| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/elektra Entertainment | | UPC: 00075596081221 | | Release Date: 9/7/1988 | | Buy.com Sku: 60077537 | | Item#: M9FP4J | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24321 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Blackened ~ Metallica |  | | 2. And Justice For All ~ Metallica | | | 3. Eye Of The Beholder ~ Metallica | | | 4. One ~ Metallica | | | 5. Shortest Straw, The ~ Metallica | | | 6. Harvester Of Sorrow ~ Metallica | | | 7. Frayed Ends Of Sanity, The ~ Metallica | | | 8. To Live Is To Die ~ Metallica | | | 9. Dyers Eve ~ Metallica | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Jason Newsted (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums). | | Recorded at One To One Studio, Los Angeles, California between January & May 1988. | | Following the tragic death of bassist Cliff Burton, Metallica regrouped with Flotsam & Jetsam bassist Jason Newsted to record this ambitious double album. Metallica made their reputation playing complex music at superhuman speed, and when James Hetfield's lyrics caught up with his compositional skills, the band became a force to be reckoned with. Everything came together on 1986's MASTER OF PUPPETS, and JUSTICE picks up where PUPPETS left off. | | Utilizing intricate yet crunching riffs, layered guitar melodies and intelligent lyrics, Metallica forged an identity as the leader of '80s metal. Hetfield's lyrics are often quite dark, touching on injustice (the title song), insanity ("The Frayed Ends Of Sanity") and his own troubled childhood ("Dyers Eve"). They also had a progressive streak a mile wide, as shown in the involved arrangements that often brought the song lengths close to 10 minutes. JUSTICE also marked a turning point for drummer Lars Ulrich, who began replacing his off-kilter playing with a more straightforward groove approach, and for the band, who made their first video (for "One") and thus scored their first hit. |
Producer: Metallica; Flemming Rasmussen |
Engineer: Flemming Rasmussen |
| | 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 : 09/02/1988 | | Original Release Date : 1988 | | Catalog ID : 60812 | | Label : Elektra Entertainment | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 65m : 0s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : ADD | | UPC : 00075596081221 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (Summer/01, p.127)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Featured much overblown riffage and the future classic 'One'..."aKerrang (Magazine)
(p.55)
- "[O]ne of Metallica's finest moments..." Rolling Stone 9 of 10
...Metallica appeals both to critics and to angry, pimply adolescent males (actually, the two groups occasionally intersect)... Metallica makes challenging music worthy of considered analysis... Metallica is as political as any band out there--it's just speaking in more dire, melodramatic terms, which appeal to the dark underside of the white-suburban-male psyche.... Metallica draws the lines in no uncertain terms--its world is a Zoroastrian duel of good and evil... Metallica's music is calculated to annoy anyone over thirty... Metallica harks back to the time when rock's bite was worse than its bark. - Michael Azerrad
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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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