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Metallica

by Metallica

Metallica is a 1991 heavy metal album by Metallica. It runs 12 tracks across 63 minutes on Elektra. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.8/5 from 32 ratings.

Heavy Metal · Hard Rock · Metal

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3.8 /5
32 ratings
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9 critics
12
Tracks
63 min
Runtime
114 bpm
Tempo
E minor
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32 ratings · avg 3.8

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3 reviews

  • 3.0
    Jackson Futrell

    I think this album was full of pretty ok songs. Nothing was really bad but nothing was mind blowing. It definitely was a step to the more tame but I loved the West Side Story riff on “Don’t Tread on Me”.

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  • 4.5
    EL Prosecco76 plays

    The best Metallica album, sure it's more mainstream than the previous ones, but is that really a reason to hate on it?

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  • 5.0
    samirv

    they told bob rock they wanted the record to move like the live show and for once a band got exactly what it asked for. all song, almost no texture, front loaded to the point they toured it backwards in 2012, and the purists who called it a sellout are still humming sad but true

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People who scrobbled it: 4.4★ (6) · Everyone else: 3.9★ (6)

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Tracklist

12 tracks · 63 min

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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Metallica is Sad but True — rated 4.4/5 by 5 listeners.

  1. 1Sad but True4.45 ratings
  2. 2The Unforgiven4.45 ratings
  3. 3Don't Tread on Me4.45 ratings
  4. 4Nothing Else Matters4.014 ratings
  5. 5My Friend of Misery4.04 ratings

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About

Metallica (also known as The Black Album) is the eponymously-titled fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on August 12, 1991 through Elektra Records to critical acclaim. Metallica produced five hit singles that are considered today among the band's best-known songs: "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters", "Wherever I May Roam", and "Sad But True". The band promoted the album with a series of tours. In 2003, the album was ranked number 252 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album marked a change in the band's sound to one less harsh than the thrash metal style of their previous four albums.

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The recording of Metallica was troubled, with the band frequently entering conflicts with Bob Rock, the band's new producer, during production. The album debuted at number one in ten countries, and spent four consecutive weeks at the top spot of the Billboard 200, making it Metallica's first album to top album charts. Metallica is the group's best-selling album, selling 30 million copies worldwide. It is the best-selling album of the SoundScan era. The album was certified 15× platinum (diamond) by the RIAA on November 13, 2009. On November 10, 2011, Lars Ulrich revealed (on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show) that Metallica will be playing the album, in its entirety, during the 2012 European Black Album Tour.

In brief

Is Metallica good?
Riffiter listeners rate Metallica 3.8/5 from 32 ratings.
What is the highest-rated track on Metallica?
Sad but True, rated 4.4/5 by 5 listeners on Riffiter.
When was Metallica released?
Metallica was released in 1991 on Elektra.
How many tracks are on Metallica?
Metallica has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 63 minutes.
What genre is Metallica?
Metallica is catalogued under Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Metal.
What BPM is Metallica?
Metallica runs at a median tempo of 114 BPM across its tracks, most often in E minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Metallica?
Listeners of Metallica also rate Rust in Peace by Megadeth, Nevermind by Nirvana, Use Your Illusion I by Guns N' Roses.

Metallica at a glance

Labels
Universal Music Group, Elektra, Vertigo Records
Produced by
Bob Rock

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