| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/elektra Entertainment | | UPC: 00075596111324 | | Release Date: 8/12/1991 | | Buy.com Sku: 60077637 | | Item#: MJSVMN | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24555 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Enter Sandman ~ Metallica |  | | 2. Sad But True ~ Metallica | | | 3. Holier Than Thou ~ Metallica | | | 4. Unforgiven, The ~ Metallica | | | 5. Wherever I May Roam ~ Metallica | | | 6. Don't Tread On Me ~ Metallica | | | 7. Through The Never ~ Metallica | | | 8. Nothing Else Matters ~ Metallica | | | 9. Of Wolf And Man ~ Metallica | | | 10. God That Failed, The ~ Metallica | | | 11. My Friend Of Misery ~ Metallica | | | 12. Struggle Within, The ~ Metallica | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Jason Newstead (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums). | | Recorded at One On One Recording, Los Angeles, California between October 1990 and June 1991. | | When a genre-defining group like Metallica, whose past albums have rocked the charts with virtually no airplay, enlists the aid of a hit-making producer like Bob Rock, the result is bound to be monumental. METALLICA, their sixth studio release, surpasses all expectations. | | METALLICA is an extremely heavy album. It carries a presence, a huge, live sound different from that heard on their previous recordings. What once could not be tamed has been refined, resulting in a fuller, more powerful guitar sound in an already guitar-intensive band. They have evolved from the messy, unabashed thrashers of their youth into a more confident, poised and angry bunch, not only retaining their fire but stoking it into a chunky, tight-fisted maelstrom of scowling energy. | | Serious riffs provide punch and punctuation for James Hetfield's gruff vocals which rage against society and religion, and revel in suspicion and sarcasm. METALLICA is full of songs just as potent as the hugely popular "Enter Sandman," yet is not as complicated as their recent albums have seemed. "Sad But True," which is just as low down and dirty as anything labeled "grunge," exemplifies the poise of the metal band that can foresee the punchlines to their riffs and has the patience to wait for them. |
Producer: Bob Rock |
Engineer: Randy Staub |
| | Artist Overview | | Metallica deflated the pomposity of 1970s rock, while reinvigorating heavy metal with their fast, fierce, and surprisingly melodic sound. Pioneers of the thrash metal subgenre, vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich set down the foundation for the virtuoso playing of lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Cliff Burton. When Burton died in a tragic bus accident, the band grudgingly moved on, recruiting Jason Newsted and eventually launching the highly successful ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL tour. With a common-man image and no-frills approach, the band lent a hand in slaying '80s glam metal. By the '90s, Metallica's non-stop touring and landmark albums made them one of the biggest--and most respected--rock bands on the planet. |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Apocalyptica Plays Metallica By Four Cellos ~ Apocalyptica | | Apocalyptica | | Overload: A Tribute To Metallica ~ Artists, Various | | The Blackest Album ~ Artists, Various | | The Blackest Album 2: Metallica Tribute ~ Artists, Various | | A Metal Tribute To Metallica ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Metallic Assault: A Tribute To Metallica ~ Artists, Various | | Total Overload 1 & 2: Tribute To Metallica ~ Artists, Various | | The Blackest Album 3... Tribute To Metallica ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Stardust Sisters (The) | | Overload: A Tribute To Metallica ~ Various Artists | | The Blackest Album ~ Various Artists | | The Blackest Album 2: Metallica Tribute ~ Various Artists | | A Metal Tribute To Metallica ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Metallic Assault: A Tribute To Metallica ~ Various Artists | | Total Overload 1 & 2: Tribute To Metallica ~ Various Artists | | The Blackest Album 3: Industrial Tribute To Metall ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Say Your Prayers, Little One: The String Quartet T ~ Various Artists | | The Blackest Album 4 [Slipcase] ~ Various Artists | | Metallic Attack: Metallica - The Ultimate Tribute ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | And Christmas For All! The Holiday Tribute To Meta ~ Various Artists | | Buddha Lounge Redititions Of Metallica: the Black ~ Various Artists |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/12/1991 | | Original Release Date : 1991 | | Catalog ID : 61113 | | Label : Elektra Entertainment | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 62m : 39s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075596111324 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.50)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (9/5/91)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Several songs...seem destined to become hard-rock classics....[They] effectively bridg[e] the gap between commercial metal and the much harder thrash of Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth..." Spin (9/99, p.146)
- Ranked #52 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s." Spin (9/91)
- Highly Recommended - "...A burnished black gem..." Spin (p.89)
- "This record's diamond-tipped tuneage stripped the band's melancholy guitar excess down to melodic, radio-ready bullets and ballads." Entertainment Weekly (8/16/91)
- "...Rock's preeminent speed-metal cyclone...Metallica may have invented a new genre: progressive thrash..." - Rating: B Q (8/00, p.127)
- Included in Q's "Best Metal Albums Of All Time" - "...Transformed them from cult metal heroes into global superstars....bringing a little refinement to their undoubted power..." Melody Maker (12/91)
- Ranked #16 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...In a committed move away from their thrash roots, METALLICA was slower, less complicated, and probably twice as heavy as anything they'd done before..." Kerrang (Magazine)
(p.55)
- "[The album] that propelled them out of the metal ghetto to true mainstream global rock superstardom." Billboard 9 of 10
...a sleekly channeled but supremely forceful performance that finds band focusing itself musically and melodically as never before.
Rolling Stone 9 of 10
The first thing you notice about Metallica's new album is that it sounds great... the new record's sonic textures and audio depth of field are a revelation. But Metallica isn't simply a superspiffy engineering job. Its detail and dynamics are essentially musical in concept, part and parcel of the arrangements, song structures and impact of individual tracks... the band is expanding its musical and expressive range on its own terms. This can only be a positive step... - Robert Palmer
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| | Bio | | Since they formed in 1981, San Francisco Bay Area band Metallica has gone from underground heavy metal band to one of the most successful acts in the world, with an intensely loyal fan base. Metallica albums have earned gold and/or platinum certifications in over 40 countries. In addition, a live box-set release (containing over 8 hours of live music and video, retailing at over $80), has sold over 600,000 units worldwide, making it the biggest selling box set of its kind in history. Metallica has garnered numerous awards and accolades throughout the world in their career, 4 Grammy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Music Video Awards and 26 California Music Awards. When it comes to touring, there are few, if any, bands who deliver live the way Metallica does. Their shows, which began in clubs and garages in the early 80's, are now selling out in arenas and stadiums throughout the world, and continue to be the most intense, powerful and visually stimulating concert experience ever delivered. The most impressive achievement that bears mentioning is the fact that Metallica continues to be a strong attraction in the touring world; a truly rare feat in today's mercurial entertainment business, where fans often change allegiance to bands as often as they do hairstyles. Metallica is a band whose success can be directly attributed to a passion and no-compromise attitude in every project they undertake.
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