/don't want it" as the cautionary chorus taunts "so tear me open but beware/there's things inside without a care". Indeed, LOAD is a cautionary album, and it requires a careful listen to truly understand that this was an evolutionary step for Metallica. "King Nothing" and "2x4" are lean and muscular stomp-rock exercises that are both equally satisfying, with the latter even showing evidence of a little blues boogie in the groove. "Bleeding Me" is the epic centerpiece of the record, an eight minute plus opus that crawls with a roping riff in the beginning before many full-blown choruses emerge amongst the trodden beast, and Hetfield again sings "I'm diggin' my way/I'm diggin' my way to something/I'm diggin' my way to something better" like a wounded man near the light of a tunnel. On all of the aforementioned tracks, Lars drums pound hard, Hammett's leads are captivating, Hetfield's rhythm guitar shreds in chunky installments, and Newsted's bass pulses along with Lars beats. At times, though, the band does indeed try to scale back it's approach for an open breath of fresh air.

The band takes a stab at a country-rock twang on the heartfelt "Mama Said", a quiet moment featuring a country pedal steel, acoustic guitars, and Hetfield's quiet, sensitive crooning. It's almost a shock to hear something like this come from a band whose first album was titled KILL 'EM ALL, but they pull it off successfully (and, according to one website, it even charted on country radio!). Moments of "Bleeding Me" are quiet and introspective and melodic; "The House Jack Built" sounds like it could be menacing but never quite reaches that apex; and "Hero of the Day" is an aching nugget of "alternative" metal that feels like it was built for radioplay. At moments, the band does feel like it's overstaying it's welcome, as is more than apparent on the nearly ten-minute album closer, "The Outlaw Torn", and while that song has majesty of its own, it seems to drag a little in certain points. Indeed, at a hearty 78 minutes and 57 seconds over 14 tracks, you might feel like the word "filler" comes to mind, but really there isn't a mere shab of fillers save for a few spots of "Outlaw Torn" and even the rocking "Ronnie". But those extremely minor flaws are completely forgiveable as the band, throughout the album, take risks that pay off big for them in the form of big hooks, monster lean riffs, and pulverizing rhythmic attacks.

Indeed, while still many critics learned to love LOAD, many fans did not and ultimately wound up leaving behind Metallica and realizing they would never replicate the sound of METALLICA or anything before it. But many open-minded fans gave load a chance and it sold well over three million copies in mere months and found itself nominated for Grammys as well. But LOAD was a risk Metallica took and ultimately, it still seemed to pay off for these four juggernauts of metal. While many fans to this day still regard LOAD as the beginning of the end for Metallica, many others still praise the band for its willingness to experiment with different textures and grooves to give them a wider sonice palette. LOAD represents a change in Metallica's direction musically and it also paints a portrait of the kings of metal who are not afraid to take risks. Evolution, for better or worse, can pay off, and as is the case with LOAD, ultimately did.

a band under any other name---.......2007-07-23

hero of the day iz cool but beyond that the sound has changed too much. Great rock but not great Metallica. Then Lars started farting around chasing that Napster dude like he caused the end of the world or something, really they were done with the black album because everything after that was more rock oriented and alternative style. Long live Metallica 1983-1992 and selloutica should find a good new fanbase since most the youth of today are zombies and do not even realize what came before anyways.

sell out? not really.......2007-07-10

This album was a bit different that their previous ones. However, this is a huge progression even from the Black album.

These guys certainly did not sell out. If they had sold out they would have become less heavy (even less heavy then they were here) and made a crappy album of romantic music or a CD filled with fake drum clicks and a shimmering glockenspiel (like so much of the music today)

There is solid musicianship here and they realize their guitars have more than two strings and they know more than 3 chords. They didn't write some crappy corporate lyrics like so many 'rock' groups these days who only play what they're told and then let there music be produced in that way that gets stuff on the radio.

This album is better than all of that. There are actual melodies here and not just mindless riffing against pounding drums. This album is definitely a progression from the Black album, or any of their albums. Its produced well and sound great.

If you don't have this, you should. If you have it, listen to it again. This is easily 5 stars.

Corrosion of Metallica? .......2007-06-19

I was just thinking about the other day, what happened during the Load era of Metallica to make them do such an album? Well I think that I can explain alot of it, without making me or Metallica sound like total schmucks.

First of all, I think Metallica has become more than just a band, its a MACHINE. A very lucrative machine for the persons involved that is. Its a very different world, somewhat isolated from the ground. I don't know what would have happened if they would've come out with a very eighties sounding album in 1997. Would it have sold? Considering how dead traditional metal was (other than in much of Europe, etc), I could see them getting dropped after lackluster sales of an album of such music. They may have had to been signed to Castle records, or in other words go from the "top" to the "middle" rung (see the Neil Strauss/Motley Crue book The Dirt for a good explaination of this concept).
Metallica have worked extremely hard to get where they are, and this is an indisputable fact regardless of what you think of their music.

I don't think that Metallica were just following trends 100 % either, as Load isn't like Dokken's Shadowlife or such rubbish. Load is basically where they were at the time, getting into more bluesy influences, more hard rock, and a lot of Corrosion of Conformity!

I think it was an experiment to expand their sound to include alot of different things, not to sell out to an expanded audience per se. However, I also think that the changed climate in the U.S in regards to metal was definitely an influence. Its been said that all trends start in California and I'm sure that Metallica were influenced by "alternative culture" that is inherent in San Francisco. Metallica wanted to branch out, but at the same time, sell albums (even if unconciously). I don't even think it was a conscious attempt to "Sell out" as much as it was following a certain path that is influenced by; approaching middle age, "Different" non metal influences, and also, even if under the surface, the influence of a corporation (the aforementioned "machine") and also peers and a city that has never been total metal like Gothenburg, Stockholm or Oslo (other than the bay area thrash scene of the Eighties).
Its the same reason why Madison WI's most famous "metal" band of all time is a more "alternative", "funky", or "trippy" metal band, Last Crack. So I take all this into consideration when looking at the Load's, the times were not conducive to traditional metal, but the scene where Metallica are from was not either, and their listening choices were probably not very "metallic" at the time. Lars Ulrich disowned the "metal" label around the same time, but he has always been the one to say provocative statements such as those. Lars seems to really hate alot of the fanbase he sees as unintelligent and unenlightened. It may be pretentious, but a part of me agrees with him, though making such statements is going to alienate people.

I like the Loads, but they could have been made into one album, and it would have been a good album, though definitely not the Metallica of old.

Excellent!!.......2007-05-16

The CD arrived in perfect condition and my dad really enjoys his b-day present!! Thanks

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