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Summary: Beautiful
Review: I really like this record. It takes place in the prime era of Metallica's existence (84-88) and displays the band's post-death emotional side, its views on justice, and is unfortunately the final piece of super high quality Metallica before Bob Rock rolled his way in and gummed up the works. Nothing against the black album, though, "Sad but True" is one of the best songs ever, but it fails in comparison with this piece of music history. The songs are intricate, detailed, LONG, but equally pleasing to listen to. As heavy as they are, they soothe at the same time. There is phenomenal guitar work, probably the best I've heard prior to the Dimebag experiences. I truly like every song on this CD. When I play it, there is no skipping of any tracks. It flows together as a whole beautifully as well, and even though it clocks in at well over an hour, the listening session feels like a short number of minutes. Metallica will always be my favorite band, even though I am no longer a metalhead. The influence this album, complimented with the timeless "Ride the Lightning" and the beautifully haunting "Master of Puppets" forever shaped the way music existed in my life, and although "St. Anger" really doesnt live up to its expectations, I can always pop this back in the player and feel at home again.
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Summary: THE LAST GOOD METALLICA ALBUM
Review: BLACKENED STARTS THE ALBUM WITH PURE SPEED AND AGGRESSION. IN BETWEEN IS MORE OF THIS. SOME SONGS ARE SLOW,BUT THE ALBUM IS HEAVY THROUGHOUT.DYERS EVE IS THE BEST SONG THEY EVER WROTE. I GIVE THIS ONE TWO THUMBS UP.
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Summary: the last of the great ones
Review: If you like old style Metallica, then you should own this CD. It is the last of their great albums and features a couple of their best songs. Newcomer Jason Newstead blends his bass style in well to keep that overall hard rhythmic sound which used to keep Metallica well ahead of the pack.
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Summary: Metallica at its best
Review: For Pete's (or anybody else's) sake, don't take the lyrics seriously, but if you have some steam to blow off, or are into lifting weights, then the unrelenting noise, the driving riffs, the screecing guitar solos, the screeming voice, and the superhuman drumming are nearly impossible to beat. Metallica has always produced music that you can listen to on two levels. You could sit and head bang, or you can analyze the lyrics (with a dose of a sense of humor), and then head bang. And really, there has never been a better song title than "The Frayed Ends of Sanity". Come on!
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Summary: To listen is to Live........
Review: Progressive metal weaving tales of social freedoms lost and the insanity found in what Americans call a "normal" life, this socially aware album pronounces the American Dream dead at the scene. A masterful album that never lets up, Metallica thrashes out 9 songs of aggression and mayhem in just under 66 minutes. The brillance of the songs complex riffs and angry lyrics are often overshawdowed by the horrible production which will have listeners screaming "Where's the Bass?" From the opening of "Blackened" to the closing fury of "Dyers Eve", ...And Justice For All sees Metallica mastering the long-song style that they are known for. Even with it's limiting production, this album is fantastice from start to finish.
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Summary: great cd!
Review: I remember when this came out,the world was not into Metallica,the only people who liked Metallica where Metalheads! This album has to be one of the best vibes ever committed to tape.The songs are just incredable! I love the production on this album,no gloss,just raw in your face sound,much better then the Bob Rock Radio friendly Metallica! I remember I had a cass. tape of this first,I wore it out!After three months of listening to it! For anyone who truely was into Metallica before "The Black album" you can not aurgue that this is their best.(master of puppets coming close behind)James lyrics meant something,and the playing was just mind-blowing!Buy this Album first,get the black album last!
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Summary: The best metal album of the 80's
Review: 'And Justice For All" is not only my favorite Metallica album but also one of my all-time favorites. The songs are longer and more progressive than on "Puppets" or "Lightning", but yet more focused and even tighter. Throughout the album's nine tracks and some 60+ minutes there isn't one bad riff or part. Every song is great-excellent and the lyrics are probably Hetfield's smartest and most well-thoughout to date. Another overlooked factor of this album is the melody. This is probably the most melodic and catchy album Metallica had wrote to this point. Yet still, there is not as much as a glimpse of commercial sounding material throughout the opus. Metallica's most brutal and yet most concise recording is "And Justice For All". If you like any Metallica song you've ever heard and you don't own this, what are you waiting for? This is an essential purchase.
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Summary: What it is and what could have been
Review: The deck was firmly stacked against Metallica by the time "Justice" was released in '88. Cliff Burton, the band's shining star, was gone; in his place was the acceptable if unremarkable Jason Newsted. The band elected to make "Justice" something approaching prog-metal, with ever-complex song structures and themes about injustice and social evil. When the formula works, we get majestic tunes like "Blackened," the title track, "Harvester of Sorrow" and the album's centerpiece, "One." The sad thing is that at least four of these songs on the album are filler; they're loud, certainly, and well-played, and that's about it. I hit the skip key a lot whenever I play this CD. I take that back, the really sad thing is how awful the production is, as many before me have already commented. There's practically no bass, the drums sound like they were recorded over a long-distance phone extension, and the guitars just hum instead of roar. Listen to Slayer's epic "Seasons in the Abyss" for an example of how "Justice" might have sounded had it been better produced.
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Summary: Quite a turn from what Metallica was...
Review: Metallica's speed trash metal ended with Cliff Burton's death. In this album they changed to a more proffesional style. At first, I didn't like it; afterwards it still was kind of different.
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Summary: Classic Metallica
Review: This is Metallica's third album. It is the first one after original bassist Cliff Burton had a bus dropped on him. Forget the Napster dispute, this album was made more then a decade after the release of And Justice For All. The older Metallica is less profane, but better, then the new Metallica. I'd say get older Metallica like this one because the newer Metallica is more profane and isn't as good anyway. The older is harder, more metal, and just plain better. The lyrics are also good. Older Metallica is good metal, better then newer. I really reccomend this album.
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