Metallica – Master Of Puppets

Label: Blackened – BLCKND005R-3

Format: 3 x CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered

Country: US

Released: Nov 10, 2017

Genre: Rock

Style: Heavy Metal, Thrash, Speed Metal

Master Of Puppets Remastered      

1-1                    Battery

Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*

5:12

1-2                    Master Of Puppets

Soloist [1st], Guitar – Hetfield*

Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*

8:35

1-3                    The Thing That Should Not Be

Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*

6:36

1-4                    Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*

6:27

1-5                    Disposable Heroes

Written-By – Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*

8:16

1-6                    Leper Messiah

Written-By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*

5:40

1-7                    Orion (Instrumental)

Soloist [2nd], Guitar – Hetfield*

Soloist [4th], Bass – Burton*

Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Ulrich*

8:27

1-8                    Damage, Inc.

Bass [Intro] – Burton*

Written-By – Burton*, Hetfield*, Hammett*, Ulrich*

5:32

Riffs, Demos, Rough Mixes & Interviews      

2-1                    Battery (Early June 1985 Demo)     4:42

2-2                    Master Of Puppets (Late June 1985 Demo) 8:21

2-3                    The Thing That Should Not Be (September 1985 Drum Room Demo)     6:22

2-4                    Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Late June 1985 Demo)           9:02

2-5                    Disposable Heroes (May 1985, Writing In Progress II)           5:42

2-6                    Leper Messiah (1985, From James' Riff Tapes)           0:56

2-7                    Orion (November 1985, Work In Progress Rough Mix)           8:23

2-8                    Damage, Inc. (1985, From James' Riff Tapes)           1:55

2-9                    The Money Will Roll Right In (Work In Progress Rough Mix)    2:58

2-10                  The Prince (Work In Progress Rough Mix)   4:50

2-11                   Metal Madness Magazine Interview With Cliff           19:30

Live From The Damage, Inc. Tour    

3-1                    Battery      4:40

3-2                    Master Of Puppets 8:25

3-3                    For Whom The Bell Tolls

Rhythm Guitar – John Marshall (3)

5:15

3-4                    Ride The Lightning

Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jason Newsted

6:16

3-5                    Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jason Newsted

6:00

3-6                    The Thing That Should Not Be        6:16

3-7                    (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth 2:58

3-8                    Damage, Inc.         4:07

3-9                    Fade To Black        6:33

3-10                  Seek & Destroy

Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jason Newsted

6:18

3-11                   Creeping Death      6:03

3-12                  The Four Horsemen

Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jason Newsted

5:01

3-13                  Am I Evil?

Rhythm Guitar – John Marshall (3)

3:38

3-14                  Whiplash    4:44

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Blackened Recordings

Copyright © – Blackened Recordings

Manufactured By – Blackened Recordings

Glass Mastered At – Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico – 647790

Glass Mastered At – Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico – 647792

Glass Mastered At – Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico – 647794

Pressed By – Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico

Arranged By – Hetfield*, Ulrich*

Bass, Backing Vocals – Cliff Burton

Cover [Concept] – Metallica, Peter Mensch

Drums – Lars Ulrich

Engineer – Flemming Rasmussen

Engineer [Assistant Mixing Engineer] – Mark Wilzcak*

Illustration [Cover] – Don Brautigam

Lead Guitar – Kirk Hammett

Legal – Peter Paterno

Lyrics By – Hetfield*

Management – Q-Prime, Inc.*

Mastered By – George Marino

Mixed By – Michael Wagener

Photography By [All Inner Sleeve Pix, Back Cover Photo: James, Back Cover Photo: Kirk] – Ross Halfin

Photography By [Back Cover Photo: Cliff] – Rich Likong

Photography By [Back Cover Photo: Lars] – Rob Ellis*

Producer – Flemming Rasmussen, Metallica

Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – James Hetfield

Barcode (Printed): 8 58978 00554 7

Barcode (Scanned): 858978005547

MASTER OF PUPPETS was Metallica's last album with bass player Cliff Burton. Burton was killed in a traffic accident. He was replaced by Jason Newsted.Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Cliff Burton (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark from September through December, 1985.Even though Master of Puppets didn't take as gigantic a leap forward as Ride the Lightning, it was the band's greatest achievement, hailed as a masterpiece by critics far outside heavy metal's core audience. It was also a substantial hit, reaching the Top 30 and selling three million copies despite absolutely nonexistent airplay. Instead of a radical reinvention, Master of Puppets is a refinement of past innovations. In fact, it's possible to compare Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets song for song and note striking similarities between corresponding track positions on each record (although Lightning's closing instrumental has been bumped up to next-to-last in Master's running order). That hint of conservatism is really the only conceivable flaw here. Though it isn't as startling as Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets feels more unified, both thematically and musically. Everything about it feels blown up to epic proportions (indeed, the songs are much longer on average), and the band feels more in control of its direction. You'd never know it by the lyrics, though -- in one way or another, nearly every song on Master of Puppets deals with the fear of powerlessness. Sometimes they're about hypocritical authority (military and religious leaders), sometimes primal, uncontrollable human urges (drugs, insanity, rage), and, in true H.P. Lovecraft fashion, sometimes monsters. Yet by bookending the album with two slices of thrash mayhem ("Battery" and "Damage, Inc."), the band reigns triumphant through sheer force -- of sound, of will, of malice. The arrangements are thick and muscular, and the material varies enough in texture and tempo to hold interest through all its twists and turns. Some critics have called Master of Puppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded; if it isn't, it certainly comes close. [A three-CD Remastered & Expanded Edition of Master of Puppets was released in 2017, featuring the original album remastered on the first disc; previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, and a 20-minute interview with Cliff Burton on the second disc; and 14 previously unreleased live tracks recorded during Metallica's 1986 Damage, Inc. tour. The set also included a 28-page booklet.] ~ Steve Huey

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: CD
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: 3XCD
• Released: 11/10/2017