BEST METALLICA ALBUM

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OBVIOUSLY

Pastor Of Muppets?

A 2CD version of the 3CD (without the solos you just skip every time) that was in the Binge & Purge box would be the best Metallica thing ever.

You don't want a whole cd of Lars Ulrich's drum solos?

I have no taste, I know :-(

I bet you have a box set of Cliff's solos.

Cliff Richard?

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The black one. The early stuff is too extreme, "Load" and "Reload" are grunge-AOR (although better than most other grunge-AOR it must be added) while "St. Anger" is just plain rubbish.

Pastor Of Muppets?

Isn't that what I just said?

I have always thought Ride the Lightning blows Puppets out of the water.

Ride The Lightning.

Second place: Garage Inc.

I went for Ride The Lightning as well actually.

master of puppets.

ok wtf why does ilx keep eating my posts

Master of Puppets vs. Justice for All, can't decide!

yes you can. One of them has bass.

ok wtf why does ilx keep eating my posts

Because not even on ILM is anyone allowed to defend St Anger

I like how overwrought and labored over AJFA sounds, there is some seriously crazy shit on that record.

But no bass!!!

and fart in a can drums

I like the drum sound. :> And who needs bass on a metal record anyway.

and fart in a can drums

I thought we weren't going to talk about St. Anger!

surely guys this whole thing is just lightning puppets showdown. is always the case when it comes to deciding tallica faves.

I kinda hope poseurs like me voting for the Black Album end up beating out the vote-splitting of the 80s albums just to piss off the real metalheads.

Kill 'Em All! Because it's a NWOBHM album.

hahahah. alex this isn't the oscars

Today, I'm saying MOP. But in truth I vacillate between that and RTL and have done so for 21+ years now. I could as easily flip a coin and be satisfied with either option.

Truly trivial side note: Puppets sports not one but TWO steals from David Bowie: The title "Leper Messiah" obviously, but also the "Andy Warhol" guitar lick that links "Master Of Puppets"' bridge to its third verse.

Today, I'm saying MOP. But in truth I vacillate between that and RTL and have done so for 21+ years now. I could as easily flip a coin and be satisfied with either option.

Me too. I finally went with Puppets after "Damage, Inc." beat "Call of Chtulu" in my mind.

yes, Charlie, but it could be the Grammys (where Jethro Tull = ReLoad)

I'd be cool with never hearing Fade to Black again as long as I live.

...And Justice For All, if it had better production, would've been the best. I partially agree with Jordan, the band created arrangements where bass wouldn't be necessary. While this may have been unfair to Newstead, I think it was pretty damn innovative. The rest of the production does suck though.

Had me at hello: Blackened's lofty intro solo, which raises the listeners up out of the glowing, foggy mists only to hammer them senseless with Lars' whiplash inducing drumming. All as the basis for ... an environmental screed?

The only thing I don't like about the record is "Dyer's Eve", whose lyrics are uncomfortably whiny.

hahah, pretty bizarre that jethro tull was even competition in the first place

crest of a knave? is that even reverred among jethro tull fans?

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hahah, pretty bizarre that jethro tull was even competition in the first place

That's what happens when you let Chuck do the Grammy nominations :D

just to be pedantic, "Garage Days Revisited" (1987) is actually called "Garage Days Re-Revisited"

hahah
'vraagen aan metallica'
i have a lot to say on that thread

haha brigadier

"Kill 'Em All" wins on the strength of "The Four Horsemen" alone.

i picked MoP like any normal, sane person would. But the Garage Days Re-revisited on budget cassette was the most influential in my life.

Garage Days was indeed fantastic.

I'm drunk and playing old school Metallica at 2:30 in the morning. Woow to me!

Go Marty!

i really like the production on AJFA! since when was bass a necessary feature of thrash?

If they remastered AJFA they might win back some fans. I don't know what they fuck they were thinking with that. I believe it made the whole thing seem less organic and more by-numbers math rock devoid of emotion. Of course, the lyrical content was pretty lacking, too. Who wants to hear forced-rage farce about pollution from when James was obviously watching the news trying to find something to write about or a song about a guy who got fucked up by a landmine and is now lying in bed?

i do! blackened and one rule!

you've just broken my brain... never will it mend. NEVER!!!! Now, I can't remember anything. Can't tell if this is true or a dream. Deep down inside I feel to scream.

Meh. "And Justice..." is pretty bland save for "To Live is to Die" and "One." If the story is true about them mixing out the bass because Newstead wasn't Burton, it just goes to show what asspunks the rest of the band is.

Never really cared for that album, save for the aforementioned tracks. Definitely the beginning of the end for Metallica. "To Live is to Die" is pretty god-damned indispensable, though.

That one part in "To Live is to Die" where everything drops out except the clean-sounding guitar gives me goose-bumps. Amazing shit.

i think justice features the best lyrics hetfield ever penned! i also think the aggression of the record in general suggests that the rage wasn't so forced.

i think it's a great album and metallica's third best. what lets it down for mine isn't so much the production, but rather the general feeling of draginess found on a couple of the tracks. also, i'm very sick of 'one'. excellent song though

drink up/shoot in/let the beatings begin

that one takes it for me.

kill em all

this was the front on mine. dude glowed in the dark:

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kill em all on the back.

I had this one http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/images/tshirts/crash_course_front.JPG

i had that one, too. it lasted about a year before our idiot great dane ripped it and made it unwearable. i had this thing about buying white t-shirts for some reason, so that year i got the crash course one and the slayer "world sacrifice tour" shirt.

The 80s albums will get more votes than the 90s won't they? I know it's ILM but come on...

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

shit, i don't think i even voted. there is no way that justice should have overtaken kill em all. that shit ain't right.

Puppets won easily in the end then. I'm surprised ...No bass For All beat Kill 'Em All.

Load (1996) 2
St. Anger (2003) 2

Ban these jokers.

's&m (1999) 1'

tar and feather this joker

I don't mind some of Load but Reload is awful and S&M is even worse.

I didn't mention the S&M vote because I assumed whoever did that was just confused and voting for the sex practice. It happens.

WAHT

surprised kill em all didn't win, actually. ok maybe not THAT surprised but still.

Glad to see someone else voted for Load. I don't much care for metal, but Load has many nice poppy tunes on it, so that's the only Metallica album I've ever really liked. They were always good at writing catchy melodies, they should've done more pop.

I always thought you hated rock, Tuomas. Load does have some good tunes. It's just not a Metallica album to my ears. Should've been a side project really. I saw them on that tour at the barras and they only played a couple of tunes from it.

The black album has some catchy tunes too, but they're too heavy for my tastes. Except of course for "Nothing Else Matters", the ultimate nineties teen disco slow tune.

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I have nothing against rock if it's poppy, though I don't really care enough about it to buy rock albums. But when I was teen everyone was supposed to like Metallica, so I did buy the black album and Load just to try it. I don't think I have them anymore.

Funnily enough the only songs I like on the black album are the (6?) singles!

I think many of their more epic tunes might work as club mixes / cover version, if someone would try such a thing. Richard Cheese already proved that their songs are strong enough to survive a total genre change.

"cover versions"

The only remix I've heard is the one by DJ Spooky, and that was a bit too arty for my tastes.

Kirk Hammett appeared on a film soundtrack version of "Satan" by Orbital didn't he?

I think so, that was the Spawn soundtrack, which had the DJ Spooky remix too. There's also a Swizz Beatz tune featuring Metallica and Ja Rule, which is, er, interesting.

Have you heard the venetian snares "black sabbath" tracks?

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=39008

It will probably be Metallica's turn next. Remixed by DJ Ulrich.

St. Anger sucks.

Water is wet.

i see what you did there Pleasant Plains.

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lol rite?

"Unnamed Feeling," "All Within My Hands," "Purify," and a few others are good to these ears.

The production, however, is terrible. Lars' drum sound is the worst drum sound ever.

heh 2 jokers voted St Anger

hows the remastered vinyl btw? Saw them for sale in Glasgow last week.

Had to post this somewhere

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The entirety of Metallica’s self-titled/black album as performed by kids at talent shows*

*And/or community fairs and/or preparing for talent shows.

a couple of them have been removed :(

Been on an And Justice For All kick lately. IDK if it’s really the best but it’s the first metal album I liked. Seeing the “One” video on MTV at age 11 was quite mind-expanding.

Also, I LOVE the no-bass sound, it makes the album so sharp.

you are a sick man

nah i agree, the lack of bass is not important

i'm kind of tuckered out by the time i get to the end of "one".. that first disc is solid, tho

or first half, whatever

There are quiet/loud songs and slow/fast songs, but Metallica on this album are the kings of the pretty/ugly song.

The lack of bass doesn't bother me on that record either.

Justice is my favorite Metallica album. And yeah, it sounds perfect.

It not only doesn’t bother me, it’s the secret sauce.

Couldn't agree more. Who needs bass, this isn't dance music.

i have metallica sickness. it's like cocteau fever, but for metallica.

last week i bought a roguelike (https://jupiterhell.com/) that is basically "Doom, but turn-based, and if you die you have to go all the way to the beginning, but whoever owns Doom threatened to sue us, so it's called Jupiter Hell". the game is fantastic. it has a pretty heavy soundtrack, but after listening to it for about 10 minutes, it suddenly became clear to me that i should start listening to metallica instead.

so i've been blasting the 80s output of Metallica at full volume while playing a turn-based Doom game for several days straight.

i bet i'm the millionth person to make this observation, but you know one of the reasons "Master of Puppets" is one of the greatest songs of all time? it's one of the few songs about addiction/drugs that communicates the thrilling part of the experience, the reason that you keep coming back to the substance, the thing that thrills people in the first place. i've heard so many sad slow songs about drugs, and so many medium-speed woozy songs about drugs. "master of puppets" sounds like the voice of the drug itself, racing forward. if i ever get to see metallica i can't wait to pump my fists to it. MASTER! MASTER!! *head bangs*

also, for a while, lars ulrich was really good

i'd like to meet lars, i bet he's a great guy

Huh weird that the best Metallica album is third here.

I would much rather have dinner with Lars than 99% of the metal drummers that people think should replace him or whatever.

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the older I get; the more I prefer Kill ‘Em All.