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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: Metallica
EAN: 0075596081221
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
MPN: 075596081221
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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Media Type: CD
Artist: METALLICA
Title: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
Street Release Date: 09/06/1988
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Genre: HEAVY METAL
This record has so much good material that it's a shame the production is so shoddy. Songwise, this is probably Metallica's most sophisticated album, exploring the theme of justice and perversions thereof with a vengeance. "One" is one of their best songs ever, building from a slow, edgy beginning into effortless overdrive. The title track is excellent and never boring, despite clocking in at more than nine minutes. It's the epic of the album, but all of the songs are long, displaying impressive chops and songwriting. Metallica took a commercial turn after ...And Justice for All, and it's interesting to speculate on what would have happened to their music had they continued in the direction suggested by this album. --Genevieve Williams
Having already established themselves as the streetwise saviors of heavy metal's oft-tainted legacy in the '80s, Metallica rebounded from the accidental death of original bassist Cliff Burton to produce their most thematically challenging, musically accomplished album to date. Despite James Hetfield's dank, extended portraits of a world collapsing from corruption and decadence--themes that virtually guaranteed it little radio or television exposure--the album was nonetheless a muscular commercial success. Even "One," its complex, seven-and-a-half-minute adaptation of Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun," managed to scale the singles charts. Other highlights include "Blackened," "Eye of the Beholder," and the sweeping "To Live Is to Die," tracks that underscore a sense of musical ambition that's often downright prog-centric, yet never merely self-indulgent. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - This album does the group justice.
In an attempt to follow up their masterpiece, "Master Of Puppets", Metallica basically took that album's formula and turned it up a notch. Indeed, the songs on, "...And Justice For All", have that same progressive edge as the ones on, "Puppets", with the layers of guitars, complex time signatures, and the shear length of the songs but while the previous album was set to 10, this one's set to 11. Two of the songs clock in at over nine minutes and at nine songs long and over an hour in length, this ... Read More
Rating: - The perfect thrash album
This is possibly my all time favorite album of heavy metal music of any kind. It has a unique sound of its own, the bass is rather quiet on this album, but actually I think this very sound is a part of why this album is so good, the unique sound grows on you. It sounds kind of like everything unnecessary is stripped away, and I think this sound fits perfectly with the general feeling of this album and the themes in its lyrics. I don't think it could have been mixed any other way without sacrificing ... Read More
Rating:  - My first truly HEAVY album
First bought this one in 1988 at 13 years old. As a fledgling guitarist, artist and social malcontent, it was HUGE for me. It opened up doors that Poison and Motley Crue would never have led me toward, and for that I will always have a nostalgic love for this disc.
Yeah, the production is thick and sludgy. Jason Newstead's bass might as well have not even been recorded, for all you hear of him. Lars learned how to keep time and play drums finally, and Kirk is at his most frantic and ... Read More
Rating: - Metallica's last "real" album.
The world was blessed by Metallica's first three releases.
Then tragedy struck as Cliff was killed. It shows on this album.
The band seemed in turmoil as this album seems like a slowed down version of Puppets. More like a tribute to Cliff which was appropriate.
Sadly, this was the closing chapter on Metallica as they chose to turn their backs on the people that made them famous in the first place.
As far as I'm concerned, this was Metallica's swansong.
Good bye Metallica, ... Read More
Rating: - Epitome of Metal
Thrash metal legends Metallica created an album that quite nearly captured the essence of 'metal' with the recording of "...And Justice for All". The sound is heavy, aggressive, and unforgiving. The lyrics are angry, purposeful, comes to right through the medium of James Hetfield, who spews anger and frustration at the listener. The songs are quite long (the shortest being "Dyers Eve" at 5:14) which is, in my opinion at least, one of the hallmarks of 'proper' metal. The length of the tracks doesn't stick ... Read More
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