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Post by KooL on Mar 11, 2007 20:08:11 GMT -5
I was going to add a "Nelson" option, but then I thought, what's the point when you have both Load and St.Anger to choose from?  |
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Post by Adam on Mar 11, 2007 20:55:00 GMT -5
Ride The Lightning.
So much for the sophmore slump.
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Post by KooL on Mar 11, 2007 21:00:22 GMT -5
It's really hard for me to choose between the first 4, but I think I'll have to go with Master Of Puppets.
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Post by Galactus on Mar 11, 2007 22:07:22 GMT -5
Puppets is the correct answer.
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Post by rockysigman on Mar 11, 2007 22:59:40 GMT -5
Ride the Lightning.
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Post by Paul on Mar 14, 2007 16:29:15 GMT -5
Master Of Puppets. Without a doubt.
I only like 4 of their albums here's my ranking of the 4:
1. MOP
2. Kill Em All
3. Justice
4. Ride the Lightning
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Post by KooL on Mar 14, 2007 17:23:44 GMT -5
Those 4 are also the only 4 worth liking. With the 'black' album they basically turned into the 90s version of Bon Jovi. "Nothing Else Matters" was their very own "Wanted Dead Or Alive". "Enter Sandman" was their "Living on a Prayer". They've sucked balls since...
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Post by Galactus on Mar 14, 2007 17:32:47 GMT -5
The black album is pretty good album but there was just no where to go from there. Metallica have been doing this long enough there's going to be some cool bits on whatever they do, even on St. Anger there's some pretty sweet riffs...not a single good song to be found but some some good riffage but for a band like Metallica those bits just aren't enough. I have faith that if anybody can pull another good album of them it's Rick Rubin but this their last chance.
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Post by KooL on Mar 14, 2007 17:37:04 GMT -5
Considering the fact that it's been almost 20 years since they dropped their last great album, I've lost faith in them.
As for the black album, there are about 3-4 songs I like on it. None of which were singles though. "Of Wolf and Man" being my favourite.
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Post by Kensterberg on Mar 14, 2007 17:39:25 GMT -5
Since there's no "Nelson" option, I'm gonna go with Load/Reload. Why? Because I've never much cared for Metalica, and I kinda liked the guitars in "Until It Sleeps."
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Post by rockysigman on Mar 14, 2007 17:45:14 GMT -5
I think Load/Reload is the Nelson option.
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Post by KooL on Mar 14, 2007 17:48:29 GMT -5
The Load albums were terrible. There's just nothing memorable on those records. Great musicianship..., lifeless, uninspired songs. But I have to say, I do like that one song from Reload "The Memory Remains". The Marianne Faithfull duet. Great track, but that's about it. I don't like the way Hetfeild "sings" these days either.
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Post by Galactus on Mar 14, 2007 17:55:43 GMT -5
The Loads don't seem so bad after St. Anger...
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Post by KooL on Mar 14, 2007 17:59:09 GMT -5
Yeah, that's true. They almost sound listenable after that disaster.
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Post by Kensterberg on Mar 14, 2007 18:08:34 GMT -5
Metallica fits right into what I kind of think of as "The Clash Rule." Most rock and roll bands have a very limited creative lifespan -- usually less than ten years. The really great bands only stick around long enough to say what they had to say, and then call it quits. As one critic put it for the Beatles, "They did it all, they did it right, and then they left" (or something like that). And I (quite frankly) can't think of many bands who can sustain a vibrant career for any longer than the Beatles did, particularly when you remember that Paul and John started playing in the same band in the late fifties.
Think about it, almost all of the Stones best material is from '68 through '72 (exceptions for the singles from '64-'66 and then Some Girls in '78), Talking Heads had essentially a ten year career, even though they technically didn't break up until the nineties. Even U2 and R.E.M., two bands who I think defy most of the trends when it comes to longevity and quality, sandwiched almost all of their best material into approximately a ten year span (U2's covered from War's release in '83 through Zooropa a decade later; R.E.M. would also span essentially the same decade, from Murmer through Automatic For the People in '92).
Think about what Metallica's rep would be like today if they'd called it a day after the Black Album. Most rock and roll bands really would be better to do a bunch of great work in a short span of time and then call it a day.
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