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Ride The Lightning (Metallica, 1989) 
Metallica - Ride The Lightning (CD 1989)

 
Metallica - Ride The Lightning (CD 1989)

Title: Ride The Lightning
Artist: Metallica
Record Label: Vertigo
Release Year: 1989
EAN: 0042283814028
Genre: Heavy Metal
Product ID: EPID3952951
Description: Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Cliff Burton (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark in Spring 1984. Metallica turned the metal world on its ear with their deb...
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Track Listing
1. Fight Fire With Fire
2. Ride The Lightning
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls
4. Fade To Black
5. Trapped Under Ice
6. Escape
7. Creeping Death
8. Call Of Ktulu, The

Details
Number of CDs:1
Producer:Mark Whittaker, Metallica
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:Universal Music
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:AAD

Album Notes
Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Cliff Burton (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark in Spring 1984. Metallica turned the metal world on its ear with their debut album, KILL 'EM ALL and then blew its mind with the follow-up, RIDE THE LIGHTNING. The riffs and arrangements are more intricate, the lyrics are more intelligent and biting and James Hetfield's growl is meaner. The set starts out with two tunes that would have been right at home on KILL 'EM ALL, but the next two are slower and more involved. "Ride The Lightning" is a slow (by Metallica's standards) dirge about the futility of war. "Fade To Black" is a ballad (!) that builds to an instrumental coda featuring the guitar melodies that the band would later base their sound around. It's also Hetfield's first attempt at singing in tune. The most ambitious song is a dense instrumental, "The Call Of Ktulu," that starts with a single arpeggiated guitar and slowly adds layer upon layer, building in intensity until it all comes crashing down nine minutes later.

Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...Reaffirms their status as the pre-eminent metal band of the modern era....They broke with the conventions of thrash metal to record the genre's first power ballad in 'Fade To Black'...
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  Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Review created: 28/06/07(updated 28/06/07)
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28 of 29 people found this review helpful.

Its Metallica at their best, and features the greatest song of all time IMO, Fade To Black. Its such a beautifully written, emotional song, and features some of my favourite guitar sections ever. The other songs on the album are also awesome, especially the title track, a great song about the electric chair, Creeping Death, which features a great solo, and For Whom The Bell Tolls, which is another amazing track. All the other tracks are also fantastic, although Call of the Ktulu is not as good as Orion, and there are definitely no weak songs on this album.


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