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| | Ride the Lightning | | | Music Artist : | | Metallica | | Music Style : | | Hard Rock | | Record Label : | | Elektra / Wea | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $14.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Fight Fire with Fire
2. Ride the Lightning
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls
4. Fade to Black
5. Trapped Under Ice
6. Escape
7. Creeping Death
8. Call of Ktulu
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 The only Metallica album that I really love.
Submitted on: 2009-11-06 |
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| Metallica's 1984 album Ride The Lightning was and is much better than their debut album Kill 'Em All, released the year before. The lyrics on RTL are both darker and more mature (in other words, less commercial). RTL is also, in my opinion, better than Master Of Puppets and ...And Justice For All and is the only Metallica I would rank among my favorite metal albums. Personally, I prefer Slayer to Metallica, but RTL is just as good as any of my favorite Slayer albums. It has many of the same elements of a great Slayer album - speed, heaviness, brutality, and a guitar solo on every song - but also acoustic guitar, beautiful melodies, and even actual singing. The album starts out strong with the relentless Fight Fire With Fire, a song about nuclear war that hopefully will never happen. The second song is also about death, specifically execution by the electric chair. This song has one of the best riffs of all-time and was written, in part, by Dave Mustaine before he was kicked out of the band and went on to form Megadeth. The third song on RTL is For Whom The Bell Tolls, which features a great instrumental intro and of course, the boom of a ringing bell, much like the one heard on AC/DC's Hell's Bells. Next comes my second-favorite song on the album, Fade To Black, which is about suicide. However, the lyrics are not about wanting to commit suicide, but are rather an exploration of why others want to. Take, for example, the lyric "emptiness is filling me, to the point of agony", which is sung by James Hetfield with passion and a sense of deep sorrow. The second half of the album begins with a much faster and heavier song called Trapped Under Ice, continuing the theme of death with lyrics about drowning in freezing cold water. Next is the song Escape, which is all about a prison break, complete with the sound of police sirens. Escape is probably the only song on RTL that couldn't be considered a classic, but it is by no means a bad song. Following Escape is the concert staple Creeping Death, which actually tells part of the Bible story of Passover. Perhaps this biblical reference was inspired by the Iron Maiden songs Revelations and The Number Of The Beast; I don't know. The final song on the album is my personal favorite Metallica song, the epic instrumental The Call Of Ktulu. Every song on RTL is at least 4 or 5 minutes long, but Ktulu is nearly 9 minutes long. It is an unrelenting display of the band's incredible musical talent. It just keeps going and going, like the f***ing Energizer Bunny or something. It is very complex, but has a solid structure, and perhaps the most interesting thing about it is that, since it has no lyrics or vocals, it can be about whatever you want it to be about. It doesn't matter if you don't know what its title refers to (most people don't, myself included). The Call Of Ktulu was also written in part by Mustaine, but once again he doesn't actually play on it. Ktulu is quite possibly the best instrumental heavy metal song ever recorded and it brings the album to one hell of a close. Ride The Lightning is considered by many to be one of Metallica's best and Amazon has honored it with an 'essential recording' label. I highly recommend it as well, especially if all you've heard of the band is more recent releases like St. Anger and Death Magnetic. So buy this album, put in your CD player, and be prepared to ride the lightning! |
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Awesome
Submitted on: 2009-10-17 |
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| This was exactly what I was looking for. the seller ibfo was spot on and in the condition I asked for with a great delivery time. I am very happy with Amazon sellers and amazon. I have nothing short of a great experience using Amazon. Thank You greg |
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 Greatest Bootleg Ever
Submitted on: 2009-10-09 |
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If you dont know why Metallica's Ride The Lightning is the album that put them on the map then you need to buy this album immediately. Its amazing that this album came out in the early 80's and metal bands are still trying to steal their sound 20+ years later.
However, my used copy from somewhere in Las Vegas was a copy made in South America. The booklet appeared to be color photo copied with Spanish instead of English in the insert. The cd played fine but I couldnt help but think something looks a little unusual about this cd. Hence 4 stars instead of 5 |
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Awesome!!!
Submitted on: 2009-09-11 |
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| This is the best Metallica album. Essential for all Metallica fans and hard rockers. Truly a great album of music. Fantastically well done. |
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 Another overrated Metallica album.
Submitted on: 2009-09-08 |
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| Again Dave Mustaine's awesome writing made this album tolerable, just more of his stuff Metallica stole. Still this album is nothing compared to Peace Sells, Spreading The Disease, or Hell Awaits or Reign In Blood. |
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