| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/elektra Entertainment | | UPC: 00075596039628 | | Release Date: 1/11/1989 | | Buy.com Sku: 60077802 | | Item#: MNW4H9 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24730 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Fight Fire With Fire ~ Metallica |  | | 2. Ride The Lightning ~ Metallica | | | 3. For Whom The Bell Tolls ~ Metallica | | | 4. Fade To Black ~ Metallica | | | 5. Trapped Under Ice ~ Metallica | | | 6. Escape ~ Metallica | | | 7. Creeping Death ~ Metallica | | | 8. Call Of Ktulu, The ~ Metallica | |
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"...strong enought to indicate further expansion of their cult following." Billboard
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Cliff Burton (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums). | | Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark in Spring 1984. | | Metallica turned the metal world on its ear with their debut album, KILL 'EM ALL and then blew its mind with the follow-up, RIDE THE LIGHTNING. The riffs and arrangements are more intricate, the lyrics are more intelligent and biting and James Hetfield's growl is meaner. The set starts out with two tunes that would have been right at home on KILL 'EM ALL, but the next two are slower and more involved. "Ride The Lightning" is a slow (by Metallica's standards) dirge about the futility of war. "Fade To Black" is a ballad (!) that builds to an instrumental coda featuring the guitar melodies that the band would later base their sound around. It's also Hetfield's first attempt at singing in tune. The most ambitious song is a dense instrumental, "The Call Of Ktulu," that starts with a single arpeggiated guitar and slowly adds layer upon layer, building in intensity until it all comes crashing down nine minutes later. |
Producer: Metallica; Mark Whittaker |
Engineer: Flemming Ramussen |
| | 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 : 07/07/1987 | | Original Release Date : 1984 | | Catalog ID : 60396 | | Label : Elektra Entertainment | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 47m : 31s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : AAD | | UPC : 00075596039628 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (Summer/01, p.127)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Reaffirms their status as the pre-eminent metal band of the modern era....They broke with the conventions of thrash metal to record the genre's first power ballad in 'Fade To Black'..."Kerrang (Magazine)
(p.50)
- "[The album included] melody, maturity and musical intelligence. It was these traits which helped them broaden metal's scope..." |
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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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