Metallica - ...And Justice For All (2LP, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180 gram)
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Description
...And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 7, 1988, by Elektra Records. It was the first album following the death of bassist Cliff Burton in 1986, and the first to feature new bassist Jason Newsted.
Metallica recorded the album with producer Flemming Rasmussen over four months in early 1988 at One-on-One Recording Studios in Los Angeles. It features aggressive complexity, fast tempos, and a few verse-chorus structures, with a dry and bass-light mix. It contains lyrical themes of political and legal injustices, such as governmental corruption, censorship, war, and nuclear brinkmanship. The cover, designed by Stephen Gorman based on a concept by Metallica guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, depicts Lady Justice bound in ropes. The album title is derived from the American Pledge of Allegiance. Three of its songs were released as singles: "Harvester of Sorrow", "Eye of the Beholder", and "One"; the title track was released as a promotional single.
...And Justice for All was acclaimed by music critics for its depth and complexity, although its dry mix and nearly-inaudible bass were criticized. It was included in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll of the year's best albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1989, controversially losing out to Jethro Tull in the ill-fated Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental category. The single "One" backs the band's debut music video and earned Metallica its first Grammy Award in 1990 (and the first ever in the Best Metal Performance category). It is the first underground metal album to achieve chart success in the United States, peaking at number six on the Billboard 200 and was certified 8× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2003 for shipping eight million copies in the U.S.
The album was reissued on November 2, 2018, on vinyl, CD, and cassette formats, as well as receiving a deluxe box set treatment with bonus tracks and unreleased video footage. The reissue reached number 37 and 42 on Billboard's Top Album Sales and Top Rock Albums charts, respectively.
Release Info
Label: Blackened Recordings BLCKND007R-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 2018
Genre: Rock
Style: Heavy Metal, Thrash
Tracklist
A1 Blackened
A2 ...And Justice For All
B1 Eye Of The Beholder
B2 One
C1 The Shortest Straw
C2 Harvester Of Sorrow
C3 The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
D1 To Live Is To Die
D2 Dyers Eve
