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Summary: Best Album Of ALL time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is the greatest album of all time. Sur, there are like nine sings,but still the songs are 7, 8 and 9 minutes long! Blackened: A metal classic
And Justice for ALl.. Don't let the classic guitar intro fool you. This packs a heavy metal wallop.
Eye of the beholder: awesome
ONE: MY FAVORITe SONG EVER!!!!
shortest straw: kicks some @$$
harvester of sorrow: 2nd best song on the album.
feos: AWESOME... the intro sounds like something out of the wizard of oz.
tlitd: Great song
Dyer's eve: Great finale'
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Summary: Classic Great
Review: Ive heard of metallica of course and ive listened to enter sandman on radio but i wasnt really impressed the first time i really got interested in them is when i watched the video of "One" and i saw Krik Hammet's guitar solo i needed to get this album. WOW! Musical talent everywhere. A lot people say they dont like the long songs i disagree i love them. As a drummer Lras Ulrich got me in to Double bass drumming. This concept meant nothing to me until i heard "Dyer's Eve". even though i wasnt really impressed with vocals i think the talent these guys put on is hard to match
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Summary: Never again has so little sounded so good
Review: '...And Justice for All' is not only Metallica's most minimalistic album, but it's their best. End of story.
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Summary: Wow...
Review: The sophistication and complexity of this album alone is astounding. The cynical yet truthful lyrics strike deep politically, and the gut wrenching guitars layered with violent and fast drums provided by the masters Kirk and Lars are simply fantastic. The digital guitar sound is surreal, and I do not believe that any other band has even come close to perfecting the sound of the solos that are found here. Sure, that sound very well could have been accidental (Due to the lack of bass) but I adore it, even more so than any of the other solos done by Metallica.
Gritty, real, lyrically precise and relevent still to today, Metallica's ...And Justice For All cannot be considered anything else other than a masterpiece. Even though all the songs are six, seven, or eight minutes long, there's really nothing on here that's tedious or boring. It's hard to comprehend how they accomplished this, especially with a genre as repetitive as thrash, but they did it. Not only that, but they made an intellectually nerve wracking experience, opening your mind with shocking and emotionally draining words spilled out by the charismatic frontman known as James Hetfield. His growl is fierce, (Duh, it's an old Metallica album, what'd you expect?) and his feelings and political opinions expressed on the album protest...lots.
The drums often sound like Lars is doing nothing more than beating on a plastic barrel with butterknifes, yet I love it. It just adds to the claustrophobic and powerful feel of the whole thing, which was a necessity for the beauty of this album.
Bass? Where is it? Who cares? Get over it. I think it would have almost weighed the music down. It just goes to show that a band does not need a bass player in order to make great music. Plus, the production is still top-notch, without sounding glossy clean.
If you haven't experienced this yet, please do. You will not regret it, I can assure you of that.
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Summary: Come on, it's Metallica!
Review: "...And Justice for All" is a great album, but that's no surprise when it comes to Metallica. This was the first metal CD I bought, and the lead track, Blackened, was what got me into rock in the first place. It's just electric. "One" is considered by many people to be the best Metallica song ever written. In short, buy this albu. (Though if you're new to Metallica you might want to start with "Master of Puppets" or "Ride the Lightning")
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Summary: Metallica's Best Album
Review: Undoubtedly the most sophisticated album in their career, the long compositions of ...And Justice for All, along with Metallica's best lyrics yet, make the album far superior to anything released by metallica, except maybe Master of Puppets. The lyrics, as the title and the cover would have you believe, deal with corruption and society's rapid decay. Only 2 song are under 6 minutes long, making it their most ambitous work. They also seem to try [amnd succeed with] every trick they can, including odd time signatures, harmonized leads, and extra sections. As far as the songs go, there are at least 4 tracks that are nothing short of astounding, these being Blackened, the title track, one, and To live is To die. Every other song is at the very least excellent, displaying barely any weak points. Reccomdended to any fan of thrash or progressive metal.
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Summary: "...And Justice For All"
Review: This album was met with a lot of mixed feelings. It's a very different feel than Master of Puppets and Ride The Lightning. The lyrics are the best the band had ever done up to this point, but the production, in the eyes of many, lacked a lot. The bass guitar is not audible at all on this album for undisclosed reasons. This is a very dark, cold, and serious album. I, for one, really like the "cold" approach to the production. One thing is certain; this was a very mature album, possibly partly due to the untimely death of Cliff Burton after Master of Puppets. The only thing that brings this review down one star is the inaudible bass. Everything else, even the drums, sounds great in my opinion. This is also the album where James Hetfield fully developed his trademark growl. A true metal classic, just not quite up to par with the previous two. Standout tracks: Blackened, One, Harvester of Sorrow
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Summary: Gets better the more you listen to it
Review: Before I listened to this album, I had assumed that every CD Metallica made before "The Black Album" was horrible. Why did I think that? Well, for starters, I had listened to "The Thing that Should Not Be", and I assumed all their songs were like that. I was reluctant, then, to try "And Justice for All". I believed that all the stuff Metallica had done before "The Black Album" was too heavy for my tastes. You have to understand that I like songs like "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters", etc. Yet, even so, when I finally got a chance to listen to this CD I was very impressed.
The first song that I really got into was "One". To be short, I would say it is one of Metallica's best ever. If anger could be turned into a song, this would be it. Now, granted, I said before that I didn't care for really heavy metal songs, but to me this song wasn't because it actually had lyrics that meant something. In other words, the singer didn't just have that "rock growl" to his voice the entire song. Also, I would like to mention how impressive the guitar work was in that song. Normally I get bored listening to music without lyrics, but not here! Personally, I think that when Hetfield stops singing the song actually gets better, which I don't think has ever happened before in a Metallica song. The CD would be awesome enough if it only contained "One", but there are so many other good songs on this album as well. The title track, "And Justice for All", is amazing. Even though it is over nine minutes in length, it never gets boring. "Dyers Eve" is amazing as well, and it probably is my second favorite song on the entire CD. In that song, Hetfield sings about how parents restrict their children from becoming all they could be. I took it that those lyrics reflected somewhat upon James own childhood, but because I don't know his life history that's only speculation. For some reason, I liked listening to "Eye of the Beholder". I think this has the best beginning of any song on the album, plus the song has a nice beat to it. It's one of those songs that will get stuck in your head because of how catchy it is. "To Live is to Die" is another great one. The fact that it doesn't contain lyrics (ok, very few) showcases Metallica's ability to create interesting and unique songs (for them). In addition, it's another song that starts slow and builds up to it's climax towards the middle of the song. Fantastic. There were a couple songs I didn't like, however. These included "Frayed Ends of Sanity" and "The Shortest Straw". The guitar work in "The Shortest Straw" was good, but the lyrics were so tedious that I got sick of hearing it after about the second time I listened to it. "Frayed Ends of Sanity" was also very tedious and, ultimately, boring to listen to over a long period of time. Overall, this CD proved to me that Metallica made some great music even before "The Black Album". In the period of time that I've had this CD (around 11 months), I can still listen to it every day and not be bored with it. This is actually the first Metallica CD that I've been able to say that about, so maybe it is their best. Personally, I like "The Black Album" the best overall, if for no other reason that it's the CD that got me interested in Metallica. Nevertheless, I can understand why some people say this is their best CD, as it emphasizes the best of Metallica prior to 1991.
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Summary: Best Metallica album
Review: "...And Justice For All" is, in my opinion, the best Metallica album ever. Starting off with "Blacked", a powerful song with rythmic guitar riffs, the album only gets better. "One", the closing song, is a classic, as metal songs go. My personal favorite is the almost ten minute long "...And Justice For All". Every song on the album is great, including a ten minute instrumental, "To Live Is To Die". If you haven't already bought this album, I strongly recomend that you do. I don't, however, recommend any album after "Metallica (the Black Album)". If only Metallica had continued along the route of "Justice"....
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Summary: If they only had kept it that way...
Review: This is the last Speed Metal-album that Metallica made. It`s sad that they didn`t keep on doing that, because ..And Justice For All is absolutely my personal Metallica album. The only bad thing about the sound of the album is the almost total lack of Jason Newsted`s bass. But after you`ve banged your head off after listening to "Blackened" for about a thousand times, you don`t even notice that. That song is indeed a killer. And so are the others. The biggest difference between this album and "Master Of Puppets" is the development of Metallica`s musicians. Especially Lars Ulrich`s drumwork and James Hetfield`s powerful voice are a pleasure to listen to. The songs are very complex and also longer than before, but they don`t get boring at any moment. The title track builds slowly from an acoustic intro to great Heavy Metal hammering, "One" changes from a beautiful ballad to a Speed Metal-mayhem, led by the famous "machine-gun riff", and "The Shortest Straw" is just an irresistible piece of aggression. The album closes with "Dyers Eve", a fast and compassionate rumble, just like "Blackened" opens the album. If you like any other 80`s Metallica-albums or Speed Metal in general, get this album quick!
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