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All rights reserved.Metallica - Ride The Lightning (CD 1989)
| 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
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 Q | |||||||||||||||
Top Reviews  Metallica - Ride The Lightning 27 of 28 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. Review ID: 10000000003862537 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews what a fantastic albumReview created: 12/08/08 by: it has been many years since i owned a copy of this album, on cassette (whatever they are!!) while looking for some new cd's i spotted this album and decided to refresh my memory. i cant believe i had not still got a copy of this awesome album, which i believe to be one of metallica's best. Review ID: 10000000008325855 Was this review helpful? Report this review After Kill Em All, Metallica show us the future...Review created: 06/06/08 by: "Kill Em All" was one hell of a debut - but Ride The Lightning shows just how seriously the band were taking their music - and gave Heavy metal a whole new direction!! Yes, it was that dramatic, released at a time when Bon Jovi were "Living On Prayer" and Europe's "Final Countdown" was number one. While I like both of them, this was far more REAL. No longer was it all a case of just "Harder/Faster", power could still come from a ballad - hence Fade To Black! Yes, there was still intense power from the faster numbers (Fight Fire With Fire, Ride The Lightning etc) but, in hindsight, what shows above all else is the quality of the songs - something the band appeared to have forgotten about by the time of St Anger!! A cracking album every serious metal fan should have in their collection - and I now have the CD copy to accompany my LP! Review ID: 10000000007455726 Was this review helpful? Report this review Ride The LightningFantastic Album one of the best ever made!!!!! I had this some years ago and had lost it, I heard metallica on the radio and it brought back happy memories, hence the reasons for purchasing a new copy! Review ID: 10000000006876181 Was this review helpful? Report this review Metallica RuleReview created: 16/04/08 by: I love Metallica because they RULE!!!!! They are all heavy METAL and hell yeah they can play..... Salute>>>>> Review ID: 10000000006733661 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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