Posted on 01/27/2006 3:43:24 PM PST by qam1
More like 98 percent.
'Enter Sandman' was one of twelve tracks... therefore I assert that exactly 91.7 percent of that album was crap. They haven't produced a thing worthy of note since... so do with the numbers as you will.
My album rankings would fall as such:
1. Ride the Lightning
2. Master of Puppets
3. Kill 'Em All
4. Garage Days Re-Revisited (covers... but KICK ASS covers)
5. And Justice For All ('One' was the very beginning of the end)
I remember going to my third Metallica concert in 1991 and thinking 'I am DONE with these guys AND their prom ballads.' I haven't bought an album since.
That said... pre-1991 Metallica... oh yeah, thing of beauty.
Good analysis.
In your opinion, which instrumental is better - "Orion" or "The Call of Ktulu?"
Orion. Hands down. That bass just sitting there at the beginning... then the drums come in from a vanishing point, then 'tap tap tap tap TAP TAP' and ALL of the guitars come in... WHAAAA... then Hammett just WAILING in the middle. Oh yeah.
Don't leave 'To Live Is To Die' out of that short list. It's better than 'Call of Ktulu' in my humble opinion.
Of course, this is ALL from memory... I really need to replace my twenty year old cassette tapes of these guys with CDs and start listening to the old albums again. They were my favorite musicians by an order of magnitude for a number of years.
Wrong. We'll just agree to disagree on that.
4. Garage Days Re-Revisited (covers... but KICK ASS covers)
"Whiskey in a Jar", "Tuesday's Gone" and "Turn the Page" they covered were great.
Lars Ullrich and the whole Napster thing p!ssed off alot of Metallica fans.
But I digress.
I've seen them twice in concert and they are definitely in my top five favorite concerts I've seen.
I need to add one more to that list; "Stone Cold Crazy" by Queen.
You're thinking of Garage, Inc. which was a later release after the crap heap that is Load/Reload/S&M. Garage Days was an EP with five tracks that was released in 1987, just after Jason Newsted joined the band. It was produced by the band, and sounded like it. It seemed to me at the time as if it was a practice session for the new bassist. That said, it was an amazing album with an unbelievable sound.
Garage, Inc. contained studio rerecorded versions of those same songs. Nonetheless, some of the songs added, including those you mentioned, were really, really well covered.
I have yet to meet Metallica fan from that era who was anything less that completely disappointed with the self titled album.
Most of the folks I know who defend that album discovered Metallica for the first time when it came out. Your mileage may vary.
Disregard half of what I just said... I speak in absolutes before I get my coffee in the morning. Everyone has an opinion that deserves to be correct.
The author either wilfully neglected or is not aware of all the excellent punk, wave, rasta and other non mainstream music which was kicking butt big time during the mid 80s. I still have all my teeth in spite of spending far too much time in the pits of various punk shows!
We share the same 1986! Oi, oi, oi!
Their two disk "Garage" CD of cover tunes has really grown on me. Both old remastered stuff from the earliest days as well as some new ones. Even the overplayed Whisky In a Jar was well done.
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