Your favorite Metallica album?

Xurtio · 05-02-2014, 01:41 PM

Black (don't hurt me!)

My favorite song is probably Fade to Black, but Black has more good songs in general than their other albums.

Wpnfire · 05-03-2014, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I'm surprised you never knew or read that somewhere already, as that is what the album is most famous for lacking and is usually mentioned in every review or article about the album.

I just listened to and justice two days ago completely spontaneously. I know nothing about it.

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Originally Posted by Xurtio

Black (don't hurt me!)

My favorite song is probably Fade to Black, but Black has more good songs in general than their other albums.

If you're calling black the most varied album I think you're half right half wrong. Their first five albums are equally creative. From instrumentals in RTL and MOP to bass guitar solos in KEA (Pulling Teeth), its's pretty unreal the stuff Metallica puts into their albums.

I personally find the Nothing Else Matters to be crap but sad but true and the unforgiven are some high quality awesome.

Musicfanatic · 05-05-2014, 05:18 PM

I listened to some of those added bass tracks from ...And Justice. I don't know if they did them wrong, but they sounded awful to me...

Cicatrice · 05-05-2014, 05:45 PM

Kill em' All is my favorite Metallica album.

Although Ride the Lightning is also a good album.

Xurtio · 05-05-2014, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

I just listened to and justice two days ago completely spontaneously. I know nothing about it.

If you're calling black the most varied album I think you're half right half wrong. Their first five albums are equally creative. From instrumentals in RTL and MOP to bass guitar solos in KEA (Pulling Teeth), its's pretty unreal the stuff Metallica puts into their albums.

I personally find the Nothing Else Matters to be crap but sad but true and the unforgiven are some high quality awesome.

I don't find it particularly varied, it's actually very tight in terms of feel and attitude. It was my introduction to Metallica, it was also (I believe) following Hetfield's first classical training as a singer.

I don't find NEM to be crap, but it's mediocre and overplayed which doesn't help it's case. Of Wolf and Man is probably my favorite song from that album.

Two Spirit · 05-06-2014, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Xurtio

I don't find it particularly varied, it's actually very tight in terms of feel and attitude. It was my introduction to Metallica, it was also (I believe) following Hetfield's first classical training as a singer.

I don't find NEM to be crap, but it's mediocre and overplayed which doesn't help it's case. Of Wolf and Man is probably my favorite song from that album.

The black album was the album that propelled them into the mainstream and is one of the best selling albums of all time, so for many people, it was their introduction. This is also the reason for why most rock stations seem to play songs from this release the most.

Wpnfire · 05-06-2014, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AlecRob

If and Justice for All had better production/audible bass it would be their best album.

I agree 100% with this. The lack of bass on some songs is okay like "...And Justice for All," and "One," but my God I barely notice when I'm listening to songs on AJA because of the lack of bass. "...And Justice for All" kicks some serious ass with the riffs though.

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Originally Posted by Xurtio

[...] it was also (I believe) following Hetfield's first classical training as a singer.

I don't understand, what are you talking about?

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Originally Posted by Xurtio

I don't find NEM to be crap, but it's mediocre and overplayed which doesn't help it's case. Of Wolf and Man is probably my favorite song from that album.

At least you didn't say Enter Sandman is your favorite song from Black.

The biggest problem I have with the Black album is that it's like progressive metal with songs like NEM, and I don't like that at all. Of course, Sad But True is still my favorite Metallica song and the Unforgiven has my favorite guitar solo among all of Metallica's songs that I've heard and possibly my favorite guitar solo of all time.
That being said, I find the rest of the album pretty much entirely awful.

Most of the clean and/or progressive Metallica songs I tend to dislike such as Fade To Black.
All of my favorite Metallica songs are the non-progressive songs like–

You know what, this is actually a great time for me to rank some of my favorite Metallica songs:

Sad But True
Ain't My Bitch
Master of Puppets
The Thing That Should Not Be
Orion
And Justice For All
Hit The Lights
The Four Horsemen
Seek And Destroy
Motorbreath
Jump In The Fire
Pulling Teeth
The Call of Ktulu
Battery
The Unforgiven

If The Unforgiven didn't have that awesome solo, I would probably dislike it too.

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

Alright, so my current ranking goes like this

Master of Puppets
...And Justice For All
Ride the Lightning
Kill Em' All
The Black Album

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Every other album.

^ This is inaccurate for me now. It's probably this now:

1.Master
2.Kill Em All
3. And Justice
4. Ride the Lightning
5. Black album

Xurtio · 05-06-2014, 07:17 PM

Apparently, I had it backwards. He went and got vocal lessons AFTER the black album (according to the internet, anyway).

I like the progressive stuff, myself. At the opposite end of the melodic spectrum, I don't like thrash metal.

Wpnfire · 05-06-2014, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Xurtio

I like the progressive stuff, myself. At the opposite end of the melodic spectrum, I don't like thrash metal.

Uh, serious question here, why did you listen to Ride the Lightning if you didn't like thrash metal??

I understand listening to the black album as there's no thrash there, but RTL??

Xurtio · 05-06-2014, 09:33 PM

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View Poll Results: What is your favorite Metallica album?
Kill' Em All	20	15.38%
Ride the Lightning	30	23.08%
Master of Puppets	37	28.46%
And Justice for All	13	10.00%
Metallica (Black Album)	22	16.92%
Load	1	0.77%
Reload	1	0.77%
St. Anger	5	3.85%
Death Magnetic	1	0.77%
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05-02-2014, 01:41 PM	#91 (permalink)
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05-05-2014, 05:45 PM	#94 (permalink)
Cicatrice Writing my own disaster Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: I'm waiting for the sun to shine Posts: 173	Kill em' All is my favorite Metallica album. Although Ride the Lightning is also a good album. __________________ If you're in the middle of the ocean with no flippers and no life preserver and you hear a helicopter, this is music. You have to adjust to your needs at the moment. -- Tom Waits My Last.fm

05-06-2014, 07:17 PM	#98 (permalink)
Xurtio Brain Licker Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1,083	Apparently, I had it backwards. He went and got vocal lessons AFTER the black album (according to the internet, anyway). I like the progressive stuff, myself. At the opposite end of the melodic spectrum, I don't like thrash metal. __________________ H̓̇̅̉yͤ͏mͬ͂ͧn͑̽̽̌ͪ̑͐͟o̴͊̈́͑̇m͛͌̓ͦ̑aͫ̽ͤ̇n̅̎͐̒ͫ͐c̆ͯͫ̋ ̔̃́eͯ͒rͬͬ̄҉

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05-05-2014, 05:18 PM	#93 (permalink)
Musicfanatic Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 225	I listened to some of those added bass tracks from ...And Justice. I don't know if they did them wrong, but they sounded awful to me...