Metallica - ...And Justice for All

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Summary: Metallica reinvents themselves with each album.
Review: This album is heavy! Definately a great album, but Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning are still Metallica's best albums. Here is a 1 to 5 rating of each song.
1.Blackened - 4 - a great way to start the album
2....And Justice for all -5 -one of the best on the album, heavy
3.Eye of the Beholder - 4 - A very heavy song, nicely written
4.One - 5 - one of their best songs ever. Great solo!
5.Shortest Straw - 5- very good song, another good solo
6.Harvester of Sorrow - 5 -a good piece of thrash metal here!
7.Frayed Ends of Sanity - 3 -Very heavy,not as good as others
8.To live is to die - 5 -a very good instrumental, well written
9.Dyers eve - 2 - this one wasn't all that great

The album is great! The beginning is much better, but To live is to die is something everyone should hear, they wrote it well. If you don't have this album, u should go get it!

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Summary: WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WHILE LISTENING TO THIS!
Review: The riffs and rhythms on this album are unbelievable. To think that they created this album after the death of their gifted bassist Cliff Burton, is amazing in itself, not too mention this is probably their most complex effort to date (vocally still hoping they decide to stop tarnishing their own good names and put out something they know will not get played on TV or the radio).
After listening to what is considered "metal" now, then playing Metallica ...and Justice, it almost makes you wish you could relive the eighties...well, almost.
Even though this album is based around perfect crunch and double base, I believe this album is also Hammett best work. His extra long, and rightfully so, solo on Blackened is proof he is one of the most creative guitarists to pick up an axe. And what he does to the works One, And Justice, and to Live is to Die is memorable.
By this album whether you listen to metal or not. This is not considered a classic for no reason.

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Summary: ...Best Of Them All
Review: Here we have the album which displays Metallica's creative peak, before their drastic change in sound. And Justice For All is a concept album dealing with the perversions of justice, and atrocities of our society. Almost as if this was written from an anti-social dissident; fed up with the world around him. Hetfield's thought provoking lyrical content provides the listener with something to analyze, and sing along with. I'd like to say that I find the production on this album to be just fine even without the bass. I think the guitar sound is crushing, and Ulrich's kit sounds AMAZING. Listen to those kicks in Blackened, very bombastic. Not too mention this album has his best drum performance, as we know Ulrich was good at being a half assed drummer. People say this album is too long, and "complex". I don't mind it being long, seeing as every single second is absolutely perfect. Hetfield's rhythms, harmonies, and melodies can't be beat either. This has much more diversity than any other Metallica album. Don't get me wrong I love Master Of Puppets, but AJFA has more memorable riffs per song, melodies that went on to inspire bands in the early/mid 90's like In Flames. It obviously has its progressive elements, which even RTL, MOP had, but this is about as prog as it gets for Metallica. The song arrangements are definitely their most intricate, and complex. AJFA rips out at you, and really doesn't let its grip go until the somber clean passage of the epic "To Live Is To Die"; which Hammitt plays a nice classical solo in. Again, Hetfield just lays down some of the fastest, heaviest rhythms ever, and his downpicking is just insane! Metallica really outdid themselves with this one. If you don't own AJFA, I can only say I feel sorry for you. THE BEST.

Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home...

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Summary: Awsome Thrash
Review: This album is one of the best you will ever find if you are into hard music...
The Guitar solos of kirk hammet are very technical and the music is just amazing, Tight and thrashy rhytms from James hetfield..

The is by far the best metallica album you can find. but check out "Master of puppets" and "ride the lightning" which also are cool albums - but not as good sound quality in my opinion...

Rest of metallicas albums are a bit disapointing..

by buying this album you get an High quality Thrash album worth years of listening..

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Summary: ...And Good Riffs for All
Review: Metallica's fourth album and the last good one starts with classics. "Blackened" tells how we're destroying the world. "And Justice for All" and "Eyes of Beholder" are very good and heavy. Metallica really likes strong riffs. "One" has peaceful moments. It has its powerful moments too but after listening three first track this didn't caught my eye although it has very sad story to tell. "Harvester of Sorrow" is a little bit dark track. "The Shortest Straw" is a very tough track. "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" is a little bit too long but has good riffs. "To Live Is to Die" is the most touching instrumental song Metallica has ever made. "Dyers Eve" is the fastest Metallica has made. All the instruments + vocals are very very fast and the message is brilliant.

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Summary: lol
Review: I just read a review that claimed that their are NO GOOD SOLOS on this cd!!

>>>> ONE! <<<<<<

It'll send chills down your spine! :)

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Summary: Good album...
Review: After Master Of Puppets, Metallica had nowhere to go but down. And Justice For All is still a great album though. This was their first with new bassist Jason Newstead (not counting an EP of covers). The songs are (for the most part) well written, complex musically and well played. The only real problem with this album is the production. "One" became their first MTV video (after they said they'd never make one) and the beginning of the end for all the old fans. Their next album would break them into the mainstream and they'd never sound this good again. I'd recommend picking up Master Of Puppets and Ride The Lightning first, but this is definately worth getting.

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Summary: Better than Jethro Tull
Review: And definitely worth adding to your CD collection. The solemn "One", about a soldier who's lost his arms, legs and all his senses but is still alive, the title track and "Harvester of Sorrow" are definitely the highlights of this opus. This and the self-titled "black" album are the only Metallica albums you ever need to own. This is the sound of a tight, motivated band at the peak of its career. Although the follow-up album was good, it was the beginning of the end of METALlica. Then they became ALTERNica. Now they do Bob Seger covers. Go figure.

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Summary: ........WOW.........
Review: ...And Justice For All(1988). Metallica's fourth studio album and first with bassist Jason Newsted.

For the longest time, I hesitated in listening to this album. Most old-Metallica fans I knew said that the production on this album is downright horrible and that it was too progressive sounding to be any good. Puppets and Lightning were the only albums that they praised and I had listened to those so many times that I just wanted more. But I was afraid to give Justice a try because of what I'd been told. Finally, I changed my mind and bought it a short while ago. I was a little weary, that is....

...until I actually listened to it.

And now it is one of my all-time favorite metal cds. Metallica recovered from the tragic loss of their former bassist Cliff Burton, and used their rage to bring forth their angriest, heaviest, and most lyrically insighted release yet. Most of it is about death again, though political issues are also thrown in. Yes, the production could be alot better and Newsted's bass guitar amplifier should have been plugged in, but once you increase the volume and get into the first riffs of Blackened, these flaws become very trivial and you hardly even notice them at all. And people were saying that it's too progressive?? Come on! I can think of many bands that make this album look simple in comparison.

Now onto the tracks: Blackened is a high-octane thrash number that kick-starts the album PERFECTLY, the same way that Fight Fire With Fire and Battery started off the previous albums. Shortest Straw and Dyers Eve are the two other speedy tracks on here, and both are incredible. Eye Of The Beholder and Harvestor Of Sorrow are more midpaced, and Frayed Ends Of Insanity is slower, but all are as equally impressive as the fast ones. The title track is nothing short of spectacular, and To Live Is To Die is a heavy, yet melodic instrumental. Parts of this instrumental were actually written by Cliff Burton shortly before he died (the band ended up tributing the song to him when it was completed). The only song that received any radio-play off of here was One, due to its similarity to the previous doom-&-gloom ballads Fade To Black and Welcome Home Sanitarium. Like its predecessors, One starts out slow and then turns into vintage frantic thrash. It also contains one of the greatest guitar solos ever played by Kirk Hammet. If anything is to be noticed, its that James Hetfield's vocals never sounded better. His voice matured enough to finally rid himself of his shrieking that was apparent on previous albums, and now he delivers perfect growls and true emotional angst in the best way that he has ever done.

Sadly, this is the last "true" Metallica album as they were discovered by MTV and big label producers in the following years. So they dumped the progression and thrash stylings that they were so well known for in favor of a radio-friendly sound. It worked out alright with the Black album(1991), but definitely not afterwards. I give Justice five stars hands down for solid musicianship and powerful song execution. There was some bad production values, but I did not feel that they were enough to take away from the overall quality of the album. No Metallica collection is complete without this. Many blamed Metallica's sudden change to commercialism on Cliff Burton's untimely death, but Justice alone proved that they could still carry on the same style without him. To this day, Metallica has never topped Puppets or Justice. Will they ever regain their senses? I guess I'll have to keep waiting...

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Summary: Excellent
Review: Although Metallica was without Cliff Burton during this recording (R.I.P) Jason Newsted is not audible in this album. BUT, the tracks are amazing. Some will argue that this album is too progressive, but when you listen to it, it's perfect. Every song is so chock full of energy, making me feel like it is about twice as good as Master of Puppets. From beginning to end solid as a rock, very good solos, DRUMS are fantastic, extremely well done. I can guarantee any metal fan will adore this album, just listen to it a few times all the way through, and pay close attention to every note, it's perfect!!