Favourite Metallica album???
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Topic: Favourite Metallica album???
Posted By: aapatsos
Subject: Favourite Metallica album???
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 20:50
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I included only the studio albums excluding garage days for obvious reasons so which is your favourite or most complete? - and not "best" as I agree with Peter's terminology... I have to say ...and justice... edit: I have included every single one... just in case... |
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 21:15
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The excellent And Justice for All. -------------  |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 21:16
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...And Justice For All (1988)
Master Of Puppets (1986)
Ride The Lightning (1984) (Really 4.25/5)
St. Anger (2003)
ReLoad (1997)Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 21:19
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Bj how can you give St. Anger 3,5 stars? |
just wondering...Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 21:23
Becuase I think it's a good album... ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
aapatsos wrote:
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 21:34
ok, I resign |
. BTW your last two purchases are excellent Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 21:38
Yeah, I downloaded some tracks from both of'em and loved it! Anyway, BTT! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 23:05
Ride The Lightning ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 02:01
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And Justice for all great drumming |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 09:15
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For me its between, And Justice For All and Master.. I chose AJFA.. ------------- 
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:06
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 14:37
pretty close to my rating... |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 18:09
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MASTER!!! MASTER!!! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 19:59
| I had suspected that this would be a close fight beween these two... |
Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:00
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Master of Puppets. It's really the only Metallica album I ever listen to these days.... maybe Ride the Lightning once in a while. ------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:33
| Master for me too. I would be more tempted to say ...And Justice For All if it was mixed better. Poor Jason is nowhere to be found on the album. I wish they would re-master it. |
Posted By: Erotomania
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 22:34
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i love and justice for all, it has something which is incredible to me...although master of puppets is fantastic too... ------------- Step after step, We try controlling our fate, When we finally start living it's become too late... |
Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 05:45
Ride the lightning! btw i really like your avatar aapatsos 
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Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 05:51
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I would vote for S&M but as it's not a studio album I'll be the first to vote for "The Black Album". ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 09:24
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Master of puppets. ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: Peace Frog
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 10:54
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I love how no one voted for their crap albums. My vote:
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 13:15
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I've never liked Metallica. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 09:47
"The Black Album" 
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Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 20:51
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Me too (the part about S&M). But I vote for "...and Justice For All" since I think it's one of the best albums of the '80. |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 18:54
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I'm a BIG Metallica fan and I have ALL their albums. I say their best one is "Master Of Puppets"
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 19:00
Yes, it's true ... but it has to be with the distortion. Really I can not hear so much the bass on metal bands. But "... And Justice For All" has an excellent sound and ACCURACY, very well recorded.
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 19:45
| Ride the lightning! |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 20:01
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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 23:45
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black album! ------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg"> 
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 23:52
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...And Justice fo All- Metallica
Closely followed by the Metallica (Black Album)
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 01:32
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Ride The Lightning
followed by "load" and "black album"
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 06:35
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And Justice For All.
But I like all of 'em. Even Load, Reload and St. Anger.
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Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 07:39
Lars, James and Kirk went on record to say that they regularly turned Jason down or tuned him out on "AJFA". That's why no one can hear him.
 My fave is MASTER OF PUPPETS, followed by RIDE THE LIGHTNING and ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I also like ST. SNGER, although it's messy as hell. ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 07:36
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Kill 'Em All - 4.5/5 (Rough at the edges, but amazing).
Ride The Lightning - 4.75/5 (Nearly perfect, but "Creeping Death" is too long and repetitive). Master of Puppets - 4.9/5 (I just don't like "The Thing That Should Not Be") ...And Justice For All - 4.6666/5 (Gets a bit noodly - I could care less about hearing Jason Useless). Metallica - 4.25/5 (No more adventurous meanderings, but very slick, and a colossal sound). Load - 1/5 (tripe) ReLoad - 0/5 (why did I waste my money) St. Anger - 1/5 (I almost like bits of it - but very dull overall). ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 07:47
 )Edit: Forgot Garage Inc. ('87 version). - 3.5 ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 07:48
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Posted By: YYZed
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 20:45
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MoP Orion is incredible. It's what I was raised on on middle school.  And by the way, who the hell voted for St. Anger?! Hope it was a joke... ------------- 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: May 26 2006 at 10:05
who voated for Load and St. Anger? 
under the guillotine now...
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Posted By: Paul K.
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 05:32
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Kill'em All Raw energy - fast and angry. Hetfield's vocal sucks. Overall good and interesting debut, but nothing special, it just can't grab me. Ride The Lightning Now we're talking. Thrash masterpiece. Everything is in the right place, album doesn't drag. Riffs are powerful, intricate and catchy, solid sound, technique is great also. My fav. Master Of Puppets I've never understood what's so great and groundbreaking about this album. Decent thrash. The first tracks are awesome, but then it slows down and only at the end we have great tracks. It's too fillish to my ears. ...And Justice For All As thrashiest as it gets, but it's sheer technique. There's no room for soul here, except for masterpiece such as One and few other great tracks. All in all, superb at virtuosity and decent at emotions. Metallica It's been sooo long since I've heard it (maybe I should check it again?)...I don't even remember is it really that bad, as I thought of it back then. Well, I don't like it. It just doesn't appeal to me. Load Same as above Reload Same as above St. Anger Actually I refuse to listen to it. I've heard St.Anger, Frantic an couple of other songs on radio and deeply disliked it. ------------- Weasels ripped my flesh |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 06:21
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My fav is The Black Album, although the previous albums are all very good, specially Master Of Puppets. I also like Load very much. They changed their style but IMO the songwriting is very good. Re-Load is OK but weaker than Load. St Anger is rather bad. |
Posted By: Xymphony
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 07:56
 
(Ok, why being ambigous, that is Master of Puppets
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Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 03:42
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I don't like Kill 'em all very much.
Also St. Anger (apart from the amazing title track and maybe Invisible kid) failed to impress me. Ditto for Load and Reload...the releases following the "Black album", which is my favourite, have definitely let me down. One slight step below the 1991 album, I rate Ride the lightning and ...And justice for all, which contain wonderful tracks but maybe lack the maturity they came to master with the omonimous album. Master of Puppets comes yet another step below ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 15:27
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Bump. I used to be a big Metallica fan. I think that my vote will be for Master of Puppets. My fandom goes back to the Ride the Lightning days. My neighbor was jamming Metallica shortly after that album came out. At that point, I had not heard of Metallica. I ended up ordering Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning records from an ad in a Heavy Metal magazine (I don't recall which one) and being totally blown away by this amazing band. I could have easily as voted for Ride the Lightning, and Justice for All, or The Black Album. I even like St. Anger, although I admit it lacks that certain something that their other albums have. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 17:16
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And Justice... it has the almighty "One" on it, which is just... genius i mean come on, i cannot think of a better metal song.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 17:20
Why that would obviously be the commercially successful, return to roots, St. Ang---AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Gamemako
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 17:46
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In order of best to worst, not including Garage Inc, Master of Puppets Ride the Lightning ...And Justice for All Black album Kill 'Em All St. Anger Load Reload with nothing after the Black Album worth a second listen. ------------- Hail Eris! 
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 18:40
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The albums I can actually stand are : -And Justice for All
-Ride the Lightning
-Kill 'Em All
-Master of Puppets
In that order, and I dislike everything besides those 4. ------------- 
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Posted By: Luke. J
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 00:43
| Ride the Lightning.. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 03:56
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Master. Its so brilliantly done and was the last to feature the great Cliff. The album was not only heavy as hell, but incredibly well put together musically and they were nearly as screachy as on the first two also great albums. I really dig the band, even their "sell out" albums. St. Anger wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. It was pretty amazing they even put anything out. The album is aggressive as hell, the riffs are still sweet, James' voice is still ass whooping, and Lars's drumming still rocks even with the overload of typical layer upon layer of compression Bob Rock production. I'm greatly looking forward to the new one. 1. Master of Puppets 2. Load 3. ...And Justice for All 4. Ride the Lightning 5. Kill 'Em All 6. St. Anger 7. Black Album 8. ReLoad |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 08:48
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As with MisterProg 2112, the only Metallica albums I can listen to the are the first four studio albums. AJFA was undeniably there must progressive and technical effort, while Kill 'Em All arguably the most pioneering, while I think Ride The Lightning was the most consistent in song quality. But the winner for me is going to have be Master Of Puppets. The last album to feature the legendary Cliff Burton and of course, the best Metallica instrumental song IMO, Orion ------------- 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 09:07
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Master of Puppets...
...I remember buying it the week it came out, seeing them on the MoP tour with Anthrax supporting...and seeing Cliff Burton in the flesh...6 days before he died... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 20:49
MetallicaHuh never heard of them ------------- 
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Posted By: Josh_M
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 22:53
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Master of Puppets
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 22:55
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And justice is the only one with more than two songs I can listen to... ------------- 
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Posted By: WinterLight
Date Posted: June 10 2008 at 14:39
| I voted for ...And Justice for All, but the truth is that I regard their first four albums with equally high esteem. As an aside, I think I'm one of the very few that actually likes the production on "Justice." |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: June 14 2008 at 14:55
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^I can't say all the aspects of AJFA's production was bad. I like the rhythm guitar sound on it a lot actually, but it's the drums and the lack of bass that put me off a little.
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 14 2008 at 18:49
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My favorite is And Justice for All. Even with cardboard drums, no bass and Ulrich's weird style of drumming (weird yet very logical at times...)
My order would be:
1. And Justice for All
2. Master of Puppets
3. Metallica (Black)
4. Ride the Lightning
5. Load
6. Kill 'em All
7. Re-load
8. St Anger ------------- 
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Posted By: Prof.
Date Posted: June 17 2008 at 03:33
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Ride The Lightning, too many good songs to deny it.
Of course everything up to self titled was damn fine. Self title was alright, but it all went downhill from there.
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 15:38
I saw them on that tour too - I was near the front at Hammersmith Odeon, and shook Cliff's hand at the end of the gig.
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 15:43
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I just re-listened to Kill 'Em All last night after years of dismissing it and it's actually an excellent thrash record, with songs like Seek and Destroy and The Four Horsemen that show a hint of progness in how the riffs are developed! Great album! -------------
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 15:46
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^Kill 'Em All used to be my favorite Metallica album for perhaps more than a year. It's so inspired sounding.
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Posted By: dzx
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 16:36
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Ride because it didnt strike me at all on first listening ond slowly grew on me. mark of good music. now think it definately their best ------------- was that just an Am augmented minor 9th i heard? nice! |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: August 09 2008 at 22:15
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Typically I would vote for S&M. A great double live album with a great orchestra, but sadly, it's not on the poll. I had a tough decision deciding between The Black Album and Master of Puppets, so I thought about for a minute and chose The Black Album. ------------- 
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: August 09 2008 at 22:18
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MAGNETIC TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK ...And Justice for All got my vote ------------- 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 09 2008 at 22:22
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Master Master |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 11:08
| New tracks sound impressive though... pray for the return |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: August 29 2008 at 09:44
| I voted Master of Puppets, that is a fantastic album. I still have a soft spot for Kill em All, which I bought when it came out. Isn't it surprising how there's hardly any votes for the last 3 albums................................? |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: September 03 2008 at 06:22
Ride the lightining, was the first album that i ever bought from entire music, it was in 1990. A special one for me,  , and remains among the best albums ever, i still listen to this album but not very often nowadays, like in my teens. Great stuff, like the all '80's Metallica albums aswell
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: September 28 2008 at 22:27
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Well ... Master get my vote, a very good album. -------------  |