rockmaniac
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Post by rockmaniac on Mar 3, 2011 20:38:05 GMT -5
on this day, 25 years ago, Metallica's 3rd album, Master of Puppets, was released. It includes some of their classic hits, the title track, Welcome Home (Sanitarium) and Battery. It's widely considered as one of the greatest rock/metal albums of all time and it's still a favorite amongst rock/metal fans to this day.
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(Artie Ziff)
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 3, 2011 20:46:41 GMT -5
And sadly, not one charting radio single. You probably posted this on the wrong board.
But I wholeheartedly agree. My second favorite album of all time. Have it twice on vinyl, the original cassette, and both CD releases.
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Post by Pipa on Mar 3, 2011 20:49:48 GMT -5
How fitting that I had Disposable Heroes stuck in my head all day then.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 3, 2011 20:57:05 GMT -5
I always felt ...And Justice For All was a relatively underrated and better album, but this deserves a lot of the credit it gets. 'S&M' will always be my favorite Metallica album as sacrilegious as that may sound. I just thought Metallica with orchestra was one of the most epic things ever. And James' voice, Lars' drums, and Kirk's leads sound warmer and better mixed on that than on any studio album, which is amazing. The orchestral parts plain kick ass. Top 5 album of all-time for me. The 'Master Of Puppets' songs that made 'S&M' are among the best cuts on both though.
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Mar 3, 2011 21:23:38 GMT -5
I'm not sure ...Justice was underrated at all. That and the self-titled always come up as Metallica's best overall albums it seems. But I do agree on S&M's production. My only complaint with that is releasing No Leaf Clover as a single. S&M was the peak of Metallica's radio days, and it would've been a great time to release on of their '80s songs to radio live. They should've gone three deep on that one.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 7, 2011 2:59:35 GMT -5
I'm familiar with all the studio albums, but I don't have a clear-cut favorite. Believe it or not, I would guess it's between Master of Puppets and Death Magnetic, with the Black Album coming in third, probably, suffering from its relative conciseness and accessibility. I like Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lightning, but felt ...And Justice for All was overrated. Load and Re-Load are too long, with too many tracks, and St. Anger would've been a lot better if they added in solos and didn't pad the songs with the same parts over and over, just to seemingly run up the clock.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Mar 7, 2011 3:02:11 GMT -5
What are your thoughts on the S&M live album, Nick?
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 7, 2011 3:23:05 GMT -5
I've never heard S&M beyond "No Leaf Clover" (which I like a lot) and "Hero of the Day" (which my former "secondary" Alt station played from time to time, for whatever reason). "Hero" sounded pretty cool with the symphony behind it.
The 3 big Load singles have always been among my Top 5 Metallica songs. I came in at the tail end of the Black Album era, when hard rock/metal was mostly too extreme for me, still. And they didn't put another record until '96, when their former style of rock was out of fashion. So I wasn't really paying full attention until that record came out. I don't know, having no real prior emotional attachment, I thought they never looked better than they did in '96. Kirk Hammett will never look more badass to me than when he was in the "Until It Sleeps" video, with the shortest hair of his life in the public eye, rocking a hairnet and a labret piercing.
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