Author: Metallica
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Release Date: 24-11-1998
Details: Amazon.ca This double-disc, all-covers release could come to represent a vital turning point for Metallica. While disc 2 is a straightforward collection of every cover the group have recorded in its 16-year history, disc 1 includes 11 new selections drawn from the works of such exciting and diverse artists as UK punks Discharge and nefarious Australian Nick Cave. The songs, such as the Mercyful Fate medley, Black Sabbath's "Sabbra Cadabra," and the Misfits' "Die Die My Darling," prove that nobody delivers a crunching riff better than these metal veterans. But it is vocalist-guitarist James Hetfields's confident approach toward the likes of Cave's "Loverman" and Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" that delivers the most electricity; here his raw, heartfelt vocals are largely untouched. Given that the recharged group spent only three weeks in the studio recording these tracks, it appears that these guys have remembered the value of studio spontaneity over laborious pontificating. Hopefully, that mindset will resurface in future projects. --Steffan Chirazi Product Description Certified at 5 million units by the RIAA. (2/01)
UPC: 075596229920
EAN: 0075596229920
Languages: English
Binding: Audio CD
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood